2011 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2011 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 24–28 The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at San Diego State's Tony Gwynn Stadium. Sixth seeded New Mexico won their first Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 4-2 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1][2]

2011 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsNew Mexico (1st title)
MVPD.J. Peterson, New Mexico
TelevisionMountiain/CBS Sports Network

Seeding

2011 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 17 TCU  y 203 .870  4319 .694
Utah   167 .696  2921 .580
BYU   1112 .478  3127 .534
San Diego State   1113 .458  2236 .379
UNLV   1013 .435  3325 .569
New Mexico  y 1014 .417  2041 .328
Air Force   420 .167  1936 .345
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 2011[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. Only six teams participate, so Air Force was not in the field.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
TCU203.870
1
Utah167.696
4
2
BYU1112.478
9
3
San Diego State1113.458
9.5
4
UNLV1013.435
10
5
New Mexico1014.417
10.5
6
Air Force420.167
16.5

Results

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 BYU 4     1 TCU 3  
  6 New Mexico 5     6 New Mexico 4    
      6 New Mexico 6              
      2 Utah 5              
  4 San Diego State 4     2 Utah 7          
  5 UNLV 3     4 San Diego State 3        
        6 New Mexico 4  
Loser's Bracket       1 TCU 2  
  3 BYU 5        
  5 UNLV 1          
      4 San Diego State 2        
      3 BYU 8          
            1 TCU 12              
          3 BYU 5              
      2 Utah 1    
    1 TCU 14  

[4]

All-Tournament Team

Pos.NameClassTeam
CJosh ElanderSOTCU
1BJoe WeikSRTCU
2BDane NielsenSRBYU
3BD. J. Peterson (MVP)FRNew Mexico
3BTroy NeilsenFRUtah
LFLuke CampbellJRNew Mexico
CFCody SmithFRSan Diego State
CFKyle Von TungelnSOTCU
DHJacob NelsonSONew Mexico
RHPAustin HouseSONew Mexico
RPBobby MaresSONew Mexico

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References

  1. "2012 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  2. "New Mexico Stuns Top-Seeded TCU to Win MW Baseball Championship". themwc.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  3. "Mountain West Conference Baseball Final Standings". themwc.com. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  4. "2011 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). themwc.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
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