2010 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2010 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 25–29. 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. Top seeded TCU won their fourth Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 2-0 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2010 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsTCU
MVPBryan Holaday, TCU
TelevisionMountain/CBS Sports Network
2010 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 3 TCU  y 195 .792  5414 .794
New Mexico  y 148 .636  3822 .633
San Diego State   1311 .542  2828 .500
BYU   1212 .500  2731 .466
UNLV   1113 .458  2929 .500
Utah   1013 .435  2328 .451
Air Force   320 .130  1342 .236
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 2010[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

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
TCU215.808
1
New Mexico148.636
5
2
San Diego State1311.542
7
3
BYU1212.500
8
4
UNLV1113.458
9
5
Utah1013.435
9.5
6
Air Force320.130
16.5

Results

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 BYU 1     1 TCU 13  
  5 UNLV 9     6 Utah 2    
      1 TCU 5              
      5 UNLV 2              
  3 San Diego State 6     2 New Mexico 3          
  6 Utah 12     5 UNLV 3        
        1 TCU 2
Loser's Bracket       2 New Mexico 0
  4 BYU 16        
  3 San Diego State 8          
      6 Utah 18        
      4 BYU 25          
            2 New Mexico 7              
          4 BYU 6              
      5 UNLV 3    
    2 New Mexico 10  

[4]

All-Tournament Team

NameTeam
Sean McNaughtonBYU
Justin HowardNew Mexico
Ryan HoneycuttNew Mexico
Mike LachapelleNew Mexico
Taylor FeathertonTCU
Bryan Holaday (MVP)TCU
Matt PurkeTCU
Kyle WinklerTCU
Jarred FriersonUNLV
Tanner PetersUNLV
C. J. CronUtah
Nick KuroczkoUtah

[3]

References

  1. "Mountain West Conference Baseball Final Standings". themwc.com. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
  2. "2010 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on 2011-12-26. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  3. "TCU Punches NCAA Tournament Ticket with 2-0 Win over New Mexico". themwc.com. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  4. "2010 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). themwc.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
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