2009 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament
The 2009 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 19 through 23. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Texas Christian University's Lupton Stadium. Sixth seeded Utah won their first and only Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–3 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3] Utah joined the Pac-12 Conference after the 2011 season without winning another title.
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Utah (1st title) |
| MVP | Tyler Yagi (Utah) |
| Television | Mountiain/CBS Sports Network |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 TCU †y | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 40 | – | 18 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 15 | – | 8 | .652 | 37 | – | 20 | .649 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 14 | – | 8 | .636 | 30 | – | 24 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State y | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 41 | – | 23 | .641 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 26 | – | 32 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah ‡y | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | 28 | – | 31 | .475 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 3 | – | 18 | .143 | 14 | – | 37 | .275 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 8, 2009[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.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 15 | 5 | .750 | – | 1 |
| New Mexico | 15 | 8 | .652 | 1.5 | 2 |
| BYU | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2 | 3 |
| San Diego State | 15 | 9 | .625 | 2 | 4 |
| UNLV | 9 | 15 | .375 | 8 | 5 |
| Utah | 8 | 16 | .333 | 9 | 6 |
| Air Force | 3 | 18 | .143 | 12.5 | – |
Results
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | TCU | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | BYU | 1 | 6 | Utah | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Utah | 2 | 6 | Utah | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | San Diego State | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Mexico | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | San Diego State | 12 | 4 | San Diego State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UNLV | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Utah | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | San Diego State | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Utah | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | TCU | 9 | 1 | TCU | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Mexico | 1 | 3 | BYU | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | BYU | 5 | 3 | BYU | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UNLV | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
| Name | POS | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Marc Oslund | RHP | BYU |
| Matt Vern | 1B | TCU |
| Kyle Winkler | RHP | TCU |
| Erik Castro | 3B/C | San Diego State |
| Stephen Strasburg | RHP | San Diego State |
| C. J. Cron | C/DH | Utah |
| Corey Shimada | 2B | Utah |
| Jordan Whatcott | RHP | Utah |
| Tyler Yagi | OF | Utah |
| Devin Walker | DH | Utah |
| Greg Krause | RP | Utah |
Most Valuable Player
Tyler Yagi, an outfielder for the champion Utah Utes, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[3]
References
- "Mountain West Conference Baseball Final Standings". themwc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- "2009 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- "Sixth-Seeded Utah Wins First-Ever MWC Baseball Tournament Title With a 9–3 Victory over Fourth-Seeded San Diego State". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- "2009 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). themwc.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2012.