2010 Great West Conference baseball tournament

The 2010 Great West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 26 through 29. This was the first Great West Conference baseball tournament. All eight of the league's teams met in the round robin tournament held at University of Texas–Pan American's Edinburg Stadium in Edinburg, Texas. Utah Valley won the championship by a score of 4-3. As the Great West is a new conference, the league does not have an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

2010 Great West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatRound Robin
Finals site
ChampionsUtah Valley (1st title)
Winning coachEric Madsen (1st title)
MVPChris Benson (Utah Valley)
2010 Great West Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Utah Valley  ‍†‍‡‍ 26–2 .92942–17 .712
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 22–6 .78634–24 .586
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 15–13 .53628–31 .475
NYIT  ‍‍‍ 15–13 .53611–26 .297
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 13–15 .46419–35 .352
Texas–Pan American  ‍‍‍ 9–18 .33322–33 .400
NJIT  ‍‍‍ 9–18 .33313–44 .228
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 2–26 .0714–52 .071
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 29, 2011[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded by conference winning percentage, with head to head matchups used for tiebreakers. The teams were then divided into two pools with the winners of each pool meeting in a single elimination final.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Utah Valley262.929
–
1
Northern Colorado226.786
4
2
NYIT1513.536
11
3
Houston Baptist1513.536
11
4
North Dakota1315.464
13
5
Texas-Pan American918.333
16.5
6
NJIT918.333
16.5
7
Chicago State226.071
24
8

Results
Division A UVU HBU UND CSUOverall
1 Utah Valley W 9–2 W 11–7 W 9–83–0
4 Houston Baptist L 2–9 W 9–3 W 11–62–1
5 North Dakota L 7–11 L 3–9 W 8–21–2
8 Chicago State L 8–9 L 6–11 L 2–8 0–3
Division B UNC NYIT UTPA NJITOverall
2 Northern Colorado L 1–11 W 10–0 W 9–12–1
3 NYIT W 11–1 L 4–6 W 14–42-1
6 Texas-Pan American L 0–10 W 6–4 W 14–12–1
7 NJIT L 1–9 L 4–14 L 1–14 0-3
Finals
   
A Utah Valley 4
B Northern Colorado 3

Northern Colorado advanced to the championship game by virtue of its head to head win over Texas–Pan American.[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

NameSchool
Johnathan MooreHouston Baptist
Stephen NikonchikHouston Baptist
Paul PresteraHouston Baptist
Frank RyanNYIT
Effrey ValdezNYIT
Mike RaudenbushNorthern Colorado
Mark ShannonNorthern Colorado
Joe WillmanNorthern Colorado
Jake MagnerNorth Dakota
Vincent MejiaTexas-Pan American
Chris BensonUtah Valley
Zane GrayUtah Valley
Goose KallunkiUtah Valley
Sage ThorpeUtah Valley

Most Valuable Player

Chris Benson was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Benson was an outfielder for Utah Valley.[3]

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2010". boydsworld.com. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  2. "The 2010 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Set to Begin Wednesday". Great West Conference. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  3. "UVU Captures the Inaugural Great West Conference Tournament Championship in Walk-Off Fashion". Great West Conference. May 29, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  4. "2010 Great West Conference Baseball". Great West Conference. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
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