2010 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament
The 2010 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 25 through 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]
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | TCU |
| MVP | Bryan Holaday (TCU) |
| Television | Mountain/CBS Sports Network |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 TCU †‡y | 19 | – | 5 | .792 | 54 | – | 14 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico y | 14 | – | 8 | .636 | 38 | – | 22 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 28 | – | 28 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 27 | – | 31 | .466 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | 29 | – | 29 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 10 | – | 13 | .435 | 23 | – | 28 | .451 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 3 | – | 20 | .130 | 13 | – | 42 | .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.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 21 | 5 | .808 | – | 1 |
| New Mexico | 14 | 8 | .636 | 5 | 2 |
| San Diego State | 13 | 11 | .542 | 7 | 3 |
| BYU | 12 | 12 | .500 | 8 | 4 |
| UNLV | 11 | 13 | .458 | 9 | 5 |
| Utah | 10 | 13 | .435 | 9.5 | 6 |
| Air Force | 3 | 20 | .130 | 16.5 | – |
Results
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | TCU | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | BYU | 1 | 6 | Utah | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UNLV | 9 | 1 | TCU | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UNLV | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Mexico | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | San Diego State | 6 | 5 | UNLV | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Utah | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | TCU | 2 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Mexico | 0 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UNLV | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Mexico | 7 | 2 | New Mexico | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Utah | 18 | 4 | BYU | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | BYU | 16 | 4 | BYU | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | San Diego State | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
| Name | Team |
|---|---|
| Sean McNaughton | BYU |
| Justin Howard | New Mexico |
| Ryan Honeycutt | New Mexico |
| Mike Lachapelle | New Mexico |
| Taylor Featherton | TCU |
| Bryan Holaday (MVP) | TCU |
| Matt Purke | TCU |
| Kyle Winkler | TCU |
| Jarred Frierson | UNLV |
| Tanner Peters | UNLV |
| C. J. Cron | Utah |
| Nick Kuroczko | Utah |
References
- "Mountain West Conference Baseball Final Standings". themwc.com. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
- "2010 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
- "TCU Punches NCAA Tournament Ticket with 2–0 Win over New Mexico". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
- "2010 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). themwc.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2010. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
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