2011 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | New Mexico (1st title) |
| MVP | D.J. Peterson (New Mexico) |
| Television | Mountiain/CBS Sports Network |
The 2011 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 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]
Seeding
[edit]| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 TCU †y | 20 | – | 3 | .870 | 43 | – | 19 | .694 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 16 | – | 7 | .696 | 29 | – | 21 | .580 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 11 | – | 12 | .478 | 31 | – | 27 | .534 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | 22 | – | 36 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 10 | – | 13 | .435 | 33 | – | 25 | .569 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico ‡y | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 20 | – | 41 | .328 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 4 | – | 20 | .167 | 19 | – | 36 | .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.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 20 | 3 | .870 | – | 1 |
| Utah | 16 | 7 | .696 | 4 | 2 |
| BYU | 11 | 12 | .478 | 9 | 3 |
| San Diego State | 11 | 13 | .458 | 9.5 | 4 |
| UNLV | 10 | 13 | .435 | 10 | 5 |
| New Mexico | 10 | 14 | .417 | 10.5 | 6 |
| Air Force | 4 | 20 | .167 | 16.5 | – |
Results
[edit]| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | TCU | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | BYU | 4 | 6 | New Mexico | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | New Mexico | 5 | 6 | New Mexico | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Utah | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Utah | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | San Diego State | 4 | 4 | San Diego State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UNLV | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | New Mexico | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | TCU | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Utah | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | TCU | 12 | 1 | TCU | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | San Diego State | 2 | 3 | BYU | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | BYU | 5 | 3 | BYU | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UNLV | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
[edit]| Pos. | Name | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Josh Elander | SO | TCU |
| 1B | Joe Weik | SR | TCU |
| 2B | Dane Nielsen | SR | BYU |
| 3B | D. J. Peterson (MVP) | FR | New Mexico |
| 3B | Troy Neilsen | FR | Utah |
| LF | Luke Campbell | JR | New Mexico |
| CF | Cody Smith | FR | San Diego State |
| CF | Kyle Von Tungeln | SO | TCU |
| DH | Jacob Nelson | SO | New Mexico |
| RHP | Austin House | SO | New Mexico |
| RP | Bobby Mares | SO | New Mexico |
References
[edit]- ^ "2012 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ^ a b "New Mexico Stuns Top-Seeded TCU to Win MW Baseball Championship". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ^ "Mountain West Conference Baseball Final Standings". themwc.com. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ^ "2011 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). themwc.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2012.