1979 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament

The 1979 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held May 3-6 in Grand Junction, CO. Mesa College defeated Western State College of Colorado for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Overall Record	Head Coach
	Colorado School of Mines	5-17	Jim Darden
	Mesa College	22-9	Byron Wiehe
	New Mexico Highlands University	9-28
	Regis College	19-12	Chris Dittman
	University of Southern Colorado	12-14	John Barnes
	Southern Utah State College	9-22	Cleo Petty
	Western New Mexico University	7-21
	Western State College of Colorado	6-18	Paul Coleman

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
		Mesa	11
		Regis	0
							Mesa	6
							Southern Utah St.	4
		Southern Utah St.	5
		Southern Colorado	3
												Mesa	10
												Western St.	0
		Western St.	6
		Western New Mexico	5
							Western St.	8
							New Mexico Highlands	3
		New Mexico Highlands	3
		Colorado Mines	2																			Mesa	11	x
																						Western St.	4	x
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
							New Mexico Highlands	9
		Regis	4				Regis	10									Western St.	6
		Southern Colorado	1									Regis					Southern Utah St.	3
											2	Southern Utah St.	3
							Southern Utah St.	13
		Western New Mexico	5				Western New Mexico	5
		Colorado Mines	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 3
Game 1	Southern Utah State College	5-3	University of Southern Colorado
May 4
Game 2	New Mexico Highlands University	3-2	Colorado School of Mines
Game 3	Western State College of Colorado	6-5	Western New Mexico University
Game 4	Mesa College	11-0	Regis College
Game 5	Western New Mexico University	5-4	Colorado School of Mines	Colorado Mines eliminated
Game 6	Regis College	4-1	University of Southern Colorado	Southern Colorado eliminated
Game 7	Mesa College	6-4	Southern Utah State College
Game 8	Western State College of Colorado	8-3	New Mexico Highlands University
May 5
Game 9	Southern Utah State College	13-5	Western New Mexico University	Western New Mexico eliminated
Game 10	Regis College	10-9	New Mexico Highlands University	New Mexico Highlands eliminated
Game 11	Mesa College	10-0	Western State College of Colorado
Game 12	Southern Utah State College	3-2 (10)	Regis College	Regis eliminated
May 6
Game 13	Western State College of Colorado	6-3	Southern Utah State College	Southern Utah State eliminated
Game 14	Mesa College	11-4	Western State College of Colorado	Mesa advances to NAIA Tournament