1980 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament
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The 1980 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference baseball tournament was scheduled to be an 8-team tiurnament held May 1-3 in Pueblo, CO. When rains washed out the intial tournament, it was decided to hold two 4-team tournaments in Pueblo and Grand Junction, CO from May 10-12. In Pueblo, University of Southern Colorado defeated New Mexico Highlands University, while in Grand Junction, the tournament was rained out after two games.
Participating Teams[edit]
Pueblo Tournament[edit]
| Seed | School | Overall Record | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado School of Mines | Jim Darden | ||
| New Mexico Highlands University | 16-18 | Jim Abreu | |
| University of Southern Colorado | 17-15 | John Barnes | |
| Western State College of Colorado | Paul Coleman |
Grand Junction Tournament[edit]
| Seed | School | Overall Record | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa College | 23-9 | Byron Wiehe | |
| Regis College | 10-20 | Mert Letofsky | |
| Southern Utah State College | 5-23 | Stan Jack | |
| Western New Mexico University* | 2-22 |
*Western New Mexico decided not to send the team to the rescheduled tournament.
Results[edit]
Bracket[edit]
Pueblo Tournament[edit]
| First Round | Second Round | Final | ||||||||||||
| Southern Colorado | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Colorado Mines | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Southern Colorado | w | |||||||||||||
| New Mexico Highlands | L | |||||||||||||
| New Mexico Highlands | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Western St. | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Southern Colorado | 1 | x | ||||||||||||
| New Mexico Highlands | 0 | x | ||||||||||||
| New Mexico Highlands | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Colorado Mines | 11 | Western St. | 1 | |||||||||||
| Western St. | 14 | |||||||||||||
Grand Junction Tournament[edit]
| First Round | Second Round | Final | ||||||||||||
|
| ||||||||||||||
| Regis | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Mesa | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Mesa | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Southern Utah St. | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Regis | rain | rain | ||||||||||||
| Mesa | rain | |||||||||||||
| Southern Utah St. | rain | |||||||||||||
Game Results[edit]
Pueblo Tournament[edit]
| Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10 | ||||
| Game 1 | University of Southern Colorado | 11-0 | Colorado School of Mines | |
| Game 2 | New Mexico Highlands University | 8-5 | Western State College of Colorado | |
| Game 3 | Western State College of Colorado | 14-11 | Colorado School of Mines | Colorado Mines eliminated |
| May 11 | ||||
| Game 4 | University of Southern Colorado | New Mexico Highlands University | ||
| Game 5 | New Mexico Highlands University | 9-1 | Western State College of Colorado | Western State eliminated |
| Game 6 | University of Southern Colorado | 1-0 | New Mexico Highlands University | Southern Colorado advances to NAIA Tournament |
Grand Junction Tournament[edit]
| Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11 | ||||
| Game 1 | Mesa College | 18-12 | Southern Utah State College | |
| Game 2 | Regis College | 16-13 | Mesa College | suspended, finished 5/12 |
| May 13 | ||||
| rained out | ||||
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