2001 Mountain West Conference Tournament

The 2001 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament was held at Tony Gwynn Stadium in San Diego, CA. #1 Brigham Young University defeated #2 San Diego State University for the title. Nate Fernley of BYU was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Brigham Young University	21-8	Vance Law
2	San Diego State University	19-11	Jim Dietz
3	University of Utah	14-16	Tim Esmay
4	University of New Mexico	14-16	Rich Alday
5	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	13-17	Rod Soesbe
6	United States Air Force Academy	8-21	Reed Peters

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second Round					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	BYU	7
	6	Air Force	1			1	BYU	14
						3	Utah	15
											3	Utah	4
											2	San Diego State	5			2	San Diego State	12
						6	Air Force	0								4	New Mexico	5
						2	San Diego State	8
	2	San Diego State	0																		2	San Diego State	3
	5	UNLV	1																		1	BYU	4
						5	UNLV	2
						4	New Mexico	5
	3	Utah	4								4	New Mexico	7
	4	New Mexico	7								1	BYU	12
						5	UNLV	9
						1	BYU	10

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 16
Game 1	Brigham Young University	7-1	United States Air Force Academy
Game 2	University of New Mexico	7-4	University of Utah
Game 3	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	1-0	San Diego State University
May 17
Game 4	San Diego State University	8-0	United States Air Force Academy	Air Force eliminated
Game 5	University of Utah	15-14	Brigham Young University
Game 6	University of New Mexico	5-2	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
May 18
Game 7	Brigham Young University	10-9	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	UNLV eliminated
Game 8	San Diego State University	5-4	University of Utah	Utah eliminated
Game 9	Brigham Young University	12-7	University of New Mexico
May 19
Game 10	San Diego State University	12-5	University of New Mexico	New Mexico eliminated
Game 11	Brigham Young University	4-3	San Diego State University	BYU advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Nate Fernley, BYU
• Doug Jackson, BYU
• Seth King, BYU
• Kainoa Obrey, BYU
• Ben Julianel, San Diego State
• Ben Leuthard, San Diego State
• John Skinner, San Diego State
• Brad Beasley, UNLV
• Trent Kitsch, UNLV
• Ryan Olson, UNLV
• Chris Shelton, Utah