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[edit]
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[edit]
Bracket[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- 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
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