2004 Mountain West Conference Tournament

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The 2004 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament was held at Earl E. Wilson Stadium in Las Vegas, NV. #3 University of Nevada, Las Vegas defeated #1 San Diego State University for the title. Matt Luca of UNLV was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 San Diego State University 19-9 Tony Gwynn
2 University of New Mexico 20-10 Rich Alday
3 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 20-10 Buddy Gouldsmith
4 Brigham Young University 18-12 Vance Law
5 University of Utah 11-19 Tim Esmay
6 United States Air Force Academy 0-28 Mike Hutcheon

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Finals
                                       
      1 San Diego State 8  
  4 BYU 4     5 Utah 0    
  5 Utah 10         1 San Diego State 3  
      3 UNLV 14    
    2 New Mexico 9          
  3 UNLV 13     3 UNLV 15        
  6 Air Force 9         3 UNLV 6 x
      1 San Diego State 3 x
  Losers Bracket 1-2     Losers Bracket 2     Losers Bracket 3    
         
  2 New Mexico 23        
  6 Air Force 2         1 San Diego State 24    
      5 Utah 8     2 New Mexico 8  
      2 New Mexico 9  
  4 BYU 3    
  6 Air Force 5  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 26
Game 1 University of Utah 10-4 Brigham Young University
Game 2 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 13-9 United States Air Force Academy
Game 3 United States Air Force Academy 5-3 Brigham Young University BYU eliminated
May 27
Game 4 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 15-9 University of New Mexico
Game 5 San Diego State University 8-0 University of Utah
Game 6 University of New Mexico 23-2 United States Air Force Academy Air Force eliminated
May 28
Game 7 University of New Mexico 9-8 University of Utah Utah eliminated
Game 8 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 14-3 San Diego State University
Game 9 San Diego State University 24-8 University of New Mexico New Mexico eliminated
May 29
Game 10 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6-3 San Diego State University UNLV advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Clayton Couch, Air Force
  • Josh Mader, New Mexico
  • Rielly Embrey, San Diego State
  • Scott Shoemaker, San Diego State
  • Brick Ungricht, San Diego State
  • Andrew D’Angelo, UNLV
  • Eric Nielsen, UNLV
  • Zeke Parraz, UNLV
  • Ryan Ruiz, UNLV
  • David Seccombe, UNLV