2005 Mountain West Conference Tournament

The 2005 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament was held at Franklin Covey Field in Salt Lake City, UT. #1 University of Nevada, Las Vegas defeated #2 Brigham Young University for the title. Matt Wagner of UNLV was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	23-7	Buddy Gouldsmith
2	Brigham Young University	21-9	Vance Law
3	San Diego State University	17-13	Tony Gwynn
4	University of New Mexico	15-15	Rich Alday
5	University of Utah	10-20	Bill Kinneberg
6	United States Air Force Academy	4-26	Mike Hutcheon

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	UNLV	5
	4	New Mexico	0			5	Utah	3
	5	Utah	2								1	UNLV	2
											2	BYU	7
						2	BYU	4
	3	San Diego State	21			3	San Diego State	3
	6	Air Force	6													2	BYU	5	4
																1	UNLV	9	5
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	3	San Diego State	7
	4	New Mexico	5								1	UNLV	14
						5	Utah	3			3	San Diego State	3
						3	San Diego State	10
	4	New Mexico	11
	6	Air Force	9

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	San Diego State University	21-6	United States Air Force Academy
Game 2	University of Utah	2-0	University of New Mexico
Game 3	University of New Mexico	11-9	United States Air Force Academy	Air Force eliminated
May 26
Game 4	Brigham Young University	4-3	San Diego State University
Game 5	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	5-3	University of Utah
Game 6	San Diego State University	7-5	University of New Mexico	New Mexico eliminated
May 27
Game 7	San Diego State University	10-3	University of Utah	Utah eliminated
Game 8	Brigham Young University	7-2	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Game 9	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	14-3	San Diego State University	San Diego State eliminated
May 28
Game 10	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	9-5	Brigham Young University
Game 11	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	7-4	Brigham Young University	UNLV advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Ryan Chambers, BYU
• Dave Horlacher, BYU
• Chris Carlson, UNM
• Quintin Berry, San Diego State
• Lance Zawadski, San Diego State
• Ryan Bird, UNLV
• Chris Bonnell, UNLV
• Matt Luca, UNLV
• J.C. Sibley, UNLV
• Josh Cooper, Utah
• Apana Nakayama, BYU