2006 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament

The 2006 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament was held at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, CO. #1 Mesa State College defeated #3 Colorado State University-Pueblo for the title. Sean Van Elderen of Mesa State was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Mesa State College	22-7	Chris Hanks
2	Fort Hays State University	23-9	Matt Ranson
3	Colorado State University-Pueblo	20-12	Stan Sanchez
4	Metropolitan State College of Denver	19-13	Vince Porreco
5	University of Nebraska at Kearney	14-12	Damon Day
6	New Mexico Highlands University	16-16	Steve Jones

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Mesa State	13
	6	New Mexico Highlands	7			1	Mesa State	7
						4	Metropolitan State	3
	2	Fort Hays State	2								1	Mesa State	13
	5	Nebraska-Kearney	1								3	CSU-Pueblo	2
						2	Fort Hays State	7													1	Mesa State	12	x
						3	CSU-Pueblo	8													3	CSU-Pueblo	5	x
	3	CSU-Pueblo	4													3	CSU-Pueblo	14
	4	Metropolitan State	2								2	Fort Hays State	18			2	Fort Hays State	1
						6	New Mexico Highlands	10			6	New Mexico Highlands	9
						5	Nebraska-Kearney	8

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 10
Game 1	Mesa State College	13-7	New Mexico Highlands University
Game 2	Fort Hays State University	2-1	University of Nebraska at Kearney
Game 3	Colorado State University-Pueblo	4-2	Metropolitan State College of Denver
May 11
Game 4	Mesa State College	7-3	Metropolitan State College of Denver	Metropolitan State eliminated
Game 5	Colorado State University-Pueblo	8-7	Fort Hays State University
Game 6	New Mexico Highlands University	10-8	University of Nebraska at Kearney	Nebraska Kearney eliminated
May 12
Game 7	Mesa State College	13-2	Colorado State University-Pueblo
Game 8	Fort Hays State University	18-9	New Mexico Highlands University	New Mexico Highlands eliminated
Game 9	Colorado State University-Pueblo	14-1	Fort Hays State University	Fort Hays eliminated
May 13
Game 10	Mesa State College	12-5	Colorado State University-Pueblo	Mesa State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C: Kristian Sifuentes, New Mexico Highlands
• 1B: Mike Martinez, CSU-Pueblo
• 2B: Sean McKinney, Mesa State
• 3B: Jared Burek, Mesa State
• SS: Kevin Meadows, CSU-Pueblo
• OF: Sean Van Elderen, Mesa State
• OF: Jason Rees, Fort Hays State
• OF: Tyler Konrade, Fort Hays State
• DH: Eric Maberry, Mesa State
• P: Brett Armour, Mesa State
• P: Chris Runyon, CSU-Pueblo
• At Large: Antonio Sigueiros, New Mexico Highlands
• At Large: Drew Hirshon, CSU-Pueblo