2008 Mountain West Conference Tournament

The 2008 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament was held at Lupton Baseball Stadium in Fort Worth, TX. #1 Texas Christian University defeated #2 University of New Mexico for the title. Clint Arnold of Texas Christian was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Texas Christian University	19-5	Jim Schlossnagle
2	University of New Mexico	16-8	Ray Birmingham
3	San Diego State University	16-8	Tony Gwynn
4	Brigham Young University	10-14	Vance Law
5	University of Utah	10-14	Bill Kinneberg
6	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	9-15	Buddy Gouldsmith

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Texas Christian	9
	3	San Diego State	2			6	UNLV	3
	6	UNLV	6								1	Texas Christian	2
											2	New Mexico	3
						2	New Mexico	8
	4	BYU	3			5	Utah	2
	5	Utah	9													2	New Mexico	2	2
																1	Texas Christian	9	15
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	5	Utah	1
	3	San Diego State	0								1	Texas Christian	6
						6	UNLV	4			5	Utah	3
						5	Utah	7
	3	San Diego State	1
	4	BYU	0

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 20
Game 1	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	6-2	San Diego State University
Game 2	University of Utah	9-3	Brigham Young University
May 21
Game 3	San Diego State University	1-0	Brigham Young University	BYU eliminated
Game 4	University of New Mexico	8-2	University of Utah
Game 5	Texas Christian University	9-3	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
May 22
Game 6	University of Utah	1-0	San Diego State University	San Diego State eliminated
Game 7	University of Utah	7-4	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	UNLV eliminated
Game 8	University of New Mexico	3-2	Texas Christian University
May 23
Game 9	Texas Christian University	6-3	University of Utah	Utah eliminated
Game 10	Texas Christian University	9-2	University of New Mexico
May 24
Game 11	Texas Christian University	15-2	University of New Mexico	advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Clint Arnold, Texas Christian
• Mike Brownstein, New Mexico
• Stephen Smith, New Mexico
• Bryan Kervin, Texas Christian
• Matt Vern, Texas Christian
• J.J. Sferra, UNLV
• Dustin Hennis, Utah
• John James, Utah
• Cody Guymon, Utah
• Andrew Cashner, Texas Christian