2009 Mountain West Conference Tournament

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The 2009 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament was held at Lupton Baseball Stadium in Fort Worth, TX. #6 University of Utah defeated #4 San Diego State University for the title. Tyler Yagi of Utah was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

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

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Finals
                                       
      1 Texas Christian 7  
  3 BYU 1     6 Utah 9    
  6 Utah 2         6 Utah 8  
      4 San Diego State 9    
    2 New Mexico 1          
  4 San Diego State 12     4 San Diego State 2        
  5 UNLV 1         4 San Diego State 1 3
      6 Utah 4 9
  Losers Bracket 1-2     Losers Bracket 2     Losers Bracket 3    
         
  2 New Mexico 1        
  3 BYU 5         6 Utah 4    
      1 Texas Christian 9     1 Texas Christian 1  
      3 BYU 2  
  3 BYU 5    
  5 UNLV 4  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 19
Game 1 University of Utah 2-1 (10) Brigham Young University
Game 2 San Diego State University 12-1 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
May 20
Game 3 Brigham Young University 5-4 University of Nevada, Las Vegas UNLV eliminated
Game 4 San Diego State University 2-1 University of New Mexico
Game 5 University of Utah 9-7 Texas Christian University
May 21
Game 6 Brigham Young University 5-1 University of New Mexico New Mexico eliminated
Game 7 Texas Christian University 9-2 Brigham Young University BYU eliminated
Game 8 San Diego State University 9-8 University of Utah
May 22
Game 9 University of Utah 6-4 Texas Christian University TCU eliminated
Game 10 University of Utah 4-1 San Diego State University
May 23
Game 11 University of Utah 9-3 San Diego State University advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Marc Oslund, BYU
  • Erik Castro, San Diego State
  • Stephen Strasburg, San Diego State
  • Matt Vern, Texas Christian
  • Kyle Winkler, Texas Christian
  • C.J. Cron, Utah
  • Corey Shimada, Utah
  • Jordan Whatcott, Utah
  • Tyler Yagi, Utah
  • Devin Walker, Utah
  • Greg Krause, Utah