2011 Mountain West Conference Tournament

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The 2011 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament was held at Tony Gwynn Stadium in San Diego, CA. #6 University of New Mexico defeated #1 Texas Christian University for the title. D.J. Peterson of New Mexico was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Texas Christian University 20-3 Jim Schlossnagle
2 University of Utah 16-7 Bill Kinneberg
3 Brigham Young University 11-12 Vance Law
4 San Diego State University 11-13 Tony Gwynn
5 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10-13 Tim Chambers
6 University of New Mexico 10-14 Ray Birmingham

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Finals
                                       
      1 Texas Christian 3  
  3 BYU 4     6 New Mexico 4    
  6 New Mexico 5         6 New Mexico 6  
      2 Utah 5    
    2 Utah 7          
  4 San Diego State 4     4 San Diego State 3        
  5 UNLV 3         6 New Mexico 4 x
      1 Texas Christian 2 x
  Losers Bracket 1-2     Losers Bracket 2     Losers Bracket 3    
         
  4 San Diego State 2        
  3 BYU 8         2 Utah 1    
      1 Texas Christian 12     1 Texas Christian 14  
      3 BYU 5  
  3 BYU 5    
  5 UNLV 1  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 24
Game 1 University of New Mexico 5-4 Brigham Young University
Game 2 San Diego State University 4-3 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
May 25
Game 3 Brigham Young University 5-1 University of Nevada, Las Vegas UNLV eliminated
Game 4 University of Utah 7-3 San Diego State University
Game 5 University of New Mexico 4-3 Texas Christian University
May 26
Game 6 Brigham Young University 8-2 San Diego State University San Diego State eliminated
Game 7 Texas Christian University 12-5 Brigham Young University BYU eliminated
Game 8 University of New Mexico 6-5 University of Utah
May 27
Game 9 Texas Christian University 14-1 University of Utah Utah eliminated
Game 10 University of New Mexico 4-2 Texas Christian University New Mexico advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Dane Nielsen, BYU
  • Luke Campbell, New Mexico
  • Austin House, New Mexico
  • D.J. Peterson, New Mexico
  • Cody Smith, San Diego State
  • Josh Elander, Texas Christian
  • Kyle Von Tungeln, Texas Christian
  • Joe Weik, Texas Christian
  • Trey Nielsen, Utah
  • Jacob Nelson, New Mexico
  • Bobby Mares, New Mexico