2016 Mountain West Conference Tournament

The 2016 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament was held at Santa Ana Star Field in Albuquerque, NM. #2 University of New Mexico defeated #3 University of Nevada, Reno for the title. Colton Thomson and Luis Gonzalez of New Mexico were named tournament co-MVPs.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	California State University, Fresno	21-9	Mike Batesole
2	University of New Mexico	20-10	Ray Birmingham
3	University of Nevada, Reno	20-10	T. J. Bruce
4	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	14-16	Stan Stolte
5	United States Air Force Academy	12-18	Mike Kazlausky
6	San Diego State University	11-19	Mark Martinez
7	San Jose State University	7-23	Dave Nakama

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Fresno State	7
	4	UNLV	7			5	Air Force	9
	5	Air Force	15								5	Air Force	4
											2	New Mexico	6
						2	New Mexico	3
	3	Nevada	13			3	Nevada	0
	6	San Diego State	5													2	New Mexico	'14	x
																3	Nevada	4	x
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	3	Nevada	5
	6	San Diego State	3								5	Air Force	1
						1	Fresno State	6			3	Nevada	12
						3	Nevada	25
	4	UNLV	8
	6	San Diego State	18

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	San Diego State University	7-3	San Jose State University	San Jose State eliminated
Game 2	United States Air Force Academy	15-7	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Game 3	University of Nevada, Reno	13-5	San Diego State University
May 26
Game 4	San Diego State University	18-8	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	UNLV eliminated
Game 5	United States Air Force Academy	9-7	California State University, Fresno
Game 6	University of New Mexico	3-0	University of Nevada, Reno
May 27
Game 7	University of Nevada, Reno	5-3	San Diego State University	San Diego State eliminated
Game 8	University of Nevada, Reno	25-6 (8)	California State University, Fresno	Fresno State eliminated
Game 9	University of New Mexico	6-4	United States Air Force Academy
May 28
Game 10	University of Nevada, Reno	12-1 (7)	United States Air Force Academy	Air Force eliminated
Game 11	University of New Mexico	14-4 (7)	University of Nevada, Reno	New Mexico advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Colton Thomson, New Mexico
• Luis Gonzalez, New Mexico
• Tyler Jones, Air Force
• Justin Bridgman, Nevada
• TJ Friedl, Nevada
• Jordan Pearce, Nevada
• Ty Pennington, Nevada
• Chris DeVito, New Mexico
• Tyler Stevens, New Mexico
• Justin Wylie, San Diego State
• Cody Howard, UNLV