2005 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

2005 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2005
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Franklin Covey Field
Salt Lake City, UT
Champions UNLV (3rd title)
MVP Matt Wagner (UNLV)
Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2004  2006»
2005 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
UNLV †‡y 23 – 7 – 0   .767     35 – 29 – 0   .547
BYU 21 – 9 – 0   .700     39 – 19 – 1   .669
San Diego State 17 – 13 – 0   .567     26 – 35 – 0   .426
New Mexico 15 – 15 – 0   .500     26 – 32 – 0   .448
Utah 10 – 20 – 0   .333     19 – 36 – 0   .345
Air Force 4 – 26 – 0   .133     9 – 44 – 0   .170
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 2005[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2005 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–27. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Utah's Franklin Covey Field. Top seeded UNLV won their third straight and third overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 7–4 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
UNLV 23 7 .767
–
1
BYU 21 9 .700
2
2
San Diego State 17 13 .567
6
3
New Mexico 15 15 .500
8
4
Utah 10 20 .333
13
5
Air Force 4 26 .133
19
6

Results

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3  San Diego State 21     1  UNLV 5  
  6  Air Force 6     5  Utah 3    
      1  UNLV 2              
      2  BYU 7              
  4  New Mexico 0     2  BYU 4          
  5  Utah 2     3  San Diego State 3        
        2  BYU 5 4
Loser's Bracket       1  UNLV 9 7
  6  Air Force 9        
  4  New Mexico 11          
      3  San Diego State 7        
      4  New Mexico 5          
            5  Utah 3              
          3  San Diego State 10              
      1  UNLV 14    
    3  San Diego State 3  

All-Tournament Team

Name Class POS Team
Ryan Chambers Sr. OF BYU
Dave Horlacher Jr. P BYU
Chris Carlson So. OF New Mexico
Quintin Berry So. OF San Diego State
Lance Zawadzki So. 2B San Diego State
Ryan Bird Jr. OF UNLV
Chris Bonnell So. 1B UNLV
Matt Luca Jr. P UNLV
J. C. Sibley Sr. OF UNLV
Josh Cooper Jr. P Utah
Apana Nakayama Jr. DH BYU

Most Valuable Player

Matt Wagner, a pitcher for the champion UNLV Rebels, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 2. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2005 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "UNLV Defeats BYU To Claim Third Straight Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship". themwc.com. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
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