2005 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

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2005 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Franklin Covey Field
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ChampionsUNLV (3rd title)
MVPMatt Wagner (UNLV)
2005 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
  • v
  • t
 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. Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "UNLV Defeats BYU To Claim Third Straight Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
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