2018 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

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2018 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Mountain West Conference Baseball Logo.png
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSan Diego State (5th title)
Winning coachMark Martinez (3rd title)
MVPCasey Schmitt (San Diego State)
Attendance2,837
TelevisionMW Network
2018 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Nevada  ‍‍‍ 20 – 9 – 0   .690 29 – 22 – 0   .569
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 0   .600 36 – 19 – 0   .655
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 26 – 28 – 0   .481
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 33 – 22 – 0   .600
Fresno State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 30 – 24 – 0   .556
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 12 – 17 – 0   .414 24 – 30 – 0   .444
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 19 – 33 – 1   .368
As of May 20, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 24–27. Nevada, San Diego State, San José State, and UNLV met in the double-elimination tournament held at Tony Gwynn Stadium in San Diego, California. San Diego State earned the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Format and seeding[]

The conference's top four teams will be seeded based on winning percentage during the round robin regular season schedule. They will then play a double-elimination tournament with the top seed playing the fourth seeded team and the second seeded team playing the third seed.

Team W L T Pct. Seed Tiebreaker
Nevada 20 9 .690 1
San Diego State 18 12 .600 2
San Jose State 16 14 .533 3
UNLV 14 16 .467 4
Fresno State 13 17 .433
Air Force 12 17 .414
New Mexico 11 19 .367

Bracket[]

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, May 24
MWN 		Semifinals
Friday, May 25
MWN 		Championship
Saturday, May 26
MWN
                             
1 Nevada 8  
4 UNLV 13  
  4 UNLV 3  
  2 San Diego State 412  
2 San Diego State 2
3 San José State 1  
  2 San Diego State 14 –
  4 UNLV 5 –
1 Nevada 6  
3 San José State 13  
  4 UNLV 9
  3 San José State 2  

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Schedule[]

Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 24
1 1:30 p.m. No. 1 Nevada vs. No. 4 UNLV MW Network 826
2 6:00 p.m. No. 3 San José State at No. 2 San Diego State
Consolation – Friday, May 25
3 1:30 p.m. No. 1 Nevada vs. No. 3 San José State MW Network 808
Semifinals – Friday, May 25
4 6:00 p.m. No. 4 UNLV at No. 2 San Diego State MW Network 808
Consolation – Saturday, May 26
5 1:30 p.m. No. 3 San José State vs. No. 4 UNLV MW Network 1,203
Championship – Saturday, May 26
6 6:00 p.m. No. 4 UNLV at No. 2 San Diego State MW Network 1,203
*Game times in PDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

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References[]

  1. ^ "Baseball Standings". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "2017-18 MW Championships Schedule". themwc.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "2018 Mountain West Baseball Championship Bracket Set". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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