Year: | 2003 |
Conference: | Mountain West Conference |
Teams: | 6 |
Format: | Double-elimination |
Ballpark: | Isotopes Park |
City: | Albuquerque, NM |
Champions: | UNLV |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Patrick Dobson |
Mvpteam: | UNLV |
The 2003 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 21 through 24. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of New Mexico's Isotopes Park. Top seeded UNLV won their first Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 14–9 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]
The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. San Diego State claimed the second seed over BYU by winning the season series.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 | 6 | .800 | ||||
18 | 12 | .600 | ||||
18 | 12 | .600 | ||||
17 | 13 | .567 | ||||
10 | 20 | .333 | ||||
3 | 27 | .100 |
* - Indicates game required 11 innings.
The following teams were named to the All-Tournament team.[3]
Name | Class | Team | POS | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Dobson | Jr. | UNLV | Outfielder | |
Jordan Swaydan | Fr. | SDSU | Catcher | |
Robert Van Kirk | Sr. | UNLV | Catcher | |
Cort Wilson | Jr. | Utah | Infielder | |
Eric Nielsen | So. | UNLV | Outfielder | |
Brock Jacobsen | Jr. | BYU | Outfielder | |
Jake Vose | Jr. | UNLV | Pitcher | |
Eddie Gill | Jr. | UNLV | Designated Hitter | |
Anthony Gwynn | Jr. | SDSU | Outfielder | |
Brady Martinez | So. | Utah | Relief Pitcher | |
Landon Burt | Jr. | SDSU | Outfielder |
Patrick Dobson, an outfielder for the champion UNLV Rebels, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player, after a 3 for 5, 2 RBI performance in the championship game, setting a tournament record for RBI at 14.