Year: | 2004 |
Conference: | Mountain West Conference |
Teams: | 6 |
Format: | Double-elimination |
Ballpark: | Earl Wilson Stadium |
City: | Paradise, NV |
Champions: | UNLV |
Titlecount: | 2nd |
Mvp: | Matt Luca |
Mvpteam: | UNLV |
The 2004 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 26 through 29. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Third seeded UNLV won their second straight and second overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 6–3 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]
The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. New Mexico claimed the second seed by winning the season series against UNLV.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | 9 | .679 | ||||
20 | 10 | .667 | ||||
20 | 10 | .667 | ||||
18 | 12 | .600 | ||||
11 | 19 | .367 | ||||
0 | 28 | .000 |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.[3]
Name | Class | Team | |
---|---|---|---|
Clayton Couch | So. | Air Force | |
Josh Mader | Jr. | New Mexico | |
Rielly Embrey | Sr. | San Diego State | |
Scott Shoemaker | Sr. | San Diego State | |
Brick Ungricht | Fr. | San Diego State | |
Andrew D’Angelo | Sr. | UNLV | |
Eric Nielsen | Jr. | UNLV | |
Zeke Parraz | Jr. | UNLV | |
Ryan Ruiz | Sr. | UNLV | |
David Seccombe | Sr. | UNLV |
Matt Luca, a sophomore pitcher for the champion UNLV Rebels, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.