2004 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament explained

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]

Seeding

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

All-Tournament Team

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

Most Valuable Player

Matt Luca, a sophomore pitcher for the champion UNLV Rebels, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2004 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central. themwc.com. December 8, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121124184837/http://www.themwc.com/champ/basebl-today_04-mwc.html. 2012-11-24. dead.
  2. Web site: UNLV Defeats SDSU To Claim Second Straight Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship. https://archive.today/20130203235249/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052904aab.html. dead. February 3, 2013. themwc.com. December 8, 2012.
  3. Book: Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide. themwc.com. 11. December 8, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121105073120/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mwc/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012-Baseball-History.pdf. 2012-11-05. dead.