2011 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2011
Conference:Mountain West Conference
Teams:6
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:Tony Gwynn Stadium
City:San Diego, CA
Champions:New Mexico
Titlecount:1st
Mvp:D.J. Peterson
Mvpteam:New Mexico
Television:Mountiain/CBS Sports Network

The 2011 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 28 The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at San Diego State's Tony Gwynn Stadium. Sixth seeded New Mexico won their first Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 4–2 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]

Seeding

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. Only six teams participate, so Air Force was not in the field.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
20 3 .870 1
16 7 .696 4 2
11 12 .478 9 3
11 13 .458 9.5 4
10 13 .435 10 5
10 14 .417 10.5 6
4 20 .167 16.5

Results

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All-Tournament Team

Pos. Name Class Team
C Josh Elander SO TCU
1B Joe Weik SR TCU
2B Dane Nielsen SR BYU
3B D. J. Peterson (MVP) FR New Mexico
3B Troy Neilsen FR Utah
LF Luke Campbell JR New Mexico
CF Cody Smith FR San Diego State
CF Kyle Von Tungeln SO TCU
DH Jacob Nelson SO New Mexico
RHP Austin House SO New Mexico
RP Bobby Mares SO New Mexico

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central. themwc.com. 2012-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20101231065852/http://www.themwc.com/champ/basebl-champ-2011.html. 2010-12-31. dead.
  2. Web site: New Mexico Stuns Top-Seeded TCU to Win MW Baseball Championship. https://archive.today/20130204012826/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052811aad.html. dead. 2013-02-04. themwc.com. 2012-07-02.
  3. Web site: 2011 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship. themwc.com. 2012-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20110601094150/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mwc/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/mwc-11-champ-bracket.pdf. 2011-06-01. dead.