2010 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament


The 2010 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 25 through 29. 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. Top seeded TCU won their fourth Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 2–0 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

2010 Mountain West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsTCU
MVPBryan Holaday (TCU)
TelevisionMountain/CBS Sports Network
2010 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 TCU  ‍y 19 5   .792 54 14   .794
New Mexico  ‍‍‍y 14 8   .636 38 22   .633
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 28 28   .500
BYU  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 27 31   .466
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 29 29   .500
Utah  ‍‍‍ 10 13   .435 23 28   .451
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 3 20   .130 13 42   .236
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 30, 2010[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

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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
TCU 21 5 .808
1
New Mexico 14 8 .636
5
2
San Diego State 13 11 .542
7
3
BYU 12 12 .500
8
4
UNLV 11 13 .458
9
5
Utah 10 13 .435
9.5
6
Air Force 3 20 .130
16.5

Results

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1TCU13
4BYU16Utah2
5UNLV91TCU5
5UNLV2
2New Mexico3
3San Diego State65UNLV3
6Utah12
1TCU2
2New Mexico0
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
5UNLV3
2New Mexico72New Mexico10
6Utah184BYU6
4BYU164BYU25
3San Diego State8

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All-Tournament Team

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Name Team
Sean McNaughton BYU
Justin Howard New Mexico
Ryan Honeycutt New Mexico
Mike Lachapelle New Mexico
Taylor Featherton TCU
Bryan Holaday (MVP) TCU
Matt Purke TCU
Kyle Winkler TCU
Jarred Frierson UNLV
Tanner Peters UNLV
C. J. Cron Utah
Nick Kuroczko Utah

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References

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  1. ^ "Mountain West Conference Baseball Final Standings". themwc.com. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
  2. ^ "2010 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "TCU Punches NCAA Tournament Ticket with 2–0 Win over New Mexico". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  4. ^ "2010 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). themwc.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2010. Retrieved July 4, 2012.