2019 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

The 2019 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 26. The top four of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at William Peccole Park in Reno, Nevada.[2] The winner of the tournament, Fresno State, earned the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

2019 Mountain West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFresno State (1st title)
Winning coachMike Batesole (1st title)
TelevisionStadium (Gms 1-4, 6-7)
MW Net (Gm 5)
2019 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 25 Fresno State  ‍y 20 8 1   .707 40 16 1   .711
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 16 13 0   .552 32 25 0   .561
Nevada  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 30 26 0   .536
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 29 29 0   .500
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 12 14 0   .462 26 26 0   .500
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 20 34 0   .370
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 11 16 1   .411 23 28 1   .452
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of July 16, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Format and seeding

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The conference's top four teams were seeded based on winning percentage during the round robin regular season schedule. They then played a double-elimination tournament with the top seed playing the fourth seeded team and the second seeded team playing the third seed.

Bracket

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First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Fresno State4
4Nevada3
1Fresno State11
3UNLV1
2San Diego State3
3UNLV9
1Fresno State
3UNLV
Lower round 1Lower final
4Nevada5
4Nevada63UNLV6
2San Diego State4

Conference championship

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Mountain West Championship
(3) UNLV Rebels vs. (1) Fresno State Bulldogs
May 25, 2019, 6:30 p.m. (PDT) at William Peccole Park in Reno, Nevada
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(3) UNLV 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 11 1
(1) Fresno State 3 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 12 13 1
WP: Ryan Sullivan (1–2)   LP: Bradley Spooner (2–2)
Attendance: 712

References

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  1. ^ "Mountain West Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Jim Krajewski (December 7, 2018). "Nevada will host Mountain West baseball championship in 2019". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, NV. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "2018-19 MW Championships Schedule". themwc.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.