2011 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

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]

2011 Mountain West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsNew Mexico (1st title)
MVPD.J. Peterson (New Mexico)
TelevisionMountiain/CBS Sports Network

Seeding

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2011 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 17 TCU  ‍‍‍y 20 3   .870 43 19   .694
Utah  ‍‍‍ 16 7   .696 29 21   .580
BYU  ‍‍‍ 11 12   .478 31 27   .534
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 22 36   .379
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 10 13   .435 33 25   .569
New Mexico  ‍‍y 10 14   .417 20 41   .328
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 4 20   .167 19 36   .345
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 30, 2011[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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 20 3 .870 1
Utah 16 7 .696 4 2
BYU 11 12 .478 9 3
San Diego State 11 13 .458 9.5 4
UNLV 10 13 .435 10 5
New Mexico 10 14 .417 10.5 6
Air Force 4 20 .167 16.5

Results

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1TCU3
3BYU46New Mexico4
6New Mexico56New Mexico6
2Utah5
2Utah7
4San Diego State44San Diego State3
5UNLV3
6New Mexico4
1TCU2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Utah1
1TCU121TCU14
4San Diego State23BYU5
3BYU53BYU8
5UNLV1

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All-Tournament Team

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "2012 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "New Mexico Stuns Top-Seeded TCU to Win MW Baseball Championship". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  3. ^ "Mountain West Conference Baseball Final Standings". themwc.com. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  4. ^ "2011 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). themwc.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2012.