2019 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2019 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–26. 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)
MVP,
TelevisionStadium (Gms 1-4, 6-7)
MW Net (Gm 5)
2019 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 25 Fresno State  y 2081 .707  40161 .711
San Diego State   16130 .552  32250 .561
Nevada   14160 .467  30260 .536
UNLV   14160 .467  29290 .500
Air Force   12140 .462  26260 .500
San Jose State   13170 .433  20340 .370
New Mexico   11161 .411  23281 .452
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of July 16, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Format and seeding

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

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Fresno State 4  
4 Nevada 3  
  1 Fresno State 11  
  3 UNLV 1  
2 San Diego State 3
3 UNLV 9  
  1 Fresno State 12
  3 UNLV 6
4 Nevada 6  
2 San Diego State 4  
  4 Nevada 5
  3 UNLV 6  

Conference championship

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
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(3) UNLV0020200026111
(1) Fresno State31001160012131
WP: Ryan Sullivan (1–2)   LP: Bradley Spooner (2–2)
Attendance: 712

References

  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.
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