2004 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

2004 Mountain West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUNLV (2nd title)
MVPMatt Luca (UNLV)
2004 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
San Diego State  ‍†‍‍ 19 – 9 – 0   .679 35 – 29 – 0   .547
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10 – 0   .667 36 – 29 – 1   .553
UNLV  ‍‍‡‍y 20 – 10 – 0   .667 37 – 24 – 0   .607
BYU  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 0   .600 28 – 30 – 0   .483
Utah  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 22 – 36 – 0   .379
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 0 – 28 – 0   .000 6 – 49 – 0   .109
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 30, 2004[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2004 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 26 through 29. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Third seeded UNLV won their second straight and second overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 6–3 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. New Mexico claimed the second seed by winning the season series against UNLV.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
San Diego State 19 9 .679
–
1
New Mexico 20 10 .667
–
2
UNLV 20 10 .667
–
3
BYU 18 12 .600
2
4
Utah 11 19 .367
9
5
Air Force 0 28 .000
19
6

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1San Diego State8
4BYU45Utah0
5Utah101San Diego State3
3UNLV14
2New Mexico9
3UNLV133UNLV15
6Air Force9
3UNLV6–
1San Diego State3–
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1San Diego State24
5Utah82New Mexico8
2New Mexico232New Mexico9
4BYU36Air Force2
6Air Force5

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.[4]

Name Class Team
Clayton Couch So. Air Force
Josh Mader Jr. New Mexico
Rielly Embrey Sr. San Diego State
Scott Shoemaker Sr. San Diego State
Brick Ungricht Fr. San Diego State
Andrew D’Angelo Sr. UNLV
Eric Nielsen Jr. UNLV
Zeke Parraz Jr. UNLV
Ryan Ruiz Sr. UNLV
David Seccombe Sr. UNLV

Most Valuable Player

Matt Luca, a sophomore pitcher for the champion UNLV Rebels, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[3]

References

  1. ^ Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 2. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  2. ^ "2004 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on November 24, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "UNLV Defeats SDSU To Claim Second Straight Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  4. ^ Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2012.