2005 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

2005 Mountain West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUNLV (3rd title)
MVPMatt Wagner (UNLV)
2005 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
UNLV  ‍†‍‡‍y 23 – 7 – 0   .767 35 – 29 – 0   .547
BYU  ‍‍‍ 21 – 9 – 0   .700 39 – 19 – 1   .669
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567 26 – 35 – 0   .426
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500 26 – 32 – 0   .448
Utah  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20 – 0   .333 19 – 36 – 0   .345
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 4 – 26 – 0   .133 9 – 44 – 0   .170
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 30, 2005[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2005 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 27. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Utah's Franklin Covey Field. Top seeded UNLV won their third straight and third overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 7–4 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
UNLV 23 7 .767
–
1
BYU 21 9 .700
2
2
San Diego State 17 13 .567
6
3
New Mexico 15 15 .500
8
4
Utah 10 20 .333
13
5
Air Force 4 26 .133
19
6

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1UNLV5
3San Diego State215Utah3
6Air Force61UNLV2
2BYU7
2BYU4
4New Mexico03San Diego State3
5Utah2
2BYU54
1UNLV97
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1UNLV14
5Utah33San Diego State3
3San Diego State73San Diego State10
6Air Force94New Mexico5
4New Mexico11

All-Tournament Team

Name Class POS Team
Ryan Chambers Sr. OF BYU
Dave Horlacher Jr. P BYU
Chris Carlson So. OF New Mexico
Quintin Berry So. OF San Diego State
Lance Zawadzki So. 2B San Diego State
Ryan Bird Jr. OF UNLV
Chris Bonnell So. 1B UNLV
Matt Luca Jr. P UNLV
J. C. Sibley Sr. OF UNLV
Josh Cooper Jr. P Utah
Apana Nakayama Jr. DH BYU

Most Valuable Player

Matt Wagner, a 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. ^ "2005 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "UNLV Defeats BYU To Claim Third Straight Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2012.