Collegiate baseball tournament
The 2013 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 26. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at California State University, Fresno 's Pete Beiden Field . It was Fresno State's first year in the league after joining from the Western Athletic Conference . San Diego State won the tournament for the second time, earning the Mountain West Conference 's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament .[ 2]
The conference's six teams were seeded based on winning percentage during the round robin regular season schedule. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round, with the top seed playing the lowest seeded team that won its first round game, and the second seeded team playing the higher seeded first day winner. The losers of the first day's games played an elimination game in the double-elimination format.
Bracket
Upper round 1 Upper round 2 Upper final Final 1 New Mexico 7 3 San Diego State 15 5 Nevada 3 6 Air Force 6 1 New Mexico 7 2 UNLV 1 2 UNLV 6 4 Fresno State 3 3 San Diego State 3 5 Nevada 4 1 New Mexico 7 4 3 San Diego State 8 9 Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower final 2 UNLV 2 4 Fresno State 0 3 San Diego State 6 5 Nevada 1 3 San Diego State 4 6 Air Force 4 4 Fresno State 10 4 Fresno State 6
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[ 2]
Name
School
Class
Greg Allen
San Diego State
Sophomore
Luke Campbell
New Mexico
Senior
Ryan Doran
San Diego State
Senior
Tyler France
San Diego State
Freshman
Mitch Garver
New Mexico
Senior
Seth Kline
Air Force
Junior
Tyler Linehan
Fresno State
Junior
D. J. Peterson
New Mexico
Junior
Michael RoBards
San Diego State
Sophomore
Philip Walby
San Diego State
Junior
Tim Zier
San Diego State
Junior
Most Valuable Player
Tyler France was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. France was a freshman for San Diego State.[ 2]
Championship Winning Pitcher
Philip Walby of San Diego State was the Starting and Winning Pitcher of two games, including the Championship Game vs. New Mexico.
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