2009 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament


The 2009 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 19 through 23. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Texas Christian University's Lupton Stadium. Sixth seeded Utah won their first and only Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–3 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3] Utah joined the Pac-12 Conference after the 2011 season without winning another title.

2009 Mountain West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUtah (1st title)
MVPTyler Yagi (Utah)
TelevisionMountiain/CBS Sports Network
2009 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 17 TCU  ‍‍‍y 15 5   .750 40 18   .690
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 15 8   .652 37 20   .649
BYU  ‍‍‍ 14 8   .636 30 24   .556
San Diego State  ‍‍‍y 15 9   .625 41 23   .641
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 9 15   .375 26 32   .448
Utah  ‍‍y 8 16   .333 28 31   .475
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 3 18   .143 14 37   .275
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 8, 2009[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

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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 15 5 .750
1
New Mexico 15 8 .652
1.5
2
BYU 14 8 .636
2
3
San Diego State 15 9 .625
2
4
UNLV 9 15 .375
8
5
Utah 8 16 .333
9
6
Air Force 3 18 .143
12.5

Results

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1TCU7
3BYU16Utah9
6Utah26Utah8
4San Diego State9
2New Mexico1
4San Diego State124San Diego State2
5UNLV1
6Utah49
4San Diego State13
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
6Utah6
1TCU91TCU4
2New Mexico13BYU2
3BYU53BYU5
5UNLV4

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All-Tournament Team

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Name POS Team
Marc Oslund RHP BYU
Matt Vern 1B TCU
Kyle Winkler RHP TCU
Erik Castro 3B/C San Diego State
Stephen Strasburg RHP San Diego State
C. J. Cron C/DH Utah
Corey Shimada 2B Utah
Jordan Whatcott RHP Utah
Tyler Yagi OF Utah
Devin Walker DH Utah
Greg Krause RP Utah

Most Valuable Player

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Tyler Yagi, an outfielder for the champion Utah Utes, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Mountain West Conference Baseball Final Standings". themwc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  2. ^ "2009 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Sixth-Seeded Utah Wins First-Ever MWC Baseball Tournament Title With a 9–3 Victory over Fourth-Seeded San Diego State". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  4. ^ "2009 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). themwc.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2012.