2004 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2004 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 26–29. 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]

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
TeamW 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

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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
San Diego State199.679
–
1
New Mexico2010.667
–
2
UNLV2010.667
–
3
BYU1812.600
2
4
Utah1119.367
9
5
Air Force028.000
19
6

Results
  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 BYU 4     1 San Diego State 8  
  5 Utah 10     5 Utah 0    
      1 San Diego State 3              
      3 UNLV 14              
  3 UNLV 13     2 New Mexico 9          
  6 Air Force 9     3 UNLV 15        
        3 UNLV 6 –
Loser's Bracket       1 San Diego State 3 –
  4 BYU 3        
  6 Air Force 5          
      2 New Mexico 23        
      6 Air Force 2          
            5 Utah 8              
          2 New Mexico 9              
      1 San Diego State 24    
    2 New Mexico 8  

All-Tournament Team

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

NameClassTeam
Clayton CouchSo.Air Force
Josh MaderJr.New Mexico
Rielly EmbreySr.San Diego State
Scott ShoemakerSr.San Diego State
Brick UngrichtFr.San Diego State
Andrew D’AngeloSr.UNLV
Eric NielsenJr.UNLV
Zeke ParrazJr.UNLV
Ryan RuizSr.UNLV
David SeccombeSr.UNLV

Most Valuable Player

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

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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 2012-11-24. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  3. "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 2012-07-03. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
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