2009 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2009 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 19–23. 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
TeamW 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

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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
TCU155.750
–
1
New Mexico158.652
1.5
2
BYU148.636
2
3
San Diego State159.625
2
4
UNLV915.375
8
5
Utah816.333
9
6
Air Force318.143
12.5
–

Results
  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 BYU 1     1 TCU 7  
  6 Utah 2     6 Utah 9    
      6 Utah 8              
      4 San Diego State 9              
  4 San Diego State 12     2 New Mexico 1          
  5 UNLV 1     4 San Diego State 2        
        6 Utah 4 9
Loser's Bracket       4 San Diego State 1 3
  3 BYU 5        
  5 UNLV 4          
      2 New Mexico 1        
      3 BYU 5          
            1 TCU 9              
          3 BYU 2              
      6 Utah 6    
    1 TCU 4  

[4]

All-Tournament Team
NamePOSTeam
Marc OslundRHPBYU
Matt Vern1BTCU
Kyle WinklerRHPTCU
Erik Castro3B/CSan Diego State
Stephen StrasburgRHPSan Diego State
C. J. CronC/DHUtah
Corey Shimada2BUtah
Jordan WhatcottRHPUtah
Tyler YagiOFUtah
Devin WalkerDHUtah
Greg KrauseRPUtah

Most Valuable Player

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

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References
  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. "Sixth-Seeded Utah Wins First-Ever MWC Baseball Tournament Title With a 9-3 Victory over Fourth-Seeded San Diego State". themwc.com. 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.
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