2003 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

2003 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2003
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Isotopes Park
Albuquerque, NM
Champions UNLV (1st title)
MVP Patrick Dobson (UNLV)
Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2002  2004»
2003 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UNLV †‡ 24 – 6   .800     47 – 17   .734
BYU 18 – 12   .600     30 – 24   .556
San Diego State 18 – 12   .600     29 – 32   .475
New Mexico 17 – 13   .567     34 – 26   .567
Utah 10 – 20   .333     24 – 32   .429
Air Force 3 – 27   .100     15 – 39   .278
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2003 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 2003[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2003 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 21–24. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of New Mexico's Isotopes Park. Top seeded UNLV won their first Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 14–9 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. San Diego State claimed the second seed over BYU by winning the season series.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
UNLV 24 6 .800
–
1
San Diego State 18 12 .600
6
2
BYU 18 12 .600
6
3
New Mexico 17 13 .567
7
4
Utah 10 20 .333
14
5
Air Force 3 27 .100
21
6

Results

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1  UNLV 10  
  6  Air Force 1     1  UNLV 12  
    4  New Mexico 5    
  2  San Diego State 7         1  UNLV 13            
  5  Utah 4           2  San Diego State 1              
      2  San Diego State 6           1  UNLV 14 –
      3  BYU 0         2  San Diego State 9 –
  3  BYU 7         2  San Diego State 15    
  4  New Mexico 6       3  BYU 7     3  BYU 7  
  5  Utah 7*     5  Utah 6  
  6  Air Force 6*  

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following teams were named to the All-Tournament team.[3][4]

Name Class Team POS
Patrick Dobson Jr. UNLV Outfielder
Jordan Swaydan Fr. SDSU Catcher
Robert Van Kirk Sr. UNLV Catcher
Cort Wilson Jr. Utah Infielder
Eric Nielsen So. UNLV Outfielder
Brock Jacobsen Jr. BYU Outfielder
Jake Vose Jr. UNLV Pitcher
Eddie Gill Jr. UNLV Designated Hitter
Anthony Gwynn Jr. SDSU Outfielder
Brady Martinez So. Utah Relief Pitcher
Landon Burt Jr. SDSU Outfielder

Most Valuable Player

Patrick Dobson, an outfielder for the champion UNLV Rebels, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player, after a 3 for 5, 2 RBI performance in the championship game, setting a tournament record for RBI at 14.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 2. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2003 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Rebels!". themwc.com. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  4. ↑ Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 11. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
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