2010 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament

2010 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2010
Teams	8
Format	Round Robin
Site	Edinburg Stadium Edinburg, TX
Champions	Utah Valley (1st title)
Winning coach	Eric Madsen (1st title)
MVP	Chris Benson (Utah Valley)
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2010 Great West Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Utah Valley †‡	26	–	2		.929			42	–	17		.712
Northern Colorado	22	–	6		.786			34	–	24		.586
Houston Baptist	15	–	13		.536			28	–	31		.475
NYIT	15	–	13		.536			11	–	26		.297
North Dakota	13	–	15		.464			19	–	35		.352
Texas–Pan American	9	–	18		.333			22	–	33		.400
NJIT	9	–	18		.333			13	–	44		.228
Chicago State	2	–	26		.071			4	–	52		.071
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 29, 2011[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2010 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 26–29. This was the first Great West Conference Baseball Tournament. All eight of the league's teams met in the round robin tournament held at University of Texas–Pan American's Edinburg Stadium in Edinburg, TX. Utah Valley won the championship by a score of 4-3. As the Great West is a new conference, the league does not have an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[2][3]

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded by conference winning percentage, with head to head matchups used for tiebreakers. The teams were then divided into two pools with the winners of each pool meeting in a single elimination final.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Utah Valley	26	2	.929	–	1
Northern Colorado	22	6	.786	4	2
NYIT	15	13	.536	11	3
Houston Baptist	15	13	.536	11	4
North Dakota	13	15	.464	13	5
Texas-Pan American	9	18	.333	16.5	6
NJIT	9	18	.333	16.5	7
Chicago State	2	26	.071	24	8

Results

Division A UVU HBU UND CSU Overall 1 Utah Valley W 9–2 W 11–7 W 9–8 3–0 4 Houston Baptist L 2–9 W 9–3 W 11–6 2–1 5 North Dakota L 7–11 L 3–9 W 8–2 1–2 8 Chicago State L 8–9 L 6–11 L 2–8 0–3

Division B UNC NYIT UTPA NJIT Overall 2 Northern Colorado L 1–11 W 10–0 W 9–1 2–1 3 NYIT W 11–1 L 4–6 W 14–4 1–2 6 Texas-Pan American L 0–10 W 6–4 W 14–1 2–1 7 NJIT L 1–9 L 4–14 L 1–14 1–2

	Finals
	A	Utah Valley	4
	B	Northern Colorado	3

Northern Colorado advanced to the championship game by virtue of its head to head win over Texas–Pan American.^[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[3]

Name	School
Johnathan Moore	Houston Baptist
Stephen Nikonchik	Houston Baptist
Paul Prestera	Houston Baptist
Frank Ryan	NYIT
Effrey Valdez	NYIT
Mike Raudenbush	Northern Colorado
Mark Shannon	Northern Colorado
Joe Willman	Northern Colorado
Jake Magner	North Dakota
Vincent Mejia	Texas-Pan American
Chris Benson	Utah Valley
Zane Gray	Utah Valley
Goose Kallunki	Utah Valley
Sage Thorpe	Utah Valley

Most Valuable Player

Chris Benson was named Tournamenet Most Valuable Player. Benson was an outfielder for Utah Valley.^[3]

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2010". boydsworld.com. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
2. "The 2010 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Set to Begin Wednesday". Great West Conference. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
3. "UVU Captures the Inaugural Great West Conference Tournament Championship in Walk-Off Fashion". Great West Conference. May 29, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
4. "2010 Great West Conference Baseball". Great West Conference. Retrieved June 28, 2012.