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2019 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

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2019 Mountain West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFresno State (1st title)
Winning coachMike Batesole (1st title)
TelevisionStadium (Gms 1-4, 6-7)
MW Net (Gm 5)
2019 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 25 Fresno State  ‍y 20 8 1   .707 40 16 1   .711
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 16 13 0   .552 32 25 0   .561
Nevada  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 30 26 0   .536
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 29 29 0   .500
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 12 14 0   .462 26 26 0   .500
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 20 34 0   .370
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 11 16 1   .411 23 28 1   .452
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of July 16, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 26. The top four of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at William Peccole Park in Reno, Nevada.[2] The winner of the tournament, Fresno State, earned the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

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The conference's top four teams were seeded based on winning percentage during the round robin regular season schedule. They then played a double-elimination tournament with the top seed playing the fourth seeded team and the second seeded team playing the third seed.

Bracket

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First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Fresno State4
4Nevada3
1Fresno State11
3UNLV1
2San Diego State3
3UNLV9
1Fresno State
3UNLV
Lower round 1Lower final
4Nevada5
4Nevada63UNLV6
2San Diego State4

Conference championship

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Mountain West Championship
(3) UNLV Rebels vs. (1) Fresno State Bulldogs
May 25, 2019, 6:30 p.m. (PDT) at William Peccole Park in Reno, Nevada
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(3) UNLV 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 11 1
(1) Fresno State 3 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 12 13 1
WP: Ryan Sullivan (1–2)   LP: Bradley Spooner (2–2)
Attendance: 712

References

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  1. ^ "Mountain West Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Jim Krajewski (December 7, 2018). "Nevada will host Mountain West baseball championship in 2019". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, NV. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "2018-19 MW Championships Schedule". themwc.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.