Collegiate baseball tournament
2000 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 17 through 20. This was the first championship tournament for the conference, which was formed prior to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season . All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas 's Earl Wilson Stadium . Second seeded San Diego State won the inaugural Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–4. As the Mountain West was a new league, they did not possess an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament , and no conference team was invited.[ 2] [ 3]
Seeding
The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. BYU claimed the third seed over Utah by winning the season series.[ 2]
Results
First round Second round Third round Final 1 New Mexico 4 4 Utah 6 1 New Mexico 17 4 Utah 5 6 Air Force 3 6 Air Force 10 6 Air Force 13 5 UNLV 11 3 BYU 9 6 Air Force 4 – 4 Utah 6 2 San Diego State 9 – 3 BYU 5 2 San Diego State 6 2 San Diego State 7 2 San Diego State 11 5 UNLV 6 3 BYU 7 1 New Mexico 3 3 BYU 6
All-Tournament Team
The following teams were named to the All-Tournament team.[ 2] [ 3]
Name
Class
POS
Team
Gerremy Goldsberry
Jr.
OF
Air Force
Mike Thiessen
Jr.
OF
Air Force
Michael Tufte
Jr.
RHP
Air Force
Matt Carson Fr.
OF
BYU
Michael Davies
So.
C
BYU
Mark Okano
Jr.
OF
New Mexico
Billy Montgomery
Jr.
OF
San Diego State
Chad Redfern
Fr.
OF
San Diego State
Ryan Olson
So.
LHP
UNLV
Most Valuable Player
Chad Redfern, an outfielder for the champion San Diego State Aztecs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[ 2]
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