2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions TCU (2nd title)
MVP Austin Adams (TCU)
Television Mountiain/CBS Sports Network
2007 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#28 TCU †‡y 20 – 3   .870     48 – 14   .774
BYU 17 – 7   .708     37 – 20   .649
San Diego State 12 – 12   .500     29 – 30   .492
New Mexico 12 – 12   .500     28 – 30   .483
Utah 12 – 12   .500     24 – 31   .436
UNLV 10 – 14   .417     23 – 36   .390
Air Force 0 – 23   .000     8 – 44   .154
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 8, 2007[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Top seeded TCU won their second straight and second overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–8 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

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.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
TCU 20 3 .870
–
1
BYU 17 7 .708
3.5
2
Utah 12 12 .500
8.5
3
San Diego State 12 12 .500
8.5
4
New Mexico 12 12 .500
8.5
5
UNLV 10 14 .417
10.5
6
Air Force 0 23 .000
20
–

Results

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Utah 3     1 TCU 8  
  6 UNLV 6     6 UNLV 1    
      1 TCU 8              
      2 BYU 7              
  4 San Diego State 0     2 BYU 5          
  5 New Mexico 1     5 New Mexico 3        
        1 TCU 9 9
Loser's Bracket       2 BYU 10 8
  3 Utah 1        
  4 San Diego State 12          
      5 New Mexico 4        
      4 San Diego State 1          
            6 UNLV 8              
          5 New Mexico 3              
      2 BYU 10    
    6 UNLV 9  

[4]

All-Tournament Team

Name POS Team
Kasey Ko 1B BYU
Steve Parker 3B BYU
Stephen Wells OF BYU
Bobby LaFromboise P New Mexico
Steven Hirschfeld P San Diego State
Efren Navarro, Jr. 1B UNLV
Austin Adams OF TCU
Clint Arnold OF TCU
Keith Conlon OF TCU
Tyler Lockwood RP TCU
Apana Nakayama DH BYU

Most Valuable Player

Austin Adams, an outfielder for the champion TCU Horned Frogs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 3. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "TCU Battles Back to Win Second Straight MWC Baseball Tournament Title". themwc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  4. ↑ "2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship". themwc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
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