2014 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 2014 Mountain West Conference 7 Double-elimination Earl E. Wilson Stadium Paradise, Nevada 2014 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 3rd Tony Gwynn 2nd Brad Haynal San Diego State The 2014 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 21 through 25. All seven of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl E. Wilson Stadium. This is San Jose State's first year in the league after joining from the Western Athletic Conference. San Diego State won the tournament, earning the Mountain West's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.http://www.themw.com/#!/page/championship_m-basebl 2014 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central themwc.com January 17, 2014 Format and seeding The conference's seven teams were seeded based on winning percentage during the round-robin regular season schedule. The bottom two seeds played a single-elimination game prior to the main six-team double-elimination bracket. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round, with the top seed playing the lowest seeded team that won its first round game, and the second seeded team playing the higher seeded first day winner. The losers of the first day's first-round games played an elimination game in the double-elimination format. The higher seeded loser of the second round games in the winner's bracket played an elimination game in the third round of the loser's bracket. The lower seeded loser of the second round games in the winner's bracket played an elimination game in the second round of the loser's bracket. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 2014 UNLV Rebels UNLV 20 10 20 10 – 1 2014 New Mexico Lobos New Mexico 20 10 20 10 – 2 2014 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 17 13 17 13 3 3 2014 Nevada Wolf Pack Nevada 15 15 15 15 4 4 2014 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State 13 17 13 17 7 5 2014 Air Force Falcons Air Force 10 20 10 20 10 6 2014 San Jose State Spartans San Jose State 10 20 10 20 10 7 UNLV and New Mexico finished tied for first place and are Mountain West Conference regular-season co-champions. UNLV won 5 of the 6 games they played against New Mexico to take the #1 seed in the tournament. Air Force and San Jose State finished tied for sixth place. Air Force won 2 of the 3 games they played against San Jose State to take the #6 seed in the tournament. Bracket #7 2014 San Jose State Spartans San Jose State San Jose State 11 #6 2014 Air Force Falcons Air Force Air Force 3 2 no 2 3 2014 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 15 7 2014 San Jose State Spartans San Jose State 1 4 2014 Nevada Wolf Pack Nevada 3 5 2014 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State 4 4 2014 Nevada Wolf Pack Nevada 4 7 2014 San Jose State Spartans San Jose State 0 1 2014 UNLV Rebels UNLV 5 5 2014 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State 3 2 2014 New Mexico Lobos New Mexico 5 3 2014 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 11 4 2014 Nevada Wolf Pack Nevada 10 5 2014 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State 2 1 2014 UNLV Rebels UNLV 5 3 2014 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 4 4 2014 Nevada Wolf Pack Nevada 9** 2 2014 New Mexico Lobos New Mexico 4 4 2014 Nevada Wolf Pack Nevada 2 3 2014 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 3* 1 2014 UNLV Rebels UNLV 1 3 3 2014 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 9 4 * 10 innings **11 innings All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.http://www.themw.com/#!/news-detail/mw_basebl_sdsu_2014champs_05-25-14_n2919l Aztecs Win Back-to-Back MW Tournament Championships Mountain West Conference May 25, 2014 May 26, 2014 Name School Class Brad Haynal San Diego State Junior Trenton Brooks Nevada Freshman Scott Kaplan Nevada Senior Greg Allen San Diego State Junior Evan Potter San Diego State Senior Brett Seeburger San Diego State Freshman Kyle Gallegos San Jose State Senior John Richy UNLV Junior T.J. White UNLV Junior Steven Pallares San Diego State Junior Brayden Torres UNLV Sophomore Most Valuable Player San Diego State junior catcher Brad Haynal was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Haynal was the leading hitter in the tournament batting .636 (14 for 22) and was also the leader in runs scored with nine. Championship Game The tournament came down to a final game between San Diego State and UNLV with each team having already lost once. With the game tied at 3 in the top of the sixth inning, shortstop Evan Potter's sacrifice fly pushed across the go-ahead run giving the Aztecs a 4–3 lead which their bullpen held. T.J. Kendzora pitched 1 2/3 hitless and scoreless innings in relief to record the win. Aztecs' third baseman Ty France had three hits, an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base. Michael Cederoth recorded his 20th save of the season which is both a Mountain West and a San Diego State school record.May 25, 2014 Boxscore: San Diego State at UNLV May 25, 2014 https://sandiegost_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/sports/m-basebl/stats/052514aaa.html 2024-09-27 Side Arm Sports Mountain West Conference References Tournament Category:Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Category:College baseball tournaments in the Las Vegas Valley