2018 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

2018 Mountain West Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, California
Champions	San Diego State (5th title)
Winning coach	Mark Martinez (3rd title)
MVP	Casey Schmitt (San Diego State)
Attendance	2,837
Television	MW Network

2018 Mountain West Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Nevada  ‍‍‍	20	–	9	–	0		.690			29	–	22	–	0		.569
San Diego State  ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			36	–	19	–	0		.655
San Jose State  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			26	–	28	–	0		.481
UNLV  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Fresno State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			30	–	24	–	0		.556
Air Force  ‍‍‍	12	–	17	–	0		.414			24	–	30	–	0		.444
New Mexico  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			19	–	33	–	1		.368
As of May 20, 2018[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 27. Nevada, San Diego State, San José State, and UNLV met in the double-elimination tournament held at Tony Gwynn Stadium in San Diego, California. San Diego State earned the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Format and seeding

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

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	Seed	Tiebreaker
Nevada	20	9		.690	1
San Diego State	18	12		.600	2
San Jose State	16	14		.533	3
UNLV	14	16		.467	4
Fresno State	13	17		.433
Air Force	12	17		.414
New Mexico	11	19		.367

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, May 24 MWN					Semifinals Friday, May 25 MWN					Championship Saturday, May 26 MWN
	1	Nevada	8
	4	UNLV	13
						4	UNLV	3
						2	San Diego State	4^12
	2	San Diego State	2
	3	San José State	1
											2	San Diego State
											4	UNLV
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						4	UNLV	9
	1	Nevada	6			3	San José State	2
	3	San José State	13

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Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 24
1	1:30 p.m.	No. 1 Nevada vs. No. 4 UNLV	MW Network	826
2	6:00 p.m.	No. 3 San José State at No. 2 San Diego State
Consolation – Friday, May 25
3	1:30 p.m.	No. 1 Nevada vs. No. 3 San José State	MW Network	808
Semifinals – Friday, May 25
4	6:00 p.m.	No. 4 UNLV at No. 2 San Diego State	MW Network	808
Consolation – Saturday, May 26
5	1:30 p.m.	No. 3 San José State vs. No. 4 UNLV	MW Network	1,203
Championship – Saturday, May 26
6	6:00 p.m.	No. 4 UNLV at No. 2 San Diego State	MW Network	1,203
*Game times in PDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

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References

1. "Baseball Standings". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
2. "2017-18 MW Championships Schedule". themwc.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
3. "2018 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
4. "2018 Mountain West Baseball Championship Bracket Set". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2018.