2010 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament

2010 Great West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2010
Teams 8
Format Round Robin
Site Edinburg Stadium
Edinburg, TX
Champions Utah Valley (1st title)
Winning coach Eric Madsen (1st title)
MVP Chris Benson (Utah Valley)
Great West Conference
Baseball Tournament
  2011»
2010 Great West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Utah Valley †‡ 26 – 2   .929     42 – 17   .712
Northern Colorado 22 – 6   .786     34 – 24   .586
Houston Baptist 15 – 13   .536     28 – 31   .475
NYIT 15 – 13   .536     11 – 26   .297
North Dakota 13 – 15   .464     19 – 35   .352
Texas–Pan American 9 – 18   .333     22 – 33   .400
NJIT 9 – 18   .333     13 – 44   .228
Chicago State 2 – 26   .071     4 – 52   .071
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 29, 2011[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2010 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 26–29. This was the first Great West Conference Baseball Tournament. All eight of the league's teams met in the round robin tournament held at University of Texas–Pan American's Edinburg Stadium in Edinburg, TX. Utah Valley won the championship by a score of 4-3. As the Great West is a new conference, the league does not have an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded by conference winning percentage, with head to head matchups used for tiebreakers. The teams were then divided into two pools with the winners of each pool meeting in a single elimination final.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Utah Valley 26 2 .929
–
1
Northern Colorado 22 6 .786
4
2
NYIT 15 13 .536
11
3
Houston Baptist 15 13 .536
11
4
North Dakota 13 15 .464
13
5
Texas-Pan American 9 18 .333
16.5
6
NJIT 9 18 .333
16.5
7
Chicago State 2 26 .071
24
8

Results

Division A UVU HBU UND CSU Overall
1 Utah Valley W 9–2 W 11–7 W 9–8 3–0
4 Houston Baptist L 2–9 W 9–3 W 11–6 2–1
5 North Dakota L 7–11 L 3–9 W 8–2 1–2
8 Chicago State L 8–9 L 6–11 L 2–8 0–3
Division B UNC NYIT UTPA NJIT Overall
2 Northern Colorado L 1–11 W 10–0 W 9–1 2–1
3 NYIT W 11–1 L 4–6 W 14–4 1–2
6 Texas-Pan American L 0–10 W 6–4 W 14–1 2–1
7 NJIT L 1–9 L 4–14 L 1–14 1–2
  Finals
       
A  Utah Valley 4
B  Northern Colorado 3

Northern Colorado advanced to the championship game by virtue of its head to head win over Texas–Pan American.[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Name School
Johnathan Moore Houston Baptist
Stephen Nikonchik Houston Baptist
Paul Prestera Houston Baptist
Frank Ryan NYIT
Effrey Valdez NYIT
Mike Raudenbush Northern Colorado
Mark Shannon Northern Colorado
Joe Willman Northern Colorado
Jake Magner North Dakota
Vincent Mejia Texas-Pan American
Chris Benson Utah Valley
Zane Gray Utah Valley
Goose Kallunki Utah Valley
Sage Thorpe Utah Valley

Most Valuable Player

Chris Benson was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Benson was an outfielder for Utah Valley.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2010". boydsworld.com. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ "The 2010 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Set to Begin Wednesday". Great West Conference. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "UVU Captures the Inaugural Great West Conference Tournament Championship in Walk-Off Fashion". Great West Conference. May 29, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ "2010 Great West Conference Baseball". Great West Conference. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
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