2010 Great West Conference baseball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Baseball Conference Tournament |
| Year=2010
| Conference=Great West Conference
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| Teams=8
| Format=Round Robin
| Ballpark=Edinburg Stadium
| City=Edinburg, TX
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| Champions={{cbsb link|year=2010|team=Utah Valley Wolverines|title=Utah Valley}}
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| Coach=Eric Madsen
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| MVP=Chris Benson
| MVPTeam=Utah Valley
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{{2010 Great West Conference baseball standings}}
The 2010 Great West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 26 through 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, Texas. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.greatwestconference.org/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052310aag.html|title=The 2010 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Set to Begin Wednesday|publisher=Great West Conference|accessdate=June 28, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.greatwestconference.org/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052910aah.html|title=UVU Captures the Inaugural Great West Conference Tournament Championship in Walk-Off Fashion|publisher=Great West Conference|date=May 29, 2010|accessdate=June 1, 2013}}
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.
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! Team !! W !! L !! Pct. !! GB !! Seed | |||||
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| {{cbsb link|year=2010|team=Utah Valley Wolverines|title=Utah Valley}} | 26 | 2 | .929 | {{center|–}} | {{center|1}} |
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| {{cbsb link|year=2010|team=Northern Colorado Bears|title=Northern Colorado}} | 22 | 6 | .786 | {{center|4}} | {{center|2}} |
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| {{cbsb link|year=2010|team=NYIT Bears|title=NYIT}} | 15 | 13 | .536 | {{center|11}} | {{center|3}} |
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| {{cbsb link|year=2010|team=Houston Baptist Huskies|title=Houston Baptist}} | 15 | 13 | .536 | {{center|11}} | {{center|4}} |
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| {{cbsb link|year=2010|team=North Dakota Fighting Sioux|title=North Dakota}} | 13 | 15 | .464 | {{center|13}} | {{center|5}} |
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| {{cbsb link|year=2010|team=Texas-Pan American Broncs|title=Texas-Pan American}} | 9 | 18 | .333 | {{center|16.5}} | {{center|6}} |
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| {{cbsb link|year=2010|team=NJIT Highlanders|title=NJIT}} | 9 | 18 | .333 | {{center|16.5}} | {{center|7}} |
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| {{cbsb link|year=2010|team=Chicago State Cougars|title=Chicago State}} | 2 | 26 | .071 | {{center|24}} | {{center|8}} |
Results
{{8TeamRR-2Group-with-finals
| team-1-abbrev=UVU
| team-1={{cbsb link|year=2010|team=Utah Valley Wolverines|title=Utah Valley}}
| team-2-abbrev=UNC
| team-2={{cbsb link|year=2010|team=Northern Colorado Bears|title=Northern Colorado}}
| team-3-abbrev=NYIT
| team-3={{cbsb link|year=2010|team=NYIT Bears|title=NYIT}}
| team-4-abbrev=HBU
| team-4={{cbsb link|year=2010|team=Houston Baptist Huskies|title=Houston Baptist}}
| team-5-abbrev=UND
| team-5={{cbsb link|year=2010|team=North Dakota Fighting Sioux|title=North Dakota}}
| team-6-abbrev=UTPA
| team-6={{cbsb link|year=2010|team=Texas-Pan American Broncs|title=Texas-Pan American}}
| team-7-abbrev=NJIT
| team-7={{cbsb link|year=2010|team=NJIT Highlanders|title=NJIT}}
| team-8-abbrev=CSU
| team-8={{cbsb link|year=2010|team=Chicago State Cougars|title=Chicago State}}
|color-1=ccffcc |1v4=W 9–2 |1v5=W 11–7 |1v8=W 9–8 |1total=3–0
|color-4= |4v1=L 2–9 |4v5=W 9–3 |4v8=W 11–6 |4total=2–1
|color-5= |5v1=L 7–11 |5v4=L 3–9 |5v8=W 8–2 |5total=1–2
|color-8= |8v1=L 8–9 |8v4=L 6–11 |8v5=L 2–8 |8total=0–3
|color-2=ccffcc |2v3=L 1–11 |2v6=W 10–0 |2v7=W 9–1 |2total=2–1
|color-3= |3v2=W 11–1 |3v6=L 4–6 |3v7=W 14–4 |3total=2-1
|color-6= |6v2=L 0–10 |6v3=W 6–4 |6v7=W 14–1 |6total=2–1
|color-7= |7v2=L 1–9 |7v3=L 4–14 |7v6=L 1–14 |7total=0-3
| Finals-team1=Utah Valley
| Finals-score1=4
| Finals-team2=Northern Colorado
| Finals-score2=3
}}
Northern Colorado advanced to the championship game by virtue of its head to head win over Texas–Pan American.{{cite web|url=http://www.greatwestconference.org/sports/m-basebl/stats/2009-2010/confstat.html|title=2010 Great West Conference Baseball|publisher=Great West Conference|accessdate=June 28, 2012}}
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
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! 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 =
References
{{Reflist}}
{{2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament navbox}}
{{Great West Conference Baseball Tournament navbox}}
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