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San Diego State Claims 2006 MWC Softball Regular Season Title
Aztecs will be the No. 1 seed in the MWC Tournament
May 7, 2006 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The San Diego State Aztecs claimed their third regular-season Mountain West Conference softball crown after sweeping Utah on Sunday, May 7, in San Diego. The two victories over the Utes earned the Aztecs (30-11-0 overall, 15-3-0 MWC) the No. 1 seed in this week's MWC Softball Championship in Las Vegas, Nev. BYU earned the second seed with a 15-5-0 record in MWC play and finished the regular-season with a 40-18-0 overall record, marking the Cougars second consecutive 40-win season. Utah finished third in the league with a 10-8-0 mark (34-19-0 overall), while UNLV claimed the fourth seed, posting an 8-12-0 league record (24-35-0 overall). The fifth and sixth seeds will be Colorado State and New Mexico, respectively. The Rams finished MWC play with a 6-14-0 record (26-24-0 overall), while the Lobos finished 4-16-0 in league competition and 23-29-0 overall. The conference tournament will take place May 11-13 at Eller Media Stadium on the campus of UNLV. The opening game will see third-seeded Utah taking on the No. 6 seed New Mexico at 11:30 a.m. PST on Thursday, May 11. No. 4 UNLV and No. 5 Colorado State will be the other opening round match on Thursday at 2 p.m. San Diego State and BYU will receive opening round byes. The Cougars will play the winner of Utah and New Mexico at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, while the Aztecs will go against the winner of UNLV and Colorado State Thursday at 7 p.m. The Mountain West Conference Softball Championship game will be on Saturday, May 13, at 5:30 p.m. PST with the winner receiving an automatic bid into the 2006 NCAA Softball Championship. The game will be televised live on CSTV and can be heard on the Mountain West Conference website. Listen to all the Mountain West Softball Tournament games live on the conference website.
2006 Softball Championship Bracket
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