2014 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

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2014 Western Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSacramento State (1st title)
Winning coachReggie Christiansen (1st title)
MVPChris Lewis (Sacramento State)
2014 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Sacramento State  ‍†‍‡‍y 21 – 6   .778 40 – 24   .625
Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍ 19 – 8   .704 30 – 23   .566
Texas–Pan American  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 27 – 30   .474
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11   .593 28 – 30   .483
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 26 – 33   .441
Seattle  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 26 – 27   .491
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 23 – 31   .426
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 10 – 29   .256
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 17 – 37   .315
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 4 – 23   .148 10 – 43   .189
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 24, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 21 to May 25.[2] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Cubs Park, spring training home of the Chicago Cubs in Mesa, Arizona. Sacramento State won the tournament for the first time, earning the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3] No team currently in the league has won a WAC Tournament Championship.

Seeding and format[]

The top six finishers from the regular season will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. Grand Canyon was ineligible as it completed the transition to Division I.

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Sacramento State 21 6 .778 – 1
Grand Canyon 19 8 .704 2 –
Texas–Pan American 17 10 .630 4 2
Utah Valley 16 11 .593 5 3
Cal State Bakersfield 15 12 .556 6 4
Seattle 13 11 .542 6.5 5
New Mexico State 11 13 .458 8.5 6
North Dakota 8 16 .333 11.5 –
Chicago State 5 19 .208 14 –
Northern Colorado 4 23 .148 17 –

Bracket[]

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Cal State Bakersfield 6     1 Sacramento State 1  
  5 Seattle 5     4 Cal State Bakersfield 4    
      4 Cal State Bakersfield 2              
      3 Utah Valley 5              
  3 Utah Valley 11     2 Texas–Pan American 2          
  6 New Mexico State 10     3 Utah Valley 9        
        3 Utah Valley 3 3
Loser's Bracket       1 Sacramento State 10 10
  5 Seattle 3        
  6 New Mexico State 7          
      2 Texas–Pan American 4        
      6 New Mexico State 7          
            6 New Mexico State 5              
          1 Sacramento State 9              
      1 Sacramento State 3    
    4 Cal State Bakersfield 1  

All-Tournament Team[]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Sacramento State's Chris Lewis, one of four Hornets selected, was named Most Valuable Player.

Name Team
Oscar Sanay Cal State Bakersfield
Solomon Williams Cal State Bakersfield
Taylor Noyer New Mexico State
Craig Brinkerhoff Utah Valley
Andrew Freter Utah Valley
Kade Andrus Utah Valley
Mark Krueger Utah Valley
Alex Palsha Sacramento State
Rhys Hoskins Sacramento State
Brennan Leitao Sacramento State
Chris Lewis Sacramento State

References[]

  1. ^ "Baseball Standings". wacsports.com. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  2. ^ "2013-14 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  3. ^ "WAC Baseball Tournament Returns to Mesa, Arizona in 2014". Western Athletic Conference. October 25, 2013. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
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