2015 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

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2015 Western Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCal State Bakersfield (1st title)
MVP()
TelevisionWAC Digital Network
2015 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Grand Canyon†  ‍‍‍ 19 – 7 – 0   .731 32 – 22 – 0   .593
Seattle  ‍‍‍ 19 – 8 – 0   .704 31 – 27 – 0   .534
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 17 – 9 – 1   .648 37 – 24 – 1   .605
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11 – 0   .593 33 – 27 – 0   .550
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11 – 0   .593 24 – 27 – 0   .471
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519 19 – 35 – 0   .352
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15 – 0   .444 16 – 32 – 0   .333
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 19 – 1   .278 11 – 38 – 1   .230
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 19 – 1   .250 13 – 40 – 1   .250
Texas–Pan American  ‍‍‍ 6 – 20 – 1   .241 21 – 30 – 1   .413
‡ – Tournament champion
  • † Ineligible for league and NCAA tournaments due to transition from Division II
    As of May 4, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament will take place beginning on May 20 and ending on May 24.[2] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Sloan Park, spring training home of the Chicago Cubs in Mesa, Arizona. The winner will earn the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Seeding and format[]

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded based on conference winning percentage. Grand Canyon was ineligible for the tournament due to their transition from Division II.

Team W L T Pct GB Seed Tiebreaker
Grand Canyon 19 7 0 .731 – –
Seattle 19 8 0 .704 0.5 1
Cal State Bakersfield 17 9 1 .648 2 2
North Dakota 16 11 0 .593 3.5 3 2–1 vs. Sacramento State
Sacramento State 16 11 0 .593 3.5 4 1–2 vs. North Dakota
Utah Valley 15 12 0 .556 5.5 5
Northern Colorado 12 15 0 .444 7.5 6
New Mexico State 7 19 1 .278 12 –
Chicago State 6 19 1 .250 12.5 –
Texas–Pan American 5 21 1 .204 13 –

Bracket[]

  • All games will be broadcast on the WAC Digital Network. Corey Costelloe will call the action Thursday. Michael Potter will call the action Friday through the championship. Erin Slack will act as the reporter for all games.
  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Sacramento State 2     1 Seattle 7  
  5 Utah Valley 3(10)     5 Utah Valley 1    
      1 Seattle 9              
      2 Cal State Bakersfield 3              
  3 North Dakota 7     2 Cal State Bakersfield 11          
  6 Northern Colorado 2     3 North Dakota 1(7)        
        1 Seattle 5 4
Loser's Bracket       2 Cal State Bakersfield 6(10) 5
  4 Sacramento State 5        
  6 Northern Colorado 0          
      4 Sacramento State 9        
      5 Utah Valley 3          
            4 Sacramento State 10              
          3 North Dakota 2              
      4 Sacramento State 0    
    2 Cal State Bakersfield 4  

References[]

  1. ^ "Baseball Standings". wacsports.com. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  2. ^ "2014-15 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
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