2019 Western Athletic Conference Softball Tournament

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2019 Western Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Site
  • GCU Softball Stadium
  • Phoenix, AZ
TelevisionESPN+
  • 2018
  • Softball Tournament

The 2019 Western Athletic Conference Softball tournament was held at GCU Softball Stadium on the campus of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona from May 8 through May 11, 2019. All six eligible softball teams competed as part of the tournament. Cal Baptist was ineligible to participate as they were in year one of the four year reclassification process.[1]

Tournament[]

  First Round     Second Round     Semifinals     Finals
                                       
      1 Seattle U 5  
  4 Utah Valley 4     5 Kansas City 4    
  5 Kansas City 5         1 Seattle U 8  
      2 New Mexico State 7    
    2 New Mexico State 1          
  3 Grand Canyon 9     3 Grand Canyon 0        
  6 CSU Bakersfield 5         1 Seattle U 3 x
      2 New Mexico State 2 x
         
  6 CSU Bakersfield 3        
  5 Kansas City 2         2 New Mexico State 6    
      6 CSU Bakersfield 4     3 Grand Canyon 4  
      3 Grand Canyon 6  
  4 Utah Valley 4    
  3 Grand Canyon 6  

Schedule[]

Game Time* Matchup# Television TV Announcers Attendance
Wednesday, May 8
1 2:30 p.m. #4 Utah Valley vs. #5 Kansas City ESPN+ Michael Potter & Mary Kay Mauro 642
2 6:28 p.m. #3 Grand Canyon vs. #6 CSU Bakersfield
Thursday, May 9
3 10:30 a.m. #1 Seattle vs. #5 Kansas City ESPN+ Michael Potter & Mary Kay Mauro 759
4 1:30 p.m. #2 New Mexico State vs. #3 Grand Canyon
5 4:30 p.m. #5 Kansas City vs. #6 CSU Bakersfield
6 7:30 p.m. #3 Grand Canyon vs. #4 Utah Valley
Friday, May 10
7 1:30 p.m. #1 Seattle vs. #2 New Mexico State[2] ESPN+ Michael Potter & Mary Kay Mauro 678
8 4:30 p.m. #3 Grand Canyon vs. #6 CSU Bakersfield
9 7:30 p.m. #2 New Mexico State vs. #3 Grand Canyon[3]
Championship – Saturday, May 11
10 1:30 p.m. #1 Seattle vs. #2 New Mexico State ESPN+ Michael Potter & Mary Kay Mauro 412
11 (If Necessary) 4:00 p.m. #1 Seattle vs. #2 New Mexico State
*Game times in Mountain Standard Time. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "California Baptist Officially Becomes Member of Western Athletic Conference". wacsports.com. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Seattle U softball team wins in walkoff fashion, advances to WAC title game". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Kelsey Horton walk off home run lifts New Mexico State to next round of WAC Tournament". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 WAC Softball Tournament Bracket". wacsports.com. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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