2013 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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2013 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format2 pool round-robin tournament
with championship game
Finals site
Champions UTSA  (1st title)
Winning coach Jason Marshall  (1st title)
MVP Matt Sims (UTSA)
2013 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍†‍‍18–9 .66737–22 .627
Texas–Arlington  ‍†‍‍18–9 .66731–27 .534
Texas State  ‍‍‍16–11 .59329–29 .500
UTSA  ‍‍‡‍y15–11 .57735–25 .583
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍14–13 .51934–25 .576
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍13–14 .48129–28 .509
Dallas Baptist  ‍‍‍13–14 .48130–30 .500
San Jose State  ‍‍‍11–16 .40717–41 .293
Seattle  ‍‍‍10–16 .38521–33 .389
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍6–21 .22219–37 .339
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 1, 2013 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held beginning May 22 and ending on May 26. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the round-robin tournament held at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. UTSA won their first tournament championship and earned the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3] UTSA departed for Conference USA after the 2013 season, again leaving the conference with no team that had ever won the tournament for 2014. [4]

Contents

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They were divided into two groups of four, which played a round robin format. The winners of each group then played a single championship game.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Cal State Bakersfield 189.667–1
Texas–Arlington 189.667–2
Texas State 1611.59323
UTSA 1511.5772.54
Sacramento State 1413.51945
New Mexico State 1314.48156
Dallas Baptist 1314.48157
San Jose State 1116.40778
Seattle 1016.3857.5–
Louisiana Tech 621.22212–

Results

All times shown are US CDT. If 2 teams tie in pool play, the head-to-head winner advances to the final.

Division ACSUBUTSASSUSJSUOverall
1 Cal State Bakersfield L 0–1W 7–1W 11–32–1
4 UTSA W 1–0W 3–2W 13–33–0
5 Sacramento State L 1–7L 2–3W 3–01–2
8 San Jose State L 3–11L 3–13L 0–30–3
Division BUTATSUNMSUDBUOverall
2 Texas–Arlington L 2–11L 3–4W 2–01–2
3 Texas State W 11–2W 9–4L 5–72–1
6 New Mexico State W 4–3L 4–9L 4–121–2
7 Dallas Baptist L 0–2W 7–5W 12–42–1
Finals
   
A UTSA11
B Dallas Baptist 4

Championship final

Sunday, May 26 1:00 p.m.
Team123456789 R H E
#7 Dallas Baptist020000002464
#4 UTSA00002225x11141
WP: Brock Hartson (9–4)   LP: Michael Smith (9–7)   Sv: Logan Onda (2)
Home runs:
DBU: Austin Listi (1)
UTSA: none
Attendance: 1,505
Notes: Duration: 2:51, Weather:71F, wind across LF @14MPH
Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [4]

NamePOSSchool
Michael MillerCDallas Baptist
Oscar SanayIFCSU Bakersfield
Colby TargunIFTexas State
Andrew AyersIFSacramento State
Kyle PhillipsOFNew Mexico State
Brock HartsonPUTSA
Mike WesolowskiIFDallas Baptist
Matt SimsPUTSA
Riley GoodOFUTSA
RJ PeruckiIFUTSA
John Bormann UtilUTSA

Most Valuable Player

Matt Sims was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Sims was a pitcher for UTSA. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "2013 Standings and Leaders". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Dallas Baptist Picked to Win WAC Baseball Title". Western Athletic Conference. February 5, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ "WAC Baseball Tournament". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on November 23, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "WAC Baseball Tournament". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
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