2015 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

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2015 Western Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Cal State Bakersfield  (1st title)
TelevisionWAC Digital Network
2015 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Grand Canyon†  ‍‍‍19–7–0 .73132–22–0 .593
Seattle  ‍‍‍19–8–0 .70431–27–0 .534
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍17–9–1 .64837–24–1 .605
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍16–11–0 .59333–27–0 .550
North Dakota  ‍‍‍16–11–0 .59324–27–0 .471
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍14–13–0 .51919–35–0 .352
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍12–15–0 .44416–32–0 .333
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍7–19–1 .27811–38–1 .230
Chicago State  ‍‍‍6–19–1 .25013–40–1 .250
Texas–Pan American  ‍‍‍6–20–1 .24121–30–1 .413
‡ – Tournament champion

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.

Contents

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.

TeamWLTPctGBSeedTiebreaker
Grand Canyon 1970.731––
Seattle 1980.7040.51
Cal State Bakersfield 1791.64822
North Dakota 16110.5933.532–1 vs. Sacramento State
Sacramento State 16110.5933.541–2 vs. North Dakota
Utah Valley 15120.5565.55
Northern Colorado 12150.4447.56
New Mexico State 7191.27812–
Chicago State 6191.25012.5–
Texas–Pan American 5211.20413–

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Seattle 7
4 Sacramento State 25Utah Valley1
5 Utah Valley 3(10)1Seattle9
2Cal State Bakersfield3
2 Cal State Bakersfield 11
3 North Dakota 73North Dakota1(7)
6 Northern Colorado 2
1Seattle54
2Cal State Bakersfield 6(10)5
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4Sacramento State0
4Sacramento State102Cal State Bakersfield4
4Sacramento State93North Dakota2
4Sacramento State55Utah Valley3
6Northern Colorado0

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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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