2016 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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2016 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUtah Valley (1st title)
2016 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Seattle  2160 .77837210 .638
New Mexico State  2070 .74134230 .596
Utah Valley  y1890 .66737230 .617
Sacramento State  16110 .59330280 .517
Grand Canyon *  13140 .48125281 .472
Northern Colorado  11120 .47816340 .320
Cal State Bakersfield  12140 .46219370 .339
Texas-Rio Grande Valley  10140 .41721280 .429
Chicago State  6210 .22213420 .236
North Dakota  4230 .1488370 .178
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
* - Ineligible for league and NCAA tournaments due to transition from Division II
As of May 23, 2016 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament will take place beginning on May 25 and ending on May 28 or 29. [2] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Hohokam Stadium, spring training home of the Oakland Athletics in Mesa, Arizona. The winner will earn the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Contents

Seeding and format

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

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Seattle5
4Sacramento State84Sacramento State4
5Northern Colorado71Seattle8
3Utah Valley13
2New Mexico State2
3Utah Valley63Utah Valley3
6Cal State Bakersfield4
3Utah Valley4
1Seattle0
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Seattle12
4Sacramento State42New Mexico State10
6CSU Bakersfield62New Mexico State5
6CSU Bakersfield112New Mexico State11
5Northern Colorado6

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References

  1. "Western Athletic Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  2. "2015-16 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2016.