2019 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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2019 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Sacramento State
Television ESPN+
2019 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
New Mexico State  198 .7043817 .691
Cal Baptist  198 .7043520 .636
UTRGV  198 .7043421 .618
Sacramento State  y189 .6674025 .615
Grand Canyon  189 .6673624 .600
Cal State Bakersfield  1215 .4442435 .407
Utah Valley  918 .3331541 .268
Northern Colorado  819 .2961235 .255
Seattle  819 .2961339 .250
Chicago State  522 .1851041 .196
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2019 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place beginning on May 22 and ending on May 25 or 26. [2] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Hohokam Stadium, spring training home of the Oakland Athletics in Mesa, Arizona. The winner, Sacramento State, earned the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Contents

Seeding and format

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded based on conference winning percentage.

Bracket

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
4 Grand Canyon 11
5 Cal State Bakersfield 21 New Mexico State 7
6 Utah Valley 1
3 Sacramento State 21 New Mexico State 3
6 Utah Valley 44 Grand Canyon 8
2 Texas–Rio Grande Valley 04Grand Canyon3114
4 Grand Canyon 53Sacramento State45
3 Sacramento State 73Sacramento State6
5 Cal State Bakersfield 36 Utah Valley 41New Mexico State410
3 Sacramento State 63Sacramento State6
2 Texas–Rio Grande Valley 2

Conference championship

WAC Championship
(4) Grand Canyon Antelopesvs.(3) Sacramento State Hornets
May 25, 2019, 6:00 p.m. (MDT) at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona
Team1234567891011 R H E
(4) Grand Canyon020010000003120
(3) Sacramento State00102000001460
WP: Travis Martizia (4–1)   LP: Frankie Scalzo (4–6)
Home runs:
GCU: None
SAC: Dawsen Bacho
Attendance: 917
May 26, 2019, 12:00 p.m. (MDT) at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona
Team123456789 R H E
(3) Sacramento State1020010105122
(4) Grand Canyon001000030450
WP: Tanner Dalton (5–2)   LP: Pierson Ohl (7–5)   Sv: Austin Roberts (6)
Home runs:
SAC ST: Matt Smith, Dawsen Bacho, Steven Moretto
GCU: Preston Pavlica

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References

  1. "Western Athletic Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. "2018-19 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2018.