2018 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament


The 2018 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament will take place beginning on May 23 and ending on May 26 or 27.[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 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2018 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsNew Mexico State
TelevisionWAC DN
2018 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍ 19 5   .792 33 22   .600
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 17 7   .708 36 19   .655
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍ 17 7   .708 31 23   .574
Seattle  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 32 21   .604
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 29 22   .569
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 20 34   .370
Texas–Rio Grande Valley  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 23 31   .426
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 7 17   .292 13 41   .241
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 15 37   .288
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 20, 2018[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format edit

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

Bracket edit

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
4Seattle U8
5Northern Colorado54Seattle3
1Grand Canyon2
3New Mexico State44Seattle1
6CSU Bakersfield03New Mexico State117
3New Mexico State23New Mexico State34
2Sacramento State02Sacramento State4153
5Northern Colorado04Seattle7
6CSU Bakersfield21Grand Canyon22Sacramento State12
6CSU Bakersfield32Sacramento State8
2Sacramento State177

References edit

  1. ^ "Conference Standings". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "2017-18 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2016.