The 2016 Western Athletic Conference softball tournament was held at Logan Field on the campus of Seattle University in Seattle, Washington from May 12 through May 14, 2016.[1] CSU Bakersfield earned its first Western Athletic Conference Tournament title, earning the league's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were streamed online on the WAC Digital Network[permanent dead link] with Greg Sexton and Ashley Charters calling the action.
| Teams | 5 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | CSU Bakersfield (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Crissy Buck-Ziegler (1st title) |
| MVP | Sydney Raeber (CSU Bakersfield) |
| Television | WAC Digital Network |
Tournament
edit| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | New Mexico State | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Seattle U | 0 | 5 | Utah Valley | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Utah Valley | 4 | 1 | New Mexico State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | CSU Bakersfield | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UMKC | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | CSU Bakersfield | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | CSU Bakersfield | 1 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | New Mexico State | 0 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | New Mexico State | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Utah Valley | 2 | 4 | Seattle U | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UMKC | 3 | 4 | Seattle U | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Seattle U | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In the title game, CSU Bakersfield's catcher, Jo Larios, hit the eventual game-winning home run with two outs and a full count in the top of the seventh inning. The victory propelled the Roadrunners to the school's first NCAA Division I softball tournament appearance.[2]
- All times listed are Pacific Daylight Time.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Softball Set To Host WAC Tournament". Seattle Spectator. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- ^ "Runners Defeat No. 1 NMSU To Win WAC Tournament". May 14, 2016.
- ^ "2016 WAC softball tournament Bracket" (PDF). wacsports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.