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

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

Bracket

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
4Seattle3
4Seattle U81Grand Canyon2
5Northern Colorado54Seattle1
3New Mexico State117
3New Mexico State2
3New Mexico State42Sacramento State0
6CSU Bakersfield0
3New Mexico State34
2Sacramento State4153
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4Seattle7
1Grand Canyon22Sacramento State12
6CSU Bakersfield32Sacramento State8
5Northern Colorado02Sacramento State177
6CSU Bakersfield2

References

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  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.