2014 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament


The 2014 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place from May 21 to May 25.[2] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Cubs Park, spring training home of the Chicago Cubs in Mesa, Arizona. Sacramento State won the tournament for the first time, earning the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3] No team currently in the league has won a WAC Tournament Championship.

2014 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSacramento State (1st title)
Winning coachReggie Christiansen (1st title)
MVPChris Lewis (Sacramento State)
2014 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Sacramento State  ‍y 21 6   .778 40 24   .625
Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍ 19 8   .704 30 23   .566
Texas–Pan American  ‍‍‍ 17 10   .630 27 30   .474
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 16 11   .593 28 30   .483
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 26 33   .441
Seattle  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 26 27   .491
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 23 31   .426
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 10 29   .256
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 5 19   .208 17 37   .315
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 4 23   .148 10 43   .189
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 24, 2014[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. Grand Canyon was ineligible as it completed the transition to Division I.

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Sacramento State 21 6 .778 1
Grand Canyon 19 8 .704 2
Texas–Pan American 17 10 .630 4 2
Utah Valley 16 11 .593 5 3
Cal State Bakersfield 15 12 .556 6 4
Seattle 13 11 .542 6.5 5
New Mexico State 11 13 .458 8.5 6
North Dakota 8 16 .333 11.5
Chicago State 5 19 .208 14
Northern Colorado 4 23 .148 17

Bracket

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Sacramento State1
4Cal State Bakersfield64Cal State Bakersfield4
5Seattle54Cal State Bakersfield2
3Utah Valley5
2Texas–Pan American2
3Utah Valley113Utah Valley9
6New Mexico State10
3Utah Valley33
1Sacramento State1010
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Sacramento State3
6New Mexico State54Cal State Bakersfield1
2Texas–Pan American41Sacramento State9
5Seattle36New Mexico State7
6New Mexico State7

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Sacramento State's Chris Lewis, one of four Hornets selected, was named Most Valuable Player.

Name Team
Oscar Sanay Cal State Bakersfield
Solomon Williams Cal State Bakersfield
Taylor Noyer New Mexico State
Craig Brinkerhoff Utah Valley
Andrew Freter Utah Valley
Kade Andrus Utah Valley
Mark Krueger Utah Valley
Alex Palsha Sacramento State
Rhys Hoskins Sacramento State
Brennan Leitao Sacramento State
Chris Lewis Sacramento State

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball Standings". wacsports.com. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  2. ^ "2013-14 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  3. ^ "WAC Baseball Tournament Returns to Mesa, Arizona in 2014". Western Athletic Conference. October 25, 2013. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.