2017 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 2017 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament was a postseason baseball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference for the 2017–18 season. It began on May 24 and ended on May 27.[1] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Hohokam Stadium, spring training home of the Oakland Athletics in Mesa, Arizona. The winner earned the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

2017 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSacramento State (2nd title)
MVPJustin Dillon (Sacramento State)
2017 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Grand Canyon*  ‍‍‍ 20 4 0   .833 29 25 0   .537
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 19 5 0   .792 35 22 0   .614
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 14 10 0   .583 31 24 0   .564
Sacramento State  ‍‍y 12 12 0   .500 32 29 0   .525
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 11 13 0   .458 18 36 0   .333
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 10 14 0   .417 24 30 0   .444
Seattle  ‍‍‍ 8 16 0   .333 20 35 1   .366
Texas–Rio Grande Valley  ‍‍‍ 7 17 0   .292 26 28 0   .481
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 7 17 0   .292 11 41 0   .212
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

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 is ineligible for the tournament due to their transition from Division II.

Bracket

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1New Mexico State4
4Utah Valley45Northern Colorado5
5Northern Colorado65Northern Colorado1
3Sacramento State10
2CSU Bakersfield6
3Sacramento State113Sacramento State10
6Seattle1
3Sacramento State5-
2CSU Bakersfield0-
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2CSU Bakersfield8
2CSU Bakersfield115Northern Colorado5
6Seattle41New Mexico State7
4Utah Valley92CSU Bakersfield10
6Seattle11

References

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  1. ^ "2016-17 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "Western Athletic Conference Official Site - Sacramento State Wins WAC Baseball Tournament". Archived from the original on March 24, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2018.