2013 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2013 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held beginning May 22 and ending on May 26. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the round-robin tournament held at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie, TX. UTSA won their first tournament championship and earned the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3] UTSA departed for Conference USA after the 2013 season, again leaving the conference with no team that had ever won the tournament for 2014.[4]

2013 Western Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
Format2 pool round-robin tournament
with championship game
Finals site
ChampionsUTSA (1st title)
Winning coachJason Marshall (1st title)
MVPMatt Sims, UTSA
2013 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍†‍‍ 18–9 .667  37–22 .627
Texas–Arlington  ‍†‍‍ 18–9 .667  31–27 .534
Texas State  ‍‍‍ 16–11 .593  29–29 .500
UTSA  ‍‍‡‍y 15–11 .577  35–25 .583
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .519  34–25 .576
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  29–28 .509
Dallas Baptist  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  30–30 .500
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 11–16 .407  17–41 .293
Seattle  ‍‍‍ 10–16 .385  21–33 .389
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍ 6–21 .222  19–37 .339
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 1, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They were divided into two groups of four, which played a round robin format. The winners of each group then played a single championship game.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Cal State Bakersfield189.667
–
1
Texas–Arlington189.667
–
2
Texas State1611.593
2
3
UTSA1511.577
2.5
4
Sacramento State1413.519
4
5
New Mexico State1314.481
5
6
Dallas Baptist1314.481
5
7
San Jose State1116.407
7
8
Seattle1016.385
7.5
–
Louisiana Tech621.222
12
–

Results

All times shown are US CDT. If 2 teams tie in pool play, the head-to-head winner advances to the final.

Division A CSUB UTSA SSU SJSUOverall
1 Cal State Bakersfield L 0–1 W 7–1 W 11–32–1
4 UTSA W 1–0 W 3–2 W 13–33–0
5 Sacramento State L 1–7 L 2–3 W 3–01–2
8 San Jose State L 3–11 L 3–13 L 0–3 0–3
Division B UTA TSU NMSU DBUOverall
2 Texas–Arlington L 2–11 L 3–4 W 2–01–2
3 Texas State W 11–2 W 9–4 L 5–72–1
6 New Mexico State W 4–3 L 4–9 L 4–121–2
7 Dallas Baptist L 0–2 W 7–5 W 12–4 2–1
Finals
   
A UTSA 11
B Dallas Baptist 4

Championship Final
Sunday, May 26 1:00 p.m.
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#7 Dallas Baptist020000002464
#4 UTSA00002225x11141
WP: Brock Hartson (9–4)   LP: Michael Smith (9–7)   Sv: Logan Onda (2)
Home runs:
DBU: Austin Listi (1)
UTSA: none
Attendance: 1,505
Notes: Duration: 2:51, Weather:71F, wind across LF @14MPH
Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

NamePOSSchool
Michael MillerCDallas Baptist
Oscar SanayIFCSU Bakersfield
Colby TargunIFTexas State
Andrew AyersIFSacramento State
Kyle PhillipsOFNew Mexico State
Brock HartsonPUTSA
Mike WesolowskiIFDallas Baptist
Matt SimsPUTSA
Riley GoodOFUTSA
RJ PeruckiIFUTSA
John BormannUtilUTSA

Most Valuable Player

Matt Sims was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Sims was a pitcher for UTSA.[4]

References
  1. "2013 Standings and Leaders". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  2. "Dallas Baptist Picked to Win WAC Baseball Title". Western Athletic Conference. February 5, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  3. "WAC Baseball Tournament". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on November 23, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  4. "WAC Baseball Tournament". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
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