2016 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2016 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament will take place beginning on May 25 and ending on May 28 or 29.[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 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

2016 Western Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUtah Valley (1st title)
MVP,
2016 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Seattle   2160 .778  37210 .638
New Mexico State   2070 .741  34230 .596
Utah Valley  y 1890 .667  37230 .617
Sacramento State   16110 .593  30280 .517
Grand Canyon *   13140 .481  25281 .472
Northern Colorado   11120 .478  16340 .320
Cal State Bakersfield   12140 .462  19370 .339
Texas-Rio Grande Valley   10140 .417  21280 .429
Chicago State   6210 .222  13420 .236
North Dakota   4230 .148  8370 .178
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
* - Ineligible for league and NCAA tournaments due to transition from Division II
As of May 23, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

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

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Sacramento State 8     1 Seattle 5  
  5 Northern Colorado 7     4 Sacramento State 4    
      1 Seattle 8              
      3 Utah Valley 13              
  3 Utah Valley 6     2 New Mexico State 2          
  6 Cal State Bakersfield 4     3 Utah Valley 3        
        3 Utah Valley 4
Loser's Bracket       1 Seattle 0
  6 CSU Bakersfield 11        
  5 Northern Colorado 6          
      6 CSU Bakersfield 6        
      2 New Mexico State 11          
            4 Sacramento State 4              
          2 New Mexico State 5              
      1 Seattle 12    
    2 New Mexico State 10  

References

  1. "Western Athletic Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  2. "2015-16 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
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