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
TeamW 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

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.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Sacramento State216.778
–
1
Grand Canyon198.704
2
–
Texas–Pan American1710.630
4
2
Utah Valley1611.593
5
3
Cal State Bakersfield1512.556
6
4
Seattle1311.542
6.5
5
New Mexico State1113.458
8.5
6
North Dakota816.333
11.5
–
Chicago State519.208
14
–
Northern Colorado423.148
17
–

Bracket
  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Cal State Bakersfield 6     1 Sacramento State 1  
  5 Seattle 5     4 Cal State Bakersfield 4    
      4 Cal State Bakersfield 2              
      3 Utah Valley 5              
  3 Utah Valley 11     2 Texas–Pan American 2          
  6 New Mexico State 10     3 Utah Valley 9        
        3 Utah Valley 3 3
Loser's Bracket       1 Sacramento State 10 10
  5 Seattle 3        
  6 New Mexico State 7          
      2 Texas–Pan American 4        
      6 New Mexico State 7          
            6 New Mexico State 5              
          1 Sacramento State 9              
      1 Sacramento State 3    
    4 Cal State Bakersfield 1  

All-Tournament Team

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.

NameTeam
Oscar SanayCal State Bakersfield
Solomon WilliamsCal State Bakersfield
Taylor NoyerNew Mexico State
Craig BrinkerhoffUtah Valley
Andrew FreterUtah Valley
Kade AndrusUtah Valley
Mark KruegerUtah Valley
Alex PalshaSacramento State
Rhys HoskinsSacramento State
Brennan LeitaoSacramento State
Chris LewisSacramento State

References
  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.
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