2015 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2015 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament will take place beginning on May 20 and ending on May 24.[2] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Sloan Park, spring training home of the Chicago Cubs in Mesa, Arizona. The winner will earn the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

2015 Western Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCal State Bakersfield (1st title)
MVP,
TelevisionWAC Digital Network
2015 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Grand Canyon†  ‍‍‍ 19–7–0 .731  32–22–0 .593
Seattle  ‍‍‍ 19–8–0 .704  31–27–0 .534
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 17–9–1 .648  37–24–1 .605
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍ 16–11–0 .593  33–27–0 .550
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 16–11–0 .593  24–27–0 .471
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 14–13–0 .519  19–35–0 .352
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 12–15–0 .444  16–32–0 .333
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 7–19–1 .278  11–38–1 .230
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 6–19–1 .250  13–40–1 .250
Texas–Pan American  ‍‍‍ 6–20–1 .241  21–30–1 .413
‡ – Tournament champion

Seeding and format

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded based on conference winning percentage. Grand Canyon was ineligible for the tournament due to their transition from Division II.

TeamWLTPctGBSeedTiebreaker
Grand Canyon1970.731––
Seattle1980.7040.51
Cal State Bakersfield1791.64822
North Dakota16110.5933.532–1 vs. Sacramento State
Sacramento State16110.5933.541–2 vs. North Dakota
Utah Valley15120.5565.55
Northern Colorado12150.4447.56
New Mexico State7191.27812–
Chicago State6191.25012.5–
Texas–Pan American5211.20413–

Bracket

  • All games will be broadcast on the WAC Digital Network. Corey Costelloe will call the action Thursday. Michael Potter will call the action Friday through the championship. Erin Slack will act as the reporter for all games.
  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Sacramento State 2     1 Seattle 7  
  5 Utah Valley 3(10)     5 Utah Valley 1    
      1 Seattle 9              
      2 Cal State Bakersfield 3              
  3 North Dakota 7     2 Cal State Bakersfield 11          
  6 Northern Colorado 2     3 North Dakota 1(7)        
        1 Seattle 5 4
Loser's Bracket       2 Cal State Bakersfield 6(10) 5
  4 Sacramento State 5        
  6 Northern Colorado 0          
      4 Sacramento State 9        
      5 Utah Valley 3          
            4 Sacramento State 10              
          3 North Dakota 2              
      4 Sacramento State 0    
    2 Cal State Bakersfield 4  

References

  1. "Baseball Standings". wacsports.com. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  2. "2014-15 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
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