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

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Cubs Park Mesa, AZ
Champions	Sacramento State (1st title)
Winning coach	Reggie Christiansen (1st title)
MVP	Chris Lewis, Sacramento State

2014 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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.

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Sacramento State	21	6	.778	–	1
Grand Canyon	19	8	.704	2	–
Texas–Pan American	17	10	.630	4	2
Utah Valley	16	11	.593	5	3
Cal State Bakersfield	15	12	.556	6	4
Seattle	13	11	.542	6.5	5
New Mexico State	11	13	.458	8.5	6
North Dakota	8	16	.333	11.5	–
Chicago State	5	19	.208	14	–
Northern Colorado	4	23	.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.

Name	Team
Oscar Sanay	Cal State Bakersfield
Solomon Williams	Cal State Bakersfield
Taylor Noyer	New Mexico State
Craig Brinkerhoff	Utah Valley
Andrew Freter	Utah Valley
Kade Andrus	Utah Valley
Mark Krueger	Utah Valley
Alex Palsha	Sacramento State
Rhys Hoskins	Sacramento State
Brennan Leitao	Sacramento State
Chris Lewis	Sacramento 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.