2015 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

2015 Western Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Sloan Park
Mesa, AZ
Champions Cal State Bakersfield (1st title)
Television WAC Digital Network
Western Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
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2015 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Grand Canyon† 15 – 5 – 0   .750     28 – 20 – 0   .583
Cal State Bakersfield 14 – 6 – 1   .690     28 – 17 – 1   .620
Seattle 14 – 7 – 0   .667     23 – 23 – 0   .500
Sacramento State 12 – 9 – 0   .571     25 – 23 – 0   .521
North Dakota 12 – 9 – 0   .571     18 – 22 – 0   .450
Northern Colorado 12 – 9 – 0   .571     16 – 24 – 0   .400
Utah Valley 11 – 10 – 0   .524     15 – 29 – 0   .341
New Mexico State 5 – 15 – 1   .262     8 – 34 – 1   .198
Chicago State 4 – 15 – 1   .225     11 – 35 – 1   .245
Texas–Pan American 3 – 17 – 1   .167     18 – 27 – 1   .402
‡ – Tournament champion

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.

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.

Team W L T Pct GB Seed Tiebreaker
Grand Canyon 19 7 0 .731
–
–
Seattle 19 8 0 .704
0.5
1
Cal State Bakersfield 17 9 1 .648
2
2
North Dakota 16 11 0 .593
3.5
3
2–1 vs. Sacramento State
Sacramento State 16 11 0 .593
3.5
4
1–2 vs. North Dakota
Utah Valley 15 12 0 .556
5.5
5
Northern Colorado 12 15 0 .444
7.5
6
New Mexico State 7 19 1 .278
12
–
Chicago State 6 19 1 .250
12.5
–
Texas–Pan American 5 21 1 .204
13
–

Bracket

  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 May 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2014-15 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
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