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2019 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSacramento State
TelevisionESPN+
2019 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Mexico State  ‍†‍‍ 19 – 8   .704 38 – 17   .691
Cal Baptist  ‍†‍‍ 19 – 8   .704 35 – 20   .636
UTRGV  ‍†‍‍ 19 – 8   .704 34 – 21   .618
Sacramento State  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 9   .667 40 – 25   .615
Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍ 18 – 9   .667 36 – 24   .600
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 24 – 35   .407
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18   .333 15 – 41   .268
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 12 – 35   .255
Seattle  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 13 – 39   .250
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 22   .185 10 – 41   .196
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place beginning on May 22 and ending on May 25 or 26.[2] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Hohokam Stadium, spring training home of the Oakland Athletics in Mesa, Arizona. The winner, Sacramento State, earned the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Seeding and format

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded based on conference winning percentage.

Bracket

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
4Grand Canyon11
5Cal State Bakersfield21New Mexico State7
6Utah Valley1
3Sacramento State21New Mexico State3
6Utah Valley44Grand Canyon8
2Texas–Rio Grande Valley04Grand Canyon3114
4Grand Canyon53Sacramento State45
3Sacramento State73Sacramento State6
5Cal State Bakersfield36Utah Valley41New Mexico State410
3Sacramento State63Sacramento State6
2Texas–Rio Grande Valley2

Conference championship

WAC Championship
(4) Grand Canyon Antelopes vs. (3) Sacramento State Hornets
May 25, 2019, 6:00 p.m. (MDT) at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
(4) Grand Canyon 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 0
(3) Sacramento State 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 0
WP: Travis Martizia (4–1)   LP: Frankie Scalzo (4–6)
Home runs:
GCU: None
SAC: Dawsen Bacho
Attendance: 917
May 26, 2019, 12:00 p.m. (MDT) at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(3) Sacramento State 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 12 2
(4) Grand Canyon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 5 0
WP: Tanner Dalton (5–2)   LP: Pierson Ohl (7–5)   Sv: Austin Roberts (6)
Home runs:
SAC ST: Matt Smith, Dawsen Bacho, Steven Moretto
GCU: Preston Pavlica

References

  1. ^ "Western Athletic Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018-19 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
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