1997 Western Athletic Conference Tournament

The 1997 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held in San Diego, CA. Rice University defeated San Diego State University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Rice University	20-9	Wayne Graham
2	San Jose State University	20-10	Sam Piraro
3	California State University, Fresno	19-11	Bob Bennett
4	University of Utah	22-8	Tim Esmay
5	San Diego State University	17-13	Jim Dietz
6	Brigham Young University	21-9	Gary Pullins

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Rice	16
	6	BYU	3			1	Rice	5
						4	Utah	4
	2	San Jose St.	4								1	Rice	7
	5	San Diego St.	9								5	San Diego St.	5
						5	San Diego St.	7													1	Rice	11	x
						3	Fresno St.	4													5	San Diego St.	1	x
	3	Fresno St.	6													5	San Diego St.	7
	4	Utah	3								3	Fresno St.	8			3	Fresno St.	2
						6	BYU	4			6	BYU	5
						2	San Jose St.	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Rice University	16-3	Brigham Young University
Game 2	California State University, Fresno	6-3	University of Utah
Game 3	San Diego State University	9-4	San Jose State University
Game 4	Rice University	5-4	University of Utah	Utah eliminated
Game 5	Brigham Young University	4-3	San Jose State University	San Jose State eliminated
Game 6	San Diego State University	7-4	California State University, Fresno
Game 7	Rice University	7-5	San Diego State University
Game 8	California State University, Fresno	8-5	Brigham Young University	BYU eliminated
Game 9	San Diego State University	7-2	California State University, Fresno	Fresno State eliminated
Game 10	Rice University	11-1	San Diego State University	Rice advances to NCAA tournament