1997 Western Athletic Conference Tournament

The 1997 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held May 14-17 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
May 14
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
May 15
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
May 16
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
May 17
Game 10	Rice University	11-1	San Diego State University	Rice advances to NCAA tournament