1998 Western Athletic Conference Tournament

The 1998 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held in San Diego, CA. Rice University defeated California State University, Fresno for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Rice University	26-4	Wayne Graham
2	California State University, Fresno	19-11	Bob Bennett
3	Texas Christian University	18-11	Lance Brown
4	San Diego State University	18-12	Jim Dietz
5	Grand Canyon University	16-14	Gil Stafford
6	University of New Mexico	13-16	Rich Alday

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Rice	15
	6	New Mexico	11			1	Rice	10
						3	TCU	5
	2	Fresno St.	5								1	Rice	6
	5	Grand Canyon	0								2	Fresno St.	5
						2	Fresno St.	18													1	Rice	15	x
						4	San Diego St.	2													2	Fresno St.	2	x
	3	TCU	12													2	Fresno St.	3
	4	San Diego St.	14								4	San Diego St.	6			6	New Mexico	2
						6	New Mexico	2			6	New Mexico	7
						5	Grand Canyon	1

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Rice University	15-11	University of New Mexico
Game 2	California State University, Fresno	5-0	Grand Canyon University
Game 3	San Diego State University	14-12	Texas Christian University
Game 4	University of New Mexico	2-1	Grand Canyon University	Grand Canyon eliminated
Game 5	Rice University	10-5	Texas Christian University	Texas Christian eliminated
Game 6	California State University, Fresno	18-2	San Diego State University
Game 7	Rice University	6-5 (10)	California State University, Fresno
Game 8	University of New Mexico	7-6	San Diego State University	San Diego State eliminated
Game 9	California State University, Fresno	3-2 (10)	University of New Mexico	New Mexico eliminated
Game 10	Rice University	15-2	California State University, Fresno	Rice advances to NCAA tournament