1998 Western Athletic Conference Tournament

The 1998 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held May 13-16 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
May 13
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
May 14
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
May 15
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
May 16
Game 10	Rice University	15-2	California State University, Fresno	Rice advances to NCAA tournament