2007 Western Athletic Conference Tournament

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The 2007 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held in Reno, NV. #1 California State University, Fresno defeated #2 University of Nevada, Reno for the title. Brian Lapin of Fresno State was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 California State University, Fresno 17-7 Mike Batesole
2 University of Nevada, Reno 15-9 Gary Powers
3 Louisiana Tech University 14-10 Wade Simoneaux
4 San Jose State University 11-13 Sam Piraro
5 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 11-13 Mike Trapasso
6 California State University, Sacramento 10-14 John Smith

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Fresno State 10  
  6 Sacramento State 2     1 Fresno State 4  
    3 Louisiana Tech 2    
  2 Nevada, Reno 11         1 Fresno State 6            
  5 Hawai'i 1           4 San Jose State 2              
      2 Nevada, Reno 1           1 Fresno State 17 x
      4 San Jose State 5         2 Nevada, Reno 4 x
  3 Louisiana Tech 1         4 San Jose State 9    
  4 San Jose State 11       2 Nevada, Reno 8     2 Nevada, Reno 11  
  6 Sacramento State 7     5 Hawai'i 6  
  5 Hawai'i 19  



Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 24
Game 1 California State University, Fresno 10-2 California State University, Sacramento
Game 2 San Jose State University 11-1 (7) Louisiana Tech University
Game 3 University of Nevada, Reno 11-1 (7) University of Hawai'i at Manoa
May 25
Game 4 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 19-7 (7) California State University, Sacramento Sac State eliminated
Game 5 California State University, Fresno 4-2 Louisiana Tech University Louisiana Tech eliminated
Game 6 San Jose State University 5-1 University of Nevada, Reno
May 26
Game 7 California State University, Fresno 6-2 San Jose State University
Game 8 University of Nevada, Reno 8-6 (11) University of Hawai'i at Manoa Hawaii eliminated
Game 9 University of Nevada, Reno 11-9 San Jose State University San Jose State eliminated
May 27
Game 10 California State University, Fresno 17-4 University of Nevada, Reno Fresno State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • C-Landon Hernandez, Hawai?i
  • 1B-Ryan Angel, San Jose State
  • 2B-David Ciarlo, Nevada
  • SS-Kyle Bellows, San Jose State
  • 3B-Jason Rodriguez, Nevada
  • OF-Brian Lapin, Fresno State
  • OF-Loren Storey, Fresno State
  • OF-Kevin Macdonald, Hawai?i
  • DH-Shaun Kort, Nevada
  • SP-Clayton Allison, Fresno State
  • RP-Matt Renfree, Nevada