2014 Western Athletic Conference Tournament

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The 2014 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held May 21-25 at HoHoKam Park in Mesa, AZ. #1 California State University, Sacramento defeated #3 Utah Valley University for the title. Chris Lewis of Sacramento State was name MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 California State University, Sacramento 21-6 Reggie Christiansen
2 University of Texas-Pan American 17-10 Manny Mantrana
3 Utah Valley University 16-11 Eric Madsen
4 California State University, Bakersfield 15-12 Bill Kernen
5 Seattle University 13-11 Donny Harrel
6 New Mexico State University 11-13 Rocky Ward

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Finals
                                       
      1 Sacramento State 1  
  4 CSU Bakersfield 6     4 CSU Bakersfield 4    
  5 Seattle 5         4 CSU Bakersfield 2  
      3 Utah Valley 6    
    2 UT Pan American 2          
  3 Utah Valley 11     3 Utah Valley 9        
  6 New Mexico State 10         3 Utah Valley 3 3
      1 Sacramento State 10 10
  Losers Bracket 1-2     Losers Bracket 2     Losers Bracket 3    
         
  5 Seattle 3        
  6 New Mexico State 7         4 CSU Bakersfield 1    
      1 Sacramento State 9     1 Sacramento State 3  
      6 New Mexico State 5  
  6 New Mexico State 7    
  2 UT Pan American 4  



Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 21
Game 1 California State University, Bakersfield 6-5 Seattle University
Game 2 Utah Valley University 11-10 New Mexico State University
May 22
Game 3 New Mexico State University 7-3 Seattle University Seattle eliminated
Game 4 Utah Valley University 9-2 University of Texas-Pan American
Game 5 California State University, Bakersfield 4-1 California State University, Sacramento
May 23
Game 6 New Mexico State University 7-4 University of Texas-Pan American UTPA eliminated
Game 7 California State University, Sacramento 9-5 New Mexico State University New Mexico State eliminated
Game 8 Utah Valley University 6-2 California State University, Bakersfield
May 24
Game 9 California State University, Sacramento 3-1 California State University, Bakersfield CSU Bakersfield eliminated
Game 10 California State University, Sacramento 10-3 Utah Valley University
May 25
Game 11 California State University, Sacramento 10-3 Utah Valley University Sac State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Oscar Sanay, Bakersfield
  • Soloman Williams, Bakersfield
  • Taylor Noyer, New Mexico State
  • Craig Brinkerhoff, Utah Valley
  • Andrew Freter, Utah Valley
  • Kade Andrus, Utah Valley
  • Mark Krueger, Utah Valley
  • Alex Palsha, Sacramento State
  • Rhys Hoskins, Sacramento State
  • Brennan Leitao, Sacramento State
  • Chris Lewis, Sacramento State