2022 Western Athletic Conference Tournament

The 2022 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held May 25-28 at HoHoKam Park in Mesa, AZ. West #4 New Mexico State University defeated Southwest #4 Abilene Christian University for the title. Cal Villareal of New Mexico State was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
Southwest 1	Sam Houston State University	21-9	Jay Sirianni
Southwest 2	Lamar University	20-10	Will Davis
Southwest 3	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	17-13	Derek Matlock
Southwest 4	Abilene Christian University	14-16	Rick McCarty
West 1	Grand Canyon University	25-5	Andy Stankiewicz
West 2	California State University, Sacramento	17-13	Reggie Christiansen
West 3	Seattle University	11-19	Donny Harrel
West 4	New Mexico State University	10-20	Mike Kirby

Results

Bracket

First round

Second round

Semifinals

Finals

SW1

Sam Houston State

1

W4

New Mexico State

3

W4

New Mexico State

10

SW3

UT Rio Grande Vall.

0

W2

Sacramento State

1

SW3

UT Rio Grande Vall.

2

W4

New Mexico State

7

x

W2

Sacramento State

3

x

SW1

Sam Houston State

2

W2

Sacramento State

3

SW3

UT Rio Grande Vall.

5

W2

Sacramento State

9

W4

New Mexico State

7

x

x

SW4

Abilene Christian

1

x

x

W1

Grand Canyon

8

SW4

Abilene Christian

4

W1

Grand Canyon

4

SW2

Lamar

3

SW2

Lamar

6

W3

Seattle

4

W1

Grand Canyon

5

8

SW4

Abilene Christian

6

15

SW4

Abilene Christian

10

W3

Seattle

3

SW2

Lamar

4

SW4

Abilene Christian

9

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	2-1	California State University, Sacramento
Game 2	New Mexico State University	3-1	Sam Houston State University
Game 3	Lamar University	6-4	Seattle University
Game 4	Grand Canyon University	8-4	Abilene Christian University
May 26
Game 5	California State University, Sacramento	3-2	Sam Houston State University	Sam Houston State eliminated
Game 6	Abilene Christian University	10-3	Seattle University	Seattle eliminated
Game 7	New Mexico State University	10-0 (7)	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Game 8	Grand Canyon University	4-3	Lamar University
May 27
Game 9	California State University, Sacramento	9-5	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	UT-Rio Grande Valley eliminated
Game 10	Abilene Christian University	9-4	Lamar University	Lamar eliminated
Game 11	New Mexico State University	7-3	California State University, Sacramento	Sac State eliminated
Game 12	Abilene Christian University	6-5	Grand Canyon University
May 28
Game 13	Abilene Christian University	15-8	Grand Canyon University	Grand Canyon eliminated
Game 14	New Mexico State University	7-1	Abilene Christian University	New Mexico State advances to NCAA tournament