2012 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 2012 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 23 and ended on May 26 or 27. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa, AZ. Fifth seeded Fresno State won their sixth and final tournament championship and claimed the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The Bulldogs joined the Mountain West Conference after the 2012 season.[2][3]

2012 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
2012 WAC baseball tournament logo
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFresno State (6th title)
MVPJordan Luplow (Fresno State)
2012 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
New Mexico State  ‍†‍‍y 11–7 .61135–22 .614
Nevada  ‍‍‍ 11–7 .61132–25 .561
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍ 11–7 .61131–26 .544
Hawaii  ‍‍‍ 10–8 .55630–25 .545
Fresno State  ‍‍‡‍y 8–10 .44428–26 .519
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍ 7–11 .38927–28 .491
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 5–13 .27822–29 .431
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 26, 2012[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six. The bottom four seeds played on the first day, with the losers of each game playing an elimination game in game 3. On day 2, the winners of games 1 and 2 played the top two seeds. Higher seeds were protected by playing lower seeds or playing later elimination games.[2]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
New Mexico State117.611–1
Sacramento State117.611–2
Nevada117.611–3
Hawaii108.55614
Fresno State810.4442.55
Louisiana Tech711.38946
San Jose State513.2786–

Results
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
5Fresno State15
5Fresno State81New Mexico State8
4Hawaii22Sacramento State8
5Fresno State3
3Nevada5
6Louisiana Tech32Sacramento State15
3Nevada4
5Fresno State94*
2Sacramento State63*
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
6Louisiana Tech4
3Nevada55Fresno State6
6Louisiana Tech156Louisiana Tech18
4Hawaii61New Mexico State12
6Louisiana Tech9

* - Indicates game required 13 innings.

Conference championship
WAC Championship
(2) Sacramento State Hornets vs. (5) Fresno State Bulldogs
May 26, 2012, 6:00 p.m. (MDT) at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona
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(5) Fresno State020111420994
(2) Sacramento State0120020016132
WP: Gene Escat (3–0)   LP: Tyler Hoelzen (3–2)
Attendance: 668
May 27, 2012, 12:00 p.m. (MDT) at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona
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(2) Sacramento State10110001000003140
(5) Fresno State0000003000001450
WP: JD Salles (2–1)   LP: R.J. Davis (1–2)
Attendance: 584

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

NameSchool
Brent HottmanSacramento State
Austin WynnsFresno State
Alex WilliamsLouisiana Tech
Derrick ChungSacramento State
Tanner RustNew Mexico State
Trent GarrisonFresno State
David Del GrandeSacramento State
Aaron JudgeFresno State
Jordan LuplowFresno State
Dallas ChadwickSacramento State
Thomas HarlanFresno State

Most Valuable Player

Jordan Luplow was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Luplow was a right fielder for Fresno State.[2]

References
  1. "Baseball Standings". wacsports.com. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  2. "WAC Baseball Tournament". wacsports.com. Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  3. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.org. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
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