2017 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 2017 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament was a postseason baseball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference for the 2017–18 season. It began on May 24 and ended on May 27.[1] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Hohokam Stadium, spring training home of the Oakland Athletics in Mesa, Arizona. The winner earned the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

2017 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSacramento State (2nd title)
MVPJustin Dillo (Sacramento State)
2017 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Grand Canyon*   2040 .83329250 .537
New Mexico State   1950 .79235220 .614
Cal State Bakersfield   14100 .58331240 .564
Sacramento State  y 12120 .50032290 .525
Utah Valley   11130 .45818360 .333
Northern Colorado   10140 .41724300 .444
Seattle   8160 .33320351 .366
Texas–Rio Grande Valley   7170 .29226280 .481
Chicago State   7170 .29211410 .212
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament

Seeding and format

The top six finishers from the regular season will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. Grand Canyon is ineligible for the tournament due to their transition from Division II.

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1New Mexico State4
4Utah Valley45Northern Colorado5
5Northern Colorado65Northern Colorado1
3Sacramento State10
2CSU Bakersfield6
3Sacramento State113Sacramento State10
6Seattle1
3Sacramento State5-
2CSU Bakersfield0-
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2CSU Bakersfield8
2CSU Bakersfield115Northern Colorado5
6Seattle41New Mexico State7
4Utah Valley92CSU Bakersfield10
6Seattle11

References

  1. "2016-17 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  2. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  3. "Western Athletic Conference Official Site - Sacramento State Wins WAC Baseball Tournament". Archived from the original on March 24, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
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