2019 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 2019 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place beginning on May 22 and ending on May 25 or 26.^[2] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Hohokam Stadium, spring training home of the Oakland Athletics in Mesa, Arizona. The winner, Sacramento State, earned the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2019 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Hohokam Stadium Mesa, Arizona
Champions	Sacramento State
Television	ESPN+
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2019 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
New Mexico State  ‍†‍‍	19	–	8		.704			38	–	17		.691
Cal Baptist  ‍†‍‍	19	–	8		.704			35	–	20		.636
UTRGV  ‍†‍‍	19	–	8		.704			34	–	21		.618
Sacramento State  ‍‍‡‍^y	18	–	9		.667			40	–	25		.615
Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍	18	–	9		.667			36	–	24		.600
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			24	–	35		.407
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍	9	–	18		.333			15	–	41		.268
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			12	–	35		.255
Seattle  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			13	–	39		.250
Chicago State  ‍‍‍	5	–	22		.185			10	–	41		.196
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 4, 2019^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded based on conference winning percentage.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	4	Grand Canyon	11
	5	Cal State Bakersfield	2			1	New Mexico State	7
						6	Utah Valley	1
	3	Sacramento State	2								1	New Mexico State	3
	6	Utah Valley	4								4	Grand Canyon	8
						2	Texas–Rio Grande Valley	0													4	Grand Canyon	3^11	4
						4	Grand Canyon	5													3	Sacramento State	4	5
	3	Sacramento State	7													3	Sacramento State	6
	5	Cal State Bakersfield	3								6	Utah Valley	4			1	New Mexico State	4^10
						3	Sacramento State	6			3	Sacramento State	6
						2	Texas–Rio Grande Valley	2

Conference championship

WAC Championship
(4) Grand Canyon Antelopes	vs.	(3) Sacramento State Hornets

May 25, 2019, 6:00 p.m. (MDT) at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
(4) Grand Canyon	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	0
(3) Sacramento State	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	0
WP: Travis Martizia (4–1)   LP: Frankie Scalzo (4–6) Home runs: GCU: None SAC: Dawsen Bacho Attendance: 917

May 26, 2019, 12:00 p.m. (MDT) at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(3) Sacramento State	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	12	2
(4) Grand Canyon	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	5	0
WP: Tanner Dalton (5–2)   LP: Pierson Ohl (7–5)   Sv: Austin Roberts (6) Home runs: SAC ST: Matt Smith, Dawsen Bacho, Steven Moretto GCU: Preston Pavlica

References

1. "Western Athletic Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
2. "2018-19 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2018.