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2015 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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2015 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCal State Bakersfield (1st title)
TelevisionWAC Digital Network
2015 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Grand Canyon†  ‍‍‍ 19–7–0 .73132–22–0 .593
Seattle  ‍‍‍ 19–8–0 .70431–27–0 .534
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 17–9–1 .64837–24–1 .605
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍ 16–11–0 .59333–27–0 .550
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 16–11–0 .59324–27–0 .471
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 14–13–0 .51919–35–0 .352
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 12–15–0 .44416–32–0 .333
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 7–19–1 .27811–38–1 .230
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 6–19–1 .25013–40–1 .250
Texas–Pan American  ‍‍‍ 6–20–1 .24121–30–1 .413
‡ – Tournament champion
† Ineligible for league and NCAA tournaments due to transition from Division II
As of May 4, 2015[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament will take place beginning on May 20 and ending on May 24.[2] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Sloan Park, spring training home of the Chicago Cubs in Mesa, Arizona. The winner will earn the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Seeding and format

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

TeamWLTPctGBSeedTiebreaker
Grand Canyon1970.731––
Seattle1980.7040.51
Cal State Bakersfield1791.64822
North Dakota16110.5933.532–1 vs. Sacramento State
Sacramento State16110.5933.541–2 vs. North Dakota
Utah Valley15120.5565.55
Northern Colorado12150.4447.56
New Mexico State7191.27812–
Chicago State6191.25012.5–
Texas–Pan American5211.20413–

Bracket

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  • All games will be broadcast on the WAC Digital Network. Corey Costelloe will call the action Thursday. Michael Potter will call the action Friday through the championship. Erin Slack will act as the reporter for all games.
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Seattle7
4Sacramento State25Utah Valley1
5Utah Valley3(10)1Seattle9
2Cal State Bakersfield3
2Cal State Bakersfield11
3North Dakota73North Dakota1(7)
6Northern Colorado2
1Seattle54
2Cal State Bakersfield 6(10)5
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4Sacramento State0
4Sacramento State102Cal State Bakersfield4
4Sacramento State93North Dakota2
4Sacramento State55Utah Valley3
6Northern Colorado0

References

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  1. ↑ "Baseball Standings". wacsports.com. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2014-15 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.