2012 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Western Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament

2012 WAC baseball tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2012
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site HoHoKam Stadium
Mesa, AZ
Champions Fresno State (6th title)
MVP Jordan Luplow (Fresno State)
Western Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2011  2013»
2012 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
New Mexico State y 11 7   .611     35 22   .614
Nevada 11 7   .611     32 25   .561
Sacramento State 11 7   .611     31 26   .544
Hawaii 10 8   .556     30 25   .545
Fresno State y 8 10   .444     28 26   .519
Louisiana Tech 7 11   .389     27 28   .491
San Jose State 5 13   .278     22 29   .431
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 26, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

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]

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]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
New Mexico State 11 7 .611
1
Sacramento State 11 7 .611
2
Nevada 11 7 .611
3
Hawaii 10 8 .556
1
4
Fresno State 8 10 .444
2.5
5
Louisiana Tech 7 11 .389
4
6
San Jose State 5 13 .278
6

Results

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  5  Fresno State 8     5  Fresno State 15  
  4  Hawaii 2     1  New Mexico State 8    
      2  Sacramento State 8              
      5  Fresno State 3              
  6  Louisiana Tech 3     3  Nevada 5          
  3  Nevada 4     2  Sacramento State 15        
        5  Fresno State 9 4*
Loser's Bracket       2  Sacramento State 6 3*
  4  Hawaii 6        
  6  Louisiana Tech 9          
      6  Louisiana Tech 15        
      1  New Mexico State 12          
            3  Nevada 5              
          6  Louisiana Tech 18              
      6  Louisiana Tech 4    
    5  Fresno State 6  

* - Indicates game required 13 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Brent Hottman Sacramento State
Austin Wynns Fresno State
Alex Williams Louisiana Tech
Derrick Chung Sacramento State
Tanner Rust New Mexico State
Trent Garrison Fresno State
David Del Grande Sacramento State
Aaron Judge Fresno State
Jordan Luplow Fresno State
Dallas Chadwick Sacramento State
Thomas Harlan Fresno 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 2012-05-26.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "WAC Baseball Tournament". wacsports.com. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  3. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.org. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
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