2013 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2013 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format2 pool round-robin tournament
with championship game
Finals site
ChampionsUTSA (1st title)
Winning coachJason Marshall (1st title)
MVPMatt Sims (UTSA)
2013 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 18 9   .667 37 22   .627
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 18 9   .667 31 27   .534
Texas State  ‍‍‍ 16 11   .593 29 29   .500
UTSA  ‍‍y 15 11   .577 35 25   .583
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍ 14 13   .519 34 25   .576
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 13 14   .481 29 28   .509
Dallas Baptist  ‍‍‍ 13 14   .481 30 30   .500
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 11 16   .407 17 41   .293
Seattle  ‍‍‍ 10 16   .385 21 33   .389
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍ 6 21   .222 19 37   .339
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 1, 2013[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2013 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held beginning May 22 and ending on May 26. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the round-robin tournament held at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. UTSA won their first tournament championship and earned the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3] UTSA departed for Conference USA after the 2013 season, again leaving the conference with no team that had ever won the tournament for 2014.[4]

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They were divided into two groups of four, which played a round robin format. The winners of each group then played a single championship game.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Cal State Bakersfield 18 9 .667 1
Texas–Arlington 18 9 .667 2
Texas State 16 11 .593 2 3
UTSA 15 11 .577 2.5 4
Sacramento State 14 13 .519 4 5
New Mexico State 13 14 .481 5 6
Dallas Baptist 13 14 .481 5 7
San Jose State 11 16 .407 7 8
Seattle 10 16 .385 7.5
Louisiana Tech 6 21 .222 12

Results

All times shown are US CDT. If 2 teams tie in pool play, the head-to-head winner advances to the final.

Division A CSUB UTSA SSU SJSU Overall
1 Cal State Bakersfield L 0–1 W 7–1 W 11–3 2–1
4 UTSA W 1–0 W 3–2 W 13–3 3–0
5 Sacramento State L 1–7 L 2–3 W 3–0 1–2
8 San Jose State L 3–11 L 3–13 L 0–3 0–3
Division B UTA TSU NMSU DBU Overall
2 Texas–Arlington L 2–11 L 3–4 W 2–0 1–2
3 Texas State W 11–2 W 9–4 L 5–7 2–1
6 New Mexico State W 4–3 L 4–9 L 4–12 1–2
7 Dallas Baptist L 0–2 W 7–5 W 12–4 2–1
Finals
   
A UTSA 11
B Dallas Baptist 4

Championship final

Sunday, May 26 1:00 p.m.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#7 Dallas Baptist 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 4
#4 UTSA 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 x 11 14 1
WP: Brock Hartson (9–4)   LP: Michael Smith (9–7)   Sv: Logan Onda (2)
Home runs:
DBU: Austin Listi (1)
UTSA: none
Attendance: 1,505
Notes: Duration: 2:51, Weather:71F, wind across LF @14MPH
Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Name POS School
Michael Miller C Dallas Baptist
Oscar Sanay IF CSU Bakersfield
Colby Targun IF Texas State
Andrew Ayers IF Sacramento State
Kyle Phillips OF New Mexico State
Brock Hartson P UTSA
Mike Wesolowski IF Dallas Baptist
Matt Sims P UTSA
Riley Good OF UTSA
RJ Perucki IF UTSA
John Bormann Util UTSA

Most Valuable Player

Matt Sims was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Sims was a pitcher for UTSA.[4]

References

  1. ^ "2013 Standings and Leaders". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  2. ^ "Dallas Baptist Picked to Win WAC Baseball Title". Western Athletic Conference. February 5, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "WAC Baseball Tournament". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on November 23, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "WAC Baseball Tournament". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2014.