2012 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2012 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
2012 WAC baseball tournament logo
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFresno State (6th title)
MVPJordan Luplow (Fresno State)
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 Collegiate Baseball


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

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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

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
5Fresno State15
5Fresno State81New Mexico State8
4Hawaii22Sacramento State8
5Fresno State3
3Nevada5
6Louisiana Tech32Sacramento State15
3Nevada4
5Fresno State94*
2Sacramento State63*
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
6Louisiana Tech4
3Nevada55Fresno State6
6Louisiana Tech156Louisiana Tech18
4Hawaii61New Mexico State12
6Louisiana Tech9

* - Indicates game required 13 innings.

Conference championship

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WAC Championship
(2) Sacramento State Hornets vs. (5) Fresno State Bulldogs
May 26, 2012, 6:00 p.m. (MDT) at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(5) Fresno State 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 9 9 4
(2) Sacramento State 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 13 2
WP: Gene Escat (3–0)   LP: Tyler Hoelzen (3–2)
Attendance: 668
May 27, 2012, 12:00 p.m. (MDT) at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E
(2) Sacramento State 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 0
(5) Fresno State 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0
WP: JD Salles (2–1)   LP: R.J. Davis (1–2)
Attendance: 584

All-Tournament Team

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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

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Jordan Luplow was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Luplow was a right fielder for Fresno State.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball Standings". wacsports.com. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "WAC Baseball Tournament". wacsports.com. Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.org. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
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