2012 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament
 2012 WAC baseball tournament logo | |
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Fresno State (6th title) |
| MVP | Jordan Luplow (Fresno State) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
[edit]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
[edit]| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fresno State | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fresno State | 8 | 1 | New Mexico State | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Hawaii | 2 | 2 | Sacramento State | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fresno State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Nevada | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | Sacramento State | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Nevada | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fresno State | 9 | 4* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sacramento State | 6 | 3* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Nevada | 5 | 5 | Fresno State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Louisiana Tech | 15 | 6 | Louisiana Tech | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Hawaii | 6 | 1 | New Mexico State | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
* - Indicates game required 13 innings.
Conference championship
[edit]| WAC Championship | ||
|---|---|---|
| (2) Sacramento State Hornets | vs. | (5) Fresno State Bulldogs |
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]Jordan Luplow was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Luplow was a right fielder for Fresno State.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Baseball Standings". wacsports.com. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "WAC Baseball Tournament". wacsports.com. Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ^ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.org. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.