2013 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2013
Conference:Western Athletic Conference
Teams:8
Format:2 pool round-robin tournament
with championship game
Ballpark:QuikTrip Park
City:Grand Prairie, TX
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Jason Marshall
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Matt Sims
Mvpteam:UTSA

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. won their first tournament championship and earned the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2] UTSA departed for Conference USA after the 2013 season, again leaving the conference with no team that had ever won the tournament for 2014.[3]

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
18 9 .667 1
18 9 .667 2
16 11 .593 2 3
15 11 .577 2.5 4
14 13 .519 4 5
13 14 .481 5 6
13 14 .481 5 7
11 16 .407 7 8
10 16 .385 7.5
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.

Championship final

All-Tournament Team

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

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
Util UTSA

Most Valuable Player

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dallas Baptist Picked to Win WAC Baseball Title. February 5, 2013. Western Athletic Conference. March 7, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202231/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45966&SPID=4123&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=206263461. March 4, 2016. dead.
  2. Web site: WAC Baseball Tournament. Western Athletic Conference. March 7, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20121123064821/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=205681358&SPID=4123&SPSID=45963. November 23, 2012. dead.
  3. Web site: WAC Baseball Tournament. Western Athletic Conference. February 27, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150912045912/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45966&SPID=4123&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=207682963&DB_OEM_ID=10100. September 12, 2015. dead.