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The 2014 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place from May 21 to May 25.[1] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Cubs Park, spring training home of the Chicago Cubs in Mesa, Arizona. Sacramento State won the tournament for the first time, earning the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2] No team currently in the league has won a WAC Tournament Championship.

Teams6
Finals site
ChampionsSacramento State (1st title)
Quick facts Teams, Format ...
2014 Western Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSacramento State (1st title)
Winning coachReggie Christiansen (1st title)
MVPChris Lewis (Sacramento State)
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2014 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Sacramento State  ‍†‍‡‍y 21–6 .77840–24 .625
Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍ 19–8 .70430–23 .566
Texas–Pan American  ‍‍‍ 17–10 .63027–30 .474
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 16–11 .59328–30 .483
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .55626–33 .441
Seattle  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54226–27 .491
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45823–31 .426
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .33310–29 .256
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 5–19 .20817–37 .315
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 4–23 .14810–43 .189
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
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Seeding and format

The top six finishers from the regular season will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. Grand Canyon was ineligible as it completed the transition to Division I.

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TeamWLPctGBSeed
Sacramento State216.778–1
Grand Canyon198.7042–
Texas–Pan American1710.63042
Utah Valley1611.59353
Cal State Bakersfield1512.55664
Seattle1311.5426.55
New Mexico State1113.4588.56
North Dakota816.33311.5–
Chicago State519.20814–
Northern Colorado423.14817–
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Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Sacramento State1
4Cal State Bakersfield64Cal State Bakersfield4
5Seattle54Cal State Bakersfield2
3Utah Valley5
2Texas–Pan American2
3Utah Valley113Utah Valley9
6New Mexico State10
3Utah Valley33
1Sacramento State1010
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Sacramento State3
6New Mexico State54Cal State Bakersfield1
2Texas–Pan American41Sacramento State9
5Seattle36New Mexico State7
6New Mexico State7

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Sacramento State's Chris Lewis, one of four Hornets selected, was named Most Valuable Player.

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NameTeam
Oscar SanayCal State Bakersfield
Solomon WilliamsCal State Bakersfield
Taylor NoyerNew Mexico State
Craig BrinkerhoffUtah Valley
Andrew FreterUtah Valley
Kade AndrusUtah Valley
Mark KruegerUtah Valley
Alex PalshaSacramento State
Rhys HoskinsSacramento State
Brennan LeitaoSacramento State
Chris LewisSacramento State
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