2016 Western Athletic Conference Softball Tournament

2016 Western Athletic Conference
Softball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 5
Format Double-elimination
Site Logan Field at SU Park
Seattle, WA
Champions CSU Bakersfield (1st title)
Winning coach Crissy Buck-Ziegler (1st title)
MVP Sydney Raeber (CSU Bakersfield)
Television WAC Digital Network
Western Athletic Conference
Softball Tournament
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The 2016 Western Athletic Conference Softball tournament was held at Logan Field on the campus of Seattle University in Seattle, Washington from May 12 through May 14, 2016.[1] CSU Bakersfield earned its first Western Athletic Conference Tournament title, earning the league's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games were streamed online on the WAC Digital Network with Greg Sexton and Ashley Charters calling the action.

Tournament

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4  Seattle U 0     1  New Mexico State 5  
  5  Utah Valley 4     5  Utah Valley 2    
      1  New Mexico State 1              
      3  CSU Bakersfield 2              
           2  UMKC 3          
           3  CSU Bakersfield 4        
        3  CSU Bakersfield 1
Loser's Bracket       1  New Mexico State 0
              
                
      2  UMKC 3        
      4  Seattle U 7          
            5  Utah Valley 2              
          4  Seattle U 7              
      1  New Mexico State 6    
    4  Seattle U 4  

In the title game, CSU Bakersfield's catcher, Jo Larios, hit the eventual game-winning home run with two outs and a full count in the top of the seventh inning. The victory propelled the Roadrunners to the school's first NCAA Division I Softball Tournament appearance.[2]

References

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