ARLINGTON, Texas – The Western Athletic Conference has announced the bracket for this week's University Credit Union WAC Baseball Tournament set to be played at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Ariz.
Utah Valley earned the No. 3 seed for the second consecutive year and will meet the winner of Tuesday's single elimination game between No. 6 seed UT Arlington and No. 7 seed UT Rio Grande Valley. The Wolverines and Game 1 winner will play at 1:00 p.m. MT in the double-elimination portion of the bracket.
The Wolverines last season made a run to the WAC Championship for the third time since joining the WAC. They defeated Seattle U, Sam Houston, and UT Arlington before falling to the Bearkats in the Championship.
The WAC regular-season champion Grand Canyon is the No. 1 seed and received a double-bye along with the No. 2 seed Abilene Christian. They will now play their first game in the quarterfinals on Thursday, May 23.
California Baptist is the No. 4 seed, and like UVU, it received a first-round bye. The No. 5 seed, Tarleton State, will play the No. 8 seed, Sacramento State, in a single-elimination game on Tuesday, May 21.
The winner of the tournament will secure the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament.