2019 Western Athletic Conference softball tournament

2019 Western Athletic Conference
softball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	GCU Softball Stadium Phoenix, AZ
Television	ESPN+

The 2019 Western Athletic Conference softball tournament was held at GCU Softball Stadium on the campus of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona, from May 8 through May 11, 2019. All six eligible softball teams competed as part of the tournament. Cal Baptist was ineligible to participate as they were in year one of the four year reclassification process.[1]

Tournament

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Final
						1	Seattle U	5
	4	Utah Valley	4			5	Kansas City	4
	5	Kansas City	5								1	Seattle U	8
											2	New Mexico State	7
						2	New Mexico State	1
	3	Grand Canyon	9			3	Grand Canyon	0
	6	CSU Bakersfield	5
																1	Seattle U	3
																2	New Mexico State	2
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower final
	6	CSU Bakersfield	3
											2	New Mexico State	6
	5	Kansas City	2
						6	CSU Bakersfield	4			3	Grand Canyon	4
						3	Grand Canyon	6
	4	Utah Valley	4
	3	Grand Canyon	6

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	TV Announcers	Attendance
Wednesday, May 8
1	2:30 p.m.	#4 Utah Valley vs. #5 Kansas City	ESPN+	Michael Potter & Mary Kay Mauro	642
2	6:28 p.m.	#3 Grand Canyon vs. #6 CSU Bakersfield
Thursday, May 9
3	10:30 a.m.	#1 Seattle vs. #5 Kansas City	ESPN+	Michael Potter & Mary Kay Mauro	759
4	1:30 p.m.	#2 New Mexico State vs. #3 Grand Canyon
5	4:30 p.m.	#5 Kansas City vs. #6 CSU Bakersfield
6	7:30 p.m.	#3 Grand Canyon vs. #4 Utah Valley
Friday, May 10
7	1:30 p.m.	#1 Seattle vs. #2 New Mexico State[2]	ESPN+	Michael Potter & Mary Kay Mauro	678
8	4:30 p.m.	#3 Grand Canyon vs. #6 CSU Bakersfield
9	7:30 p.m.	#2 New Mexico State vs. #3 Grand Canyon[3]
Championship – Saturday, May 11
10	1:30 p.m.	#1 Seattle vs. #2 New Mexico State	ESPN+	Michael Potter & Mary Kay Mauro	412
11 (If Necessary)	4:00 p.m.	#1 Seattle vs. #2 New Mexico State
*Game times in Mountain Standard Time. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[4]

References

1. "California Baptist Officially Becomes Member of Western Athletic Conference". wacsports.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
2. "Seattle U softball team wins in walkoff fashion, advances to WAC title game". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
3. "Kelsey Horton walk off home run lifts New Mexico State to next round of WAC Tournament". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
4. "2019 WAC Softball Tournament Bracket". wacsports.com. Retrieved May 4, 2019.