1998 Big West Conference Tournament

The 1998 Big West Conference baseball tournament was held May 15-18 at Titan Field in Fullerton, CA. #3 Long Beach State defeated #4 Sacramento State for the title. This would be the 4th and final Big West Tournament before the conference scrapped the post season tournament format.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conference Record	Head Coach
1	California State University, Fullerton	25-5	George Horton
2	University of Nevada, Reno	17-10	Gary Powers
3	California State University, Long Beach	23-7	Dave Snow
4	California State University, Sacramento	15-19	John Smith
5	University of the Pacific	12-17	Quincey Noble
6	University of California, Santa Barbara	11-18	Bob Brontsema

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Cal State Fullerton	4
	6	UC Santa Barbara	2			1	Cal State Fullerton	5
						4	Sacramento State	6
											4	Sacramento State	15
											6	UC Santa Barbara	11
						6	UC Santa Barbara	3
						5	Pacific	2
	3	Long Beach State	8													4	Sacramento State	10	x
	4	Sacramento State	7													3	Long Beach State	24	x
						3	Long Beach State	6
						2	Nevada	5
	2	Nevada	29								3	Long Beach State	12
	5	Pacific	1								1	Cal State Fullerton	0
						1	Cal State Fullerton	6
						2	Nevada	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 15
Game 1	California State University, Fullerton	4-2	University of California, Santa Barbara
Game 2	California State University, Long Beach	8-7	California State University, Sacramento
Game 3	University of Nevada, Reno	29-1	University of the Pacific
May 16
Game 4	California State University, Sacramento	6-5	California State University, Fullerton
Game 5	University of California, Santa Barbara	3-2	University of the Pacific	Pacific eliminated
Game 6	California State University, Long Beach	6-5	University of Nevada, Reno
May 17
Game 7	California State University, Fullerton	6-3	University of Nevada, Reno	Nevada eliminated
Game 8	California State University, Sacramento	15-11	University of California, Santa Barbara	UC Santa Barbara eliminated
Game 9	California State University, Long Beach	12-0	California State University, Fullerton	Cal State Fullerton eliminated
May 18
Game 10	California State University, Long Beach	7-2	California State University, Sacramento	Long Beach State advances to NCAA Tournament