Fresno State Athletics
`Dogs Look for Second-Straight WAC Tournament Title
5/6/2008 12:00:00 AM | Softball
May 6, 2008
HONOLULU, Hawai'i - The No. 10/10 Fresno State softball team looks to defend its 2007 WAC Tournament title in Honolulu, Hawai'i this week. Finishing the conference at 14-3, the `Dogs earned the No.2 seed and a first round meeting with No. 5 seed New Mexico State at 7:30 p.m. PST on Wednesday.
Nevada earned the No. 1 seed in the tournament a first round bye. Other first round games on Wednesday are No. 6 seed San Jose State vs. No. 7 seed Utah State at 5:00 p.m. and No. 3 Hawai'i vs. No. 4 Louisiana Tech at 10:00 p.m.
The tournament is double elimination with the championship game being played at Saturday at 5:00 p.m. The winner of the WAC Tournament earns an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.
For a complete tournament bracket log on to www.wac.org or click on the link at the top of the page.
This will be just the sixth year of the WAC Tournament. The Bulldogs have won it twice, in 1999 and in 2007. Hawai'i won it in 1991 and 1992 and Nevada won its first title in 2006.
Follow the Bulldogs
You can follow Fresno State throughout the season as all games can be viewed live through gametracker by logging on to www.gobulldogs.com and clicking on the gametracker link. Gametracker will be used to cover all of Fresno State's games, both home and away. All games in the WAC Tournament can be viewed through live streaming on the WAC website. Visit wactv.org to purchase the package deal for $15.95 for the entire week.
"Join the State- Fresno State!" - For tickets log on to www.gobulldogs.com or call (559) 278-DOGS.
