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{{Infobox NCAA Softball Conference Tournament |
| Year=2016
| Conference=Western Athletic Conference
| ShortConference=
| Division= I
| Image=
| ImageSize=150px
| Caption=
| Teams=5
| Format=[[Double-elimination]]
| Ballpark=Logan Field at SU Park
| City=Seattle, WA
| Champions=[[CSU Bakersfield]]
| TitleCount=1st
| Coach=Crissy Buck-Ziegler
| CoachCount=1st
| MVP=Sydney Raeber
| MVPTeam=CSU Bakersfield
| Attendance=
| Television=WAC Digital Network
}}
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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlespectator.com/2016/05/11/softball-set-to-host-wac-tournament/|title=Softball Set To Host WAC Tournament|newspaper=Seattle Spectator|accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref>  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 [http://www.wacsports.com/live WAC Digital Network]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} with Greg Sexton and Ashley Charters calling the action.
==Tournament==
{{6TeamBracket-2Elim|lowerstyle=2
| RD1-RD2-path=no
| RD5-legs=2
| RD1-seed1=4
| RD1-team1={{csb link|year=2016|team=Seattle Redhawks|title=Seattle U}}
| RD1-score1=0
| RD1-seed2='''5'''
| RD1-team2='''{{csb link|year=2016|team=Utah Valley Wolverines|title=Utah Valley}}'''
| RD1-score2='''4'''
| RD2-seed1='''1'''
| RD2-team1='''{{csb link|year=2016|team=New Mexico State Aggies|title=New Mexico State}}'''
| RD2-score1='''5'''
| RD2-seed2=5
| RD2-team2=Utah Valley
| RD2-score2=2
| RD2-seed3=2
| RD2-team3={{csb link|year=2016|team=UMKC Kangaroos|title=UMKC}}
| RD2-score3=3
| RD2-seed4='''3'''
| RD2-team4='''{{csb link|year=2016|team=Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners|title=CSU Bakersfield}}'''
| RD2-score4='''4'''
| RD2-seed5=2
| RD2-team5=UMKC
| RD2-score5=3
| RD2-seed6='''4'''
| RD2-team6='''Seattle U'''
| RD2-score6='''7'''
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1=New Mexico State
| RD3-score1=1
| RD3-seed2='''3'''
| RD3-team2='''CSU Bakersfield'''
| RD3-score2='''2'''
| RD3-seed3=5
| RD3-team3=Utah Valley
| RD3-score3=2
| RD3-seed4='''4'''
| RD3-team4='''Seattle U'''
| RD3-score4='''7'''
| RD4-seed1='''1'''
| RD4-team1='''New Mexico State'''
| RD4-score1='''6'''
| RD4-seed2=4
| RD4-team2=Seattle U
| RD4-score2=4
| RD5-seed1='''3'''
| RD5-team1='''CSU Bakersfield'''
| RD5-score1-1='''1'''
| RD5-score1-2=–
| RD5-seed2=1
| RD5-team2=New Mexico State
| RD5-score2-1=0
| RD5-score2-2=–
}}
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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gorunners.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=58123&SPID=6328&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=13300&ATCLID=210954339|title=Runners Defeat No. 1 NMSU To Win WAC Tournament|date=14 May 2016}}</ref>
*All times listed are Pacific Daylight Time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wacsports.com/documents/2016/4/30//2016_SB_Bracket.pdf?id=4122|title=2016 WAC softball tournament Bracket|newspaper=wacsports.com|accessdate=11 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513101446/http://wacsports.com/documents/2016/4/30//2016_SB_Bracket.pdf?id=4122|archive-date=13 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Western Athletic Conference softball tournament navbox}}
{{2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament navbox}}
[[Category:2016 NCAA Division I softball season|Western Athletic Conference Tournament]]
[[Category:Western Athletic Conference softball tournament]]
[[Category:2016 in sports in Washington (state)]]