2019 West Coast Conference baseball tournament

2019 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsLoyola Marymount (3rd title)
Winning coachJason Gill (1st title)
MVPCodie Paiva ((Loyola Marymount))
TelevisionTheW.tv
2019 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
BYU  ‍†‍‍ 19 – 8   .704 36 – 17   .679
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 18 – 9   .667 31 – 24   .564
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 35 – 22   .614
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 12   .556 34 – 25   .576
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 30 – 26   .536
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 24 – 25   .490
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 32 – 21   .604
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16   .385 23 – 26   .469
Portland  ‍‍‍ 7 – 19   .269 25 – 27   .481
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 5 – 22   .185 12 – 40   .231
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2019
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2019 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 25 at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. The four team, double-elimination tournament winner, Loyola Marymount, earned the league's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage. The teams then played a double elimination tournament.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
BYU 19 8 .704 — 1[3]
Gonzaga 18 9 .667 1 2
Saint Mary's 17 10 .630 2 3
Loyola Marymount 15 12 .556 4 4[4]
San Francisco 15 12 .556 4 —
Pepperdine 14 13 .378 5 —
San Diego 14 13 .519 5 —
Pacific 10 16 .385 8.5 —
Portland 7 19 .269 10.5 —
Santa Clara 5 22 .185 14 —

Tiebreakers:

Loyola Marymount went 2–1 vs. San Francisco to win the #4 seed.
Pepperdine went 2–1 vs. San Diego to finish 6th.
Pacific and Portland only played 26 conference matches as their final scheduled match was rained out. It wasn't rescheduled because it didn't affect the conference tournament.

Bracket

First round Semi-finals Finals
          
1 BYU 1
4 Loyola Marymount 4
4 Loyola Marymount 3
Winner's bracket
3 Saint Mary's 2
2 Gonzaga 3
3 Saint Mary's 7
4 Loyola Marymount 4 (10) —
3 Saint Mary's 2 —
1 BYU 1
2 Gonzaga 3
2 Gonzaga 3
Loser's bracket
3 Saint Mary's 4

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television TV Announcers Attendance
Thursday, May 23
1 3:00 p.m. #1 BYU Cougars vs. #4 Loyola Marymount Lions TheW.tv Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien 1,606
2 7:00 p.m. #2 Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. #3 Saint Mary's Gaels
Friday, May 24
3 12:00 p.m. #1 BYU Cougars vs. #2 Gonzaga Bulldogs TheW.tv Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien 1,589
4 3:30 p.m. #3 Saint Mary's Gaels vs. #4 Loyola Marymount Lions
5 7:30 p.m. #2 Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. #3 Saint Mary's Gaels
Championship – Saturday, May 25
6 3:00 p.m. #4 Loyola Marymount Lions vs. #3 Saint Mary's Gaels TheW.tv Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien 1,722
7 (If Necessary) 7:00 p.m. N/A
*Game times in Pacific Time. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Conference championship

West Coast Conference Championship
(4) Loyola Marymount Lions vs. (3) Saint Mary's Gaels
May 25, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (PDT) at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
(4) Loyola Marymount 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 11 1
(3) Saint Mary's 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1
WP: Matt Voelker (2–4)   LP: Nathan Schneider (2–1)   Sv: Nick Frasso (8)
Attendance: 1,722

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Pos Name Class School
P Codie Paiva Senior Loyola Marymount
Nick Frasso Sophomore Loyola Marymount
Tyler Thornton Freshman Saint Mary's
Carlos Lomeli Freshman Saint Mary's
Dalton Ponce Freshman Saint Mary's
C
IF Trevin Esquerra Junior Loyola Marymount
Nick Sogard Junior Loyola Marymount
OF

Most Outstanding Player

Codie Paiva (LMU) was named the Most Outstanding Player of the WCC Baseball Tournament.

References

  1. ^ "West Coast Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018-19 WCC Championship Schedule". West Coast Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  3. ^ "BYU won its first outright conference baseball championship in 30 years, but may need to win WCC tournament to get NCAA berth". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "Lions snag No. 4 seed in WCC Tournament". Angelus. Retrieved May 22, 2019.