2015 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
| 2015 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament | |||
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| Classification | Division I | ||
| Season | 2015 | ||
| Teams | 4 | ||
| Format | Double-elimination | ||
| Site | Banner Island Ballpark Stockton, CA | ||
| Champions | Pepperdine (17th title) | ||
| Winning coach | Steve Rodriguez (6th title) | ||
| MVP | Brad Anderson (Pepperdine) | ||
| Attendance | 1,168 | ||
| Television | TheW.tv (Prelims) ESPNU (Championship) | ||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego † | 19 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .704 | 33 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine ‡y | 17 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .630 | 30 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 16 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .593 | 28 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 16 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .593 | 33 | – | 21 | – | 1 | .609 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 15 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .556 | 23 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .426 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga | 13 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .481 | 24 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 12 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .444 | 26 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 10 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .370 | 28 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 10 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .370 | 14 | – | 37 | – | 0 | .275 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 7 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .259 | 12 | – | 42 | – | 0 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of May 24, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2015 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament will be held from May 21 through May 23, 2015[2][3] at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. The four team, double-elimination tournament winner will earn the league's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[4]
Seeding
The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage. The teams will then play a double elimination tournament until they reach the championship game. The championship game is winner takes all.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego | 19 | 8 | (.704) | | |
| Pepperdine | 17 | 10 | (.630) | | |
| BYU | 16 | 11 | (.593) | | |
| Loyola Marymount | 16 | 11 | (.593) | | |
| San Francisco | 15 | 12 | (.556) | | |
| Gonzaga | 13 | 14 | (.765) | ||
| Santa Clara | 12 | 15 | (.444) | | |
| Saint Mary's | 10 | 17 | (.370) | ||
| Pacific | 10 | 17 | (.370) | ||
| Portland | 7 | 20 | (.259) |
Tiebreakers:
- BYU finishes 3rd and gets the 3-seed via head-to-head. BYU won 2 of 3 vs. Loyola Marymount during the regular season.
- Saint Mary's finishes 8th via head-to-head. Saint Mary's won 2 of 3 vs. Pacific during the regular season.
Results
| First Round | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | San Diego | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Loyola Marymount | 21 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Loyola Marymount | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Pepperdine | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Pepperdine | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | BYU | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Loyola Marymount | 2 | – | |||||||||||
| 2 | Pepperdine | 4 | – | |||||||||||
| 1 | San Diego | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | BYU | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | San Diego | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Pepperdine | 4 | ||||||||||||
Box Scores
#4 Loyola Marymount vs. #1 San Diego
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #4 Loyola Marymount | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 1 | |||||||||||
| #1 San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||
| WP: Colin Welmon (6-6) LP: David Hill (9-4) Home runs: LMU: David Edwards (6) USD: None Attendance: 789 Notes: Duration: 3:40; Weather: 70 °F (21 °C), overcast, winds 5 mph to lf Officials: Anthony Prater (HP), Timothy Vessey (1B), Ray Leible (2B), Scott Letendre (3B) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
#3 BYU vs. #2 Pepperdine
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #3 BYU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||
| #2 Pepperdine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||
| WP: Max Gamboa (5-2) LP: Mason Marshall (4–2) Home runs: BYU: Dillon Robinson (5) PEP: Kolten Yamaguchi (3) Attendance: 789 Notes: Duration: 2:55; Weather: 66 °F (19 °C), clear, winds 15 mph to lf Officials: Randy Sutton (HP), Heath Jones (1B), Scott Letendre (2B), Anthony Prater (3B) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
#1 San Diego vs. #3 BYU
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||
| #3 BYU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Anthony McIver (3-2) LP: Kolton Mahoney (4-8) Home runs: USD: Kyle Holder (4), Ben Wylly (4), Riley Adams (5) BYU: None Attendance: 962 Notes: Duration: 3:11; Weather: 68 °F (20 °C), overcast, winds 8 mph to lf Officials: Scott Letendre (HP), Randy Sutton (1B), Heath Jones (2B), Ray Leible (3B) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
#2 Pepperdine vs. #4 Loyola Marymount
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2 Pepperdine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| #4 Loyola Marymount | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Trevor Megill (5-4) LP: A.J. Puckett (7-5) Sv: Cory Abbott (1) Home runs: PEP: None LMU: Sean Watkins (6) Attendance: 962 Notes: Duration: 2:13; Weather: 75 °F (24 °C), partly cloudy, winds 13 mph to lf Officials: Tim Vessey (HP), Tony Prater (1B), Randy Sutton (2B), Heath Jones (3B) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
#1 San Diego vs. #2 Pepperdine
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| #2 Pepperdine | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Ryan Wilson (7-3) LP: Taylor Kaczmarek (1-2) Sv: Max Gamboa (6) Home runs: USD: Aidan Stinnett (2) PEP: Hutton Moyer (13), Brad Anderson (9) Attendance: 962 Notes: Duration: 2:35; Weather: 69 °F (21 °C), clear, winds 13 mph to lf Officials: Ray Leible (HP), Scott Letendre (1B), Tony Prater (2B), Tim Vessey (3B) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WCC Championship: #2 Pepperdine vs. #4 Loyola Marymount
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2 Pepperdine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| #4 Loyola Marymount | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Chandler Blanchard (3-3) LP: Sean Watkins (4-1) Sv: Max Gamboa (7) Home runs: PEP: Brad Anderson (10), Matt Gelalich (2), Kolten Yamaguci (4) LMU: None Attendance: 1,752 Notes: Duration: 3:00; Weather: , clear, winds 13 mph to lf Officials: Heath Jones (HP), Ray Leible (1B), Tim Vessey (2B), Randy Sutton (3B) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[5]
| Name | School | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| Dillon Robinson | BYU | IF |
| Austin Bailey | USD | IF |
| Bryson Brigman | USD | IF |
| David Edwards | LMU | IF |
| Trevor Megill | LMU | RHP |
| Colin Welmon | LMU | RHP |
| Brad Anderson | PEP | IF |
| Matt Gelalich | PEP | OF |
| Chandler Blanchard | PEP | RHP |
| Ryan Wilson | PEP | LHP |
Most Outstanding Player
Brad Anderson was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Anderson hit two home runs in the tournament. In the championship game Anderson came to bat 5 times and was walked three times, with his home run in the first inning tying it up at 1. For the tournament Anderson went 3-for-10, a mere .300, but recorded 3 game tying or winning RBI's, both in elimination games.[5]
References
- ↑ "West Coast Conference Standings". wccsports.com. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ↑ "West Coast Conference Announces 2014-15 Championship Slate". West Coast Conference. July 31, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ↑ "2014-15 WCC Championship Schedule". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ↑ "2015 WCC Baseball Championship". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- 1 2 "2015 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team". West Coast Conference. May 23, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
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