2015 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

2015 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Pepperdine (17th title)
Winning coach Steve Rodriguez (6th title)
MVP Brad Anderson (Pepperdine)
Attendance 1,168
Television TheW.tv (Prelims)
ESPNU (Championship)
2015 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
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)
1
Pepperdine 17 10 (.630)
2
2
BYU 16 11 (.593)
3
3
Loyola Marymount 16 11 (.593)
3
4
San Francisco 15 12 (.556)
4
Gonzaga 13 14 (.765)
6
Santa Clara 12 15 (.444)
7
Saint Mary's 10 17 (.370)
9
Pacific 10 17 (.370)
9
Portland 7 20 (.259)
12

Tiebreakers:

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

Thursday, May 21 3:06 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv)
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

Thursday, May 22 8:05 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv)
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

Friday, May 22 12:05 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv)
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

Friday, May 22 4:35 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv)
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

Friday, May 22 7:35 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv)
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

Saturday, May 23 7:04 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Wes Clements (ESPNU)
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

  1. "West Coast Conference Standings". wccsports.com. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  2. "West Coast Conference Announces 2014-15 Championship Slate". West Coast Conference. July 31, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  3. "2014-15 WCC Championship Schedule". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  4. "2015 WCC Baseball Championship". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  5. 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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