2005 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series

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2005 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Pepperdine  (3rd title)
Winning coach Steve Rodriguez  (2nd title)
2005 West Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
West
No. 23 Pepperdine x‡y ‍‍‍21–9–0 .70041–23–0 .641
San Francisco  ‍‍‍16–14–0 .53338–18–0 .679
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍11–19–0 .36728–28–0 .500
Portland  ‍‍‍7–23–0 .23317–36–0 .321
Coast
Loyola Marymount  x‍‍‍18–12–0 .60031–27–0 .534
San Diego  ‍‍‍16–14–0 .53330–27–1 .526
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍15–15–0 .50028–26–0 .519
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍12–18–0 .40020–30–0 .400
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2005 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2005 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 27 through 29, 2005 [2] [3] at Loyola Marymount's home stadium, George C. Page Stadium in Los Angeles, California, and pitted the winners of the conference's two four-team divisions. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball season. Pepperdine won the series two games to one over Loyola Marymount and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [4]

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Seeding

TeamW–LPctGB
West Division
Pepperdine 21–9.700—
San Francisco 16–14.5335
Santa Clara 11–19.36710
Portland 7–23.23314
TeamW–L–TPctGB
Coast Division
Loyola Marymount 18–12.600—
San Diego 16–14.5332
Gonzaga 15–15.5003
Saint Mary's 12–18.4006

Results

Game One

May 27, 2005
Team R
Pepperdine 3
Loyola Marymount 7

Game Two

May 28, 2005
Team R
Loyola Marymount 5
Pepperdine 7

Game Three

May 29, 2005
Team R
Pepperdine 18
Loyola Marymount 8

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The 2003 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 23–25, 2003 at Pepperdine's home field, Eddy D. Field Stadium in Malibu, California, and pitted the winners of the conference's two four-team divisions. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball season. San Diego won the series two games to one over Pepperdine and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2004 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 28 and 29, 2004 at Loyola Marymount's home stadium, George C. Page Stadium in Los Angeles, California, and pitted the winners of the conference's two four-team divisions. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball season. Pepperdine won the series two games to none over Loyola Marymount and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2006 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 26 through 28, 2006 at San Francisco's home stadium, Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field in San Francisco, California, and pitted the top two finishers from the WCC regular season. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball season. Pepperdine won the series two games to one over Loyola Marymount and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2007 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 25 through 27, 2007 at San Diego's home stadium, John Cunningham Stadium in San Diego, California, and pitted the top two finishers from the WCC regular season. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball season. San Diego won the series two games to one over Gonzaga and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2008 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 24, 2008 at San Diego's home stadium, John Cunningham Stadium in San Diego, California, and pitted the top two finishers from the WCC regular season. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. San Diego won the series two games to none over Pepperdine and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2009 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 22 and 23, 2009 at San Diego's home stadium, Patterson Baseball Complex in Spokane, Washington, and pitted the top two finishers from the WCC regular season. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. Gonzaga won the series two games to none over Loyola Marymount and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This would be the final postseason conference championship for the WCC until a four-team tournament was launched in 2013.

References

  1. ↑ "Baseball Record Book" (PDF). West Coast Conference. p. 22. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Loyola Marymount Lions. p. 108. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ "2011 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Pepperdine Waves. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Baseball Record Book" (PDF). West Coast Conference. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
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