1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Baseball Championship Series

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1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association
baseball tournament
Teams2
FormatBest of three series
Finals site
Champions Fresno State  (1st title)
Winning coach Bob Bennett  (1st title)
  • baseball tournament
  • 1995
1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North Division
No. 12 Fresno State  xy237 .7674322 .662
San Jose State  1614 .5332434 .414
UC Santa Barbara  1614 .5333722 .627
Pacific  621 .2221636 .308
South Division
Cal State Fullerton  x219 .7003622 .621
UNLV  1713 .5674021 .656
UC Irvine  1116 .4072431 .436
Long Beach State  723 .2332242 .344
x Division champion
Championship Series champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1985 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Baseball Championship Series, pitted the regular season division champions to determine the Pacific Coast Athletic Association baseball champion for the 1985 season. Fresno State and Cal State Fullerton met in a best of three series at Fresno State's Pete Beiden Field on May 17–18, 1985.

Contents

This was the league's first postseason championship event, and also the first year that the league and the West Coast Conference ended their partnership in baseball by dissolving their joint divisions. The PCAA is now known as the Big West Conference. [2]

Fresno State claimed wins in the first two games to win the conference championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [3]

Format and teams

The division winners from the league's pair of four team divisions from the regular season met in the best of three series held at the home field of the division winner with the better conference record. [4]

TeamWLPCTGB
North Division
Fresno State 237.767
San Jose State 1614.533
7
UC Santa Barbara 1614.533
7
Pacific 621.200
15.5
TeamWLPCTGB
South Division
Cal State Fullerton 219.700
UNLV 1713.567
4
UC Irvine 1116.367
8.5
Long Beach State 723.233
14

Game results

May 17, 1985
Team R
Cal State Fullerton7
#18 Fresno State9
May 18, 1985
Team R
Cal State Fullerton6
#18 Fresno State14

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