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- ↑ "2018-19 WCC Championship Schedule". West Coast Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Lions snag No. 4 seed in WCC Tournament". Angelus. Retrieved May 22, 2019.