2019 West Coast Conference baseball tournament

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2019 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Loyola Marymount  (3rd title)
Winning coach Jason Gill  (1st title)
MVP Codie Paiva ((Loyola Marymount))
Television TheW.tv
2019 West Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
BYU  198 .7043617 .679
Gonzaga  189 .6673124 .564
Saint Mary's  1710 .6303522 .614
Loyola Marymount  y1512 .5563425 .576
San Francisco  1512 .5563026 .536
Pepperdine  1413 .5192425 .490
San Diego  1413 .5193221 .604
Pacific  1016 .3852326 .469
Portland  719 .2692527 .481
Santa Clara  522 .1851240 .231
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2019
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 25 at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. The four team, double-elimination tournament winner, Loyola Marymount, earned the league's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [1]

Contents

Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage. The teams then played a double elimination tournament.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
BYU 198.7041 [2]
Gonzaga 189.66712
Saint Mary's 1710.63023
Loyola Marymount 1512.55644 [3]
San Francisco 1512.5564
Pepperdine 1413.3785
San Diego 1413.5195
Pacific 1016.3858.5
Portland 719.26910.5
Santa Clara 522.18514

Tiebreakers:

Loyola Marymount went 2–1 vs. San Francisco to win the #4 seed.
Pepperdine went 2–1 vs. San Diego to finish 6th.
Pacific and Portland only played 26 conference matches as their final scheduled match was rained out. It wasn't rescheduled because it didn't affect the conference tournament.

Bracket

First round Semi-finals Finals
          
1 BYU 1
4 Loyola Marymount4
4 Loyola Marymount3
Winner's bracket
3 Saint Mary's 2
2 Gonzaga 3
3 Saint Mary's7
4 Loyola Marymount4(10)
3 Saint Mary's 2
1 BYU 1
2 Gonzaga3
2 Gonzaga 3
Loser's bracket
3 Saint Mary's4

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionTV AnnouncersAttendance
Thursday, May 23
13:00 p.m.#1 BYU Cougars vs. #4 Loyola Marymount Lions TheW.tv Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien 1,606
27:00 p.m.#2 Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. #3 Saint Mary's Gaels
Friday, May 24
312:00 p.m.#1 BYU Cougars vs. #2 Gonzaga BulldogsTheW.tvSteve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien1,589
43:30 p.m.#3 Saint Mary's Gaels vs. #4 Loyola Marymount Lions
57:30 p.m.#2 Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. #3 Saint Mary's Gaels
Championship – Saturday, May 25
63:00 p.m.#4 Loyola Marymount Lions vs. #3 Saint Mary's GaelsTheW.tvSteve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien1,722
7 (If Necessary)7:00 p.m.N/A
*Game times in Pacific Time. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Conference championship

West Coast Conference Championship
(4) Loyola Marymount Lionsvs.(3) Saint Mary's Gaels
May 25, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (PDT) at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California
Team12345678910 R H E
(4) Loyola Marymount01000100024111
(3) Saint Mary's0000200000251
WP: Matt Voelker (2–4)   LP: Nathan Schneider (2–1)   Sv: Nick Frasso (8)
Attendance: 1,722

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

PosNameClassSchool
PCodie PaivaSeniorLoyola Marymount
Nick FrassoSophomoreLoyola Marymount
Tyler ThorntonFreshmanSaint Mary's
Carlos LomeliFreshmanSaint Mary's
Dalton PonceFreshmanSaint Mary's
C
IFTrevin EsquerraJuniorLoyola Marymount
Nick SogardJuniorLoyola Marymount
OF

Most Outstanding Player

Codie Paiva (LMU) was named the Most Outstanding Player of the WCC Baseball Tournament.

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