2022 West Coast Conference baseball tournament

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2022 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions San Diego
Television Stadium College Sports
2022 West Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 14 Gonzaga  y2070 .74136170 .679
Portland  17100 .63032230 .582
San Diego  y17100 .63036180 .667
BYU  16110 .59333210 .611
Loyola Marymount  14130 .51920341 .373
San Francisco  14130 .51928290 .491
Pepperdine  12150 .44424260 .480
Santa Clara  11160 .40724290 .453
Saint Mary's  9180 .33325300 .455
Pacific  5220 .18514380 .269
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 10, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 West Coast Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 25 through 28 at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. The six team tournament winner will earn the league's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]

Contents

Seeding

The top six finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage. Teams 1 and 2 will have a bye into the double elimination bracket while 3 plays 6 and 4 plays 5 in a single elimination first round. [3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Gonzaga 207.7411
Portland 1710.63032
San Diego 1710.63033
BYU 1611.59344
Loyola Marymount 1413.51965
San Francisco 1413.51966
Pepperdine 1215.4448
Santa Clara 1116.4079
Saint Mary's 918.33311
Pacific 522.18515

Tiebreakers:

Portland went 2–1 vs. San Diego to win the #2 seed and give San Diego the #3.
Loyola Marymount went 2–1 vs. San Francisco to win the #5 seed and give San Francisco the #6.

Results

Play-in round

Wednesday, May 25
Team R
#6 San Francisco 5
#3 San Diego 10
Wednesday, May 25
Team R
#5 Loyola Marymount 5
#4 BYU 1

Double-elimination round

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1 Gonzaga 16
5 Loyola Marymount 2
1Gonzaga3
3San Diego5
2 Portland 8
3 San Diego 22
3San Diego15
1Gonzaga12(11)
Lower round 1Lower final
2Portland0
5Loyola Marymount21Gonzaga7
2Portland10

Schedule

In addition to the tv channels listed, all matches will be streamed on WCC Network.

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionTV AnnouncersAttendance
Wednesday, May 25
13:00 p.m.#3 San Diego vs. #6 San Francisco [4] SCS Atlantic Steve Quis & Bryan Sleik 407
27:45 p.m.#4 BYU vs. #5 Loyola Marymount [5] 586
Thursday, May 26
33:00 p.m.#1 Gonzaga vs. #5 Loyola Marymount [6] SCS AtlanticSteve Quis & Bryan Sleik914
47:00 p.m.#2 Portland vs. #3 San Diego [7] 485
Friday, May 27
512:00 p.m.#5 Loyola Marymount vs. #2 Portland [8] SCS Pacific Steve Quis & Bryan Sleik190
63:30 p.m.#1 Gonzaga vs. #3 San Diego [9] 130
77:30 p.m.#2 Portland vs. #1 Gonzaga [10] 130
Championship – Saturday, May 28
83:00 p.m.#3 San Diego vs. #1 GonzagaSCS PacificSteve Quis & Bryan Sleik865
9 (If Necessary)7:00 p.m.N/A
*Game times in Pacific Time. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Conference championship

West Coast Conference Championship
(3) San Diego Torerosvs.(1) Gonzaga Bulldogs
May 25, 2022, 3:00 p.m. (PDT) at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California
Team1234567891011 R H E
(3) San Diego2301000600315120
(1) Gonzaga5020003110012182
WP: Kyle Carr (2–1)   LP: Nico Zeglin (2–1)
Home runs:
USD: Cody Jefferies, Jack Costello
GON: Cade McGee, Grayson Sterling
Attendance: 865

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