2023 West Coast Conference baseball tournament

2023 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Las Vegas Ballpark Summerlin South, NV
Television	SCS Pacific ESPNU
← 2022 baseball tournament 2024 →

2023 West Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Loyola Marymount  ‍†‍‍	21	–	6	–	0		.778			29	–	22	–	0		.569
Portland  ‍‍‍	17	–	10	–	0		.630			29	–	21	–	0		.580
Santa Clara  ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	10	–	0		.630			31	–	18	–	0		.633
San Diego  ‍‍‍	17	–	10	–	0		.630			24	–	23	–	1		.510
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0		.519			21	–	26	–	0		.447
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0		.519			18	–	33	–	0		.353
BYU  ‍‍‍	13	–	14	–	0		.481			24	–	28	–	0		.462
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍	8	–	19	–	0		.296			19	–	30	–	0		.388
San Francisco  ‍‍‍	8	–	19	–	0		.296			18	–	29	–	0		.383
Pacific  ‍‍‍	6	–	21	–	0		.222			14	–	35	–	0		.286
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 20, 2023 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 27 at a new venue: Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin South, Nevada. It is the first of four baseball tournaments the WCC has scheduled for the venue. ^[2] The six team tournament winner, the Santa Clara Broncos, earned the league's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The tournament used the 6-team format adapted in 2022 where 3 plays 6 and 4 plays 5 in first day elimination games. ^[3]

Additionally this is the final season BYU participated in the WCC as they joined the Big 12 Conference in the 2024 season. ^[4]

Seeding

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

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Loyola Marymount	21	6	.778	—	1
Portland	17	10	.630	4	2
Santa Clara	17	10	.630	4	3
San Diego	17	10	.630	4	4
Saint Mary's	14	13	.519	7	5
Gonzaga	14	13	.519	7	6
BYU	13	14	.481	8	—
Pepperdine	8	19	.296	13	—
San Francisco	8	19	.296	13	—
Pacific	6	21	.222	15	—

Tiebreakers:

Portland is the #2 seed because they went 2-1 vs. both San Diego and Santa Clara.

Santa Clara is the #3 seed because they went 2-1 vs. San Diego and 1-2 vs. Portland.

San Diego is the #4 seed because they went 1-2 vs. both Portland and Santa Clara.

Saint Mary's is the #5 seed because they went 2-1 vs. Gonzaga.

Gonzaga is the #6 seed because they went 1-2 vs. Saint Mary's.

Pepperdine is the #8 position because they went 2-1 vs. San Francisco.

San Francisco is the #9 position because they went 1-2 vs. Pepperdine.

Results

Play-in round

Wednesday, May 24

Team	R
#6 Gonzaga	2
#3 Santa Clara	4

Wednesday, May 24

Team	R
#5 Saint Mary's	17
#4 San Diego	8

Double-elimination round

	First round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Loyola Marymount	1
	5	Saint Mary's	4
						5	Saint Mary's	3
						3	Santa Clara	17
	2	Portland	3
	3	Santa Clara	15
											3	Santa Clara	6	—
											2	Portland	0	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						5	Saint Mary's	4
	1	Loyola Marymount	3			2	Portland	8
	2	Portland	15

Schedule

All matches except Championship 1 were streamed on WCC Network and broadcast on Stadium College Sports Pacific. Championship 1 was televised on ESPNU.

In addition to the TV channels listed, all matches were streamed on WCC Network.

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	TV Announcers	Attendance
Wednesday, May 24
1	3:00 p.m.	#3 Santa Clara 4, #6 Gonzaga 2	SCS Pacific	Steve Quis & Bryan Sleik
2	7:20 p.m.	#4 San Diego 8, #5 Saint Mary's 17			1,292 [5]
Thursday, May 25
3	3:00 p.m.	#1 Loyola Marymount 1, #5 Saint Mary's 4	SCS Pacific	Steve Quis & Bryan Sleik
4	7:20 p.m.	#2 Portland 3, #3 Santa Clara 15			1,259
Friday, May 26
5	12:00 p.m.	#1 Loyola Marymount 3, #2 Portland 15	SCS Pacific	Steve Quis & Bryan Sleik
6	4:15 p.m.	#3 Santa Clara 17, #5 Saint Mary's 3
7	9:35 p.m.	#2 Portland 8, #5 Saint Mary's 4			1,255
Championship – Saturday, May 27
8	1:00 p.m.	#3 Santa Clara 6, #2 Portland 3	ESPNU		1184
*Game times in Pacific Time. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

1. "West Coast Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
2. "West Coast Conference Signs Multiyear Agreement with Las Vegas Ballpark to Host WCC Baseball Tournament". West Coast Conference. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
3. "Toreros baseball: USD has eye on returning to top of WCC standings". San Diego Union-Tribune . Retrieved February 17, 2022.
4. "BYU accepts invitation to Big 12, will begin competition in 2023". Daily Universe . Retrieved September 10, 2021.
5. Game 2 boxscore