2024 West Coast Conference baseball tournament

2024 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Las Vegas Ballpark Summerlin South, NV
Television	ESPN+ ESPNU
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2024 West Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
San Diego  ‍†‍‡‍y	20	–	4		.833			40	–	13		.755
Portland  ‍‍‍	19	–	5		.792			37	–	19		.661
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍	16	–	8		.667			34	–	22		.607
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			21	–	32		.396
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			26	–	26		.500
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			24	–	30		.444
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			15	–	38		.283
Pacific  ‍‍‍	5	–	19		.208			11	–	44		.200
San Francisco  ‍‍‍	4	–	20		.167			21	–	34		.382
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 25, 2024 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 25 at Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin South, Nevada. It was the second of four baseball tournaments the WCC has scheduled for the venue. ^[2] The six team tournament winner, the San Diego Toreros, earned the league's automatic bid to the 2024 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]

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
San Diego	20	4	.833	-	1
Portland	19	5	.792	1	2
Saint Mary's	17	8	.680	3	3
Gonzaga	14	10	.583	6	4
Santa Clara	12	12	.500	8	5
Pepperdine	9	15	.375	11	6
Loyola Marymount	9	15	.375	11	-
San Francisco	4	20	.167	16	—
Pacific	5	19	.208	15	—

Tiebreakers:

Pepperdine is the #6 position because they went 2-1 vs. Loyola Marymount.

Results

Play-in round

Wednesday, May 22

Team	R
#6 Pepperdine	10
#3 Saint Mary's	14

Wednesday, May 22

Team	R
#5 Santa Clara	4
#4 Gonzaga	9

Double-elimination round

	First round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	San Diego	10
	4	Gonzaga	7
						1	San Diego	7
						2	Portland	5
	2	Portland	16
	3	Saint Mary's	7
											1	San Diego	8	—
											2	Portland	6	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						2	Portland	21
	4	Gonzaga	11			4	Gonzaga	3
	3	Saint Mary's	5

Schedule

All matches except the championship game were broadcast on ESPN+. The championship game was televised on ESPNU.

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
Wednesday, May 22
1	3:00 p.m.	#3 Saint Mary's 14, #6 Pepperdine 10	ESPN+
2	7:40 p.m.	#4 Gonzaga 9, #5 Santa Clara 4		812
Thursday, May 23
3	3:00 p.m.	#1 San Diego 10, #4 Gonzaga 7	ESPN+
4	7:30 p.m.	#2 Portland 16, #3 Saint Mary's 7		1225
Friday, May 24
5	12:00 p.m.	#4 Gonzaga 11, #3 Saint Mary's 5	ESPN+
6	4:25 p.m.	#1 San Diego 7, #2 Portland 5
7	8:40 p.m.	#2 Portland 21, #4 Gonzaga 3		430
Championship – Saturday, May 25
8	1:00 p.m.	#1 San Diego 8, #2 Portland 6	ESPNU	803
*Game times in Pacific Time. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

1. "West Coast Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
2. "West Coast Conference Signs Multiyear Agreement with Las Vegas Ballpark to Host WCC Baseball Tournament". West Coast Conference. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
3. "Toreros baseball: USD has eye on returning to top of WCC standings". San Diego Union-Tribune . February 17, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2022.