Collegiate baseball tournament
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Saint Mary's (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Eric Valenzuela (1st title) |
| MVP | Zach Kirtley (Saint Mary's) |
| Television | TheW.tv |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU † | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | 37 | – | 17 | .685 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga † | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | 36 | – | 21 | .632 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's †‡ | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | 33 | – | 25 | .569 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | 29 | – | 24 | .547 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | 22 | – | 34 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | 26 | – | 27 | .491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | 27 | – | 29 | .482 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | 22 | – | 30 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | 23 | – | 29 | .442 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 3 | – | 24 | .111 | 17 | – | 37 | .315 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 11, 2016 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 26 through 28, 2016 at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. Saint Mary's won the four team, double-elimination tournament winner to earn the league's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding
The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage. The teams will then play a double elimination tournament. This year instead of playing a single championship game, a second championship rematch will be played should it be a match-up of two single loss teams. The change to the championship format moves the tournament championship from ESPNU to TheW.tv.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary's | 18 | 9 | .667 | – | 1 |
| BYU | 18 | 9 | .667 | – | 2 |
| Gonzaga | 18 | 9 | .667 | – | 3 |
| Pepperdine | 16 | 11 | .593 | 2 | 4 |
| San Francisco | 14 | 13 | .519 | 4 | – |
| Loyola Marymount | 13 | 14 | .481 | 5 | – |
| San Diego | 13 | 14 | .481 | 5 | – |
| Pacific | 12 | 15 | .444 | 6 | – |
| Santa Clara | 10 | 17 | .370 | 8 | – |
| Portland | 3 | 24 | .259 | 15 | – |
Tiebreakers:
- Saint Mary's gets the #1 seed. Saint Mary's went 2–1 against both BYU and Gonzaga.
- BYU gets the #2 seed. BYU went 2–1 against Gonzaga.
- Gonzaga gets the #3 seed. Gonzaga went 1–2 against both BYU and Saint Mary's.
- LMU finishes tied for sixth in the conference standings, but they get spot #6 by right of a 2–1 record against San Diego.
Results
| First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Saint Mary's | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Pepperdine | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Saint Mary's | 13 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Gonzaga | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Gonzaga | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2 | BYU | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Saint Mary's | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Gonzaga | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Pepperdine | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Pepperdine | 7 | 3 | Gonzaga | 5 | ||||||||
| 2 | BYU | 2 | |||||||||||
Box Scores
#4 Pepperdine vs. #1 Saint Mary's
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #4 Pepperdine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| #1 Saint Mary's | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Anthony Gonsolin (3–3) LP: Chandler Blanchard (3–2) Home runs: PEP: Ben Rodriguez (9), Chris Fornaci (5) SMC: Nate Nolan- 2 (9) Attendance: 1,187 Notes: Duration: 3:48; Weather: 81 °F (27 °C), sunny, winds 13 mph to cf Officials: Dan Payne (HP), Greg Charles (1B), Jeff Henrichs (2B), Billy Haze (3B) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#3 Gonzaga vs. #2 BYU
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #3 Gonzaga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| #2 BYU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Brandon Bailey (9–3) LP: Michael Rucker (11–1) Attendance: 1,187 Notes: Duration: 2:25; Weather: 77 °F (25 °C), clear, winds 14 mph to lf Officials: Randy Sutton (HP), Jeff Henrichs (1B), Patrick Riley (2B), Dan Payne (3B) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#4 Pepperdine vs. #2 BYU
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2 BYU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| #4 Pepperdine | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Ryan Wilson (2–0) LP: Keaton Cenatiempo (3–2) Home runs: BYU: None PEP: Manny Jefferson (12) Attendance: 1,127 Notes: Duration: 2:20; 75 °F (24 °C), sunny, winds 12 mph to cf Officials: Greg Charles (HP), Pat Riley (1B), Billy Haze (2B), Randy Sutton (3B) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#3 Gonzaga vs. #1 Saint Mary's
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 Saint Mary's | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| #3 Gonzaga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Johnny York (7–5) LP: Eli Morgan (10–2) Home runs: SMC: Anthony Villa (7), Ian McLoughlin (3) GON: None Attendance: 1,127 Notes: Duration: 3:18; Weather: winds to right center Officials: Jeff Henrichs (HP), Billy Haze (1B), Dan Payne (2B), Greg Charles (3B) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#4 Pepperdine vs. #3 Gonzaga
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #4 Pepperdine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| #3 Gonzaga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Wyatt Mills (2–1) LP: Max Gamboa (2–9) Home runs: PEP: Brad Anderson (10) GON: Sam Brown (2), Tyler Frost (6 & 7) Attendance: 1,127 Notes: Duration: 3:32; Weather: Light winds Officials: Pat Riley (HP), Dan Payne (1B), Randy Sutton (2B), Jeff Henrichs (3B) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WCC Championship: #3 Gonzaga vs. #1 Saint Mary's
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #3 Gonzaga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| #1 Saint Mary's | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 13 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Cameron Neff (6–3) LP: Calvin LeBrun (5–4) Home runs: GON: Jace Vandebrake (3) SMC: Jackson Thoreson (3) Attendance: 1,542 Notes: Duration: 2:55; Weather: 91 °F (33 °C), partly cloudy, winds 11 mph to lf Officials: Billy Haze (HP), Randy Sutton (1B), Greg Charles (2B), Pat Riley (3B) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Pos | Name | Class | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | Brandon Bailey | Jr | Gonzaga |
| A. J. Puckett | Jr | Pepperdine | |
| Ryan Wilson | So | Pepperdine | |
| C | Bronson Larsen | Jr | BYU |
| Nate Nolan | Jr | Saint Mary’s | |
| IF | Zach Kirtley | So | Saint Mary’s |
| Anthony Villa | Sr | Saint Mary’s | |
| OF | Sam Brown | Jr | Gonzaga |
| Tyler Frost | So | Gonzaga | |
| Brett Rasso | So | Saint Mary’s |
Most Outstanding Player
Zach Kirtley, a Sophomore infielder from Saint Mary's, was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
References
- "West Coast Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- "2015–16 WCC Championship Schedule". West Coast Conference. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ^ "2016 WCC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team". West Coast Conference. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
| West Coast Conference Baseball Championship | |
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