2023 West Coast Conference baseball tournament
Collegiate baseball tournament
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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.
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Television | SCS Pacific ESPNU |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 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
| Team | R |
|---|---|
| #6 Gonzaga | 2 |
| #3 Santa Clara | 4 |
| 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. | ||||||