1999 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series


The 1999 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 21 and 22, 1999[2][3] at alternating campus sites, and pitted the winners of the conference's two four-team divisions. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball season. Loyola Marymount won the series two games to one over Pepperdine and earned the league's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[4]

1999 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Campus Sites
ChampionsLoyola Marymount (1st title)
Winning coachFrank Cruz (1st title)
1999 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
West
No. 19 Pepperdine  x‍‍‍y 21 9 0   .700 46 16 0   .742
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 14 14 1   .500 27 23 2   .538
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 13 16 1   .450 28 27 1   .509
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 11 18 0   .379 21 35 1   .377
Coast
Loyola Marymount x‡y ‍‍‍ 18 12 0   .600 33 28 0   .541
Portland  ‍‍‍ 16 14 0   .533 23 28 0   .451
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 22 32 0   .407
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 11 19 0   .367 20 36 0   .357
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1999[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

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Team W–L–T Pct GB
West Division
Pepperdine 21–9–0 .700
Gonzaga 14–14–1 .500 6
San Diego 13–16–1 .450 7.5
San Francisco 11–18–0 .379 9.5
Team W–L–T Pct GB
Coast Division
Loyola Marymount 18–12–0 .600
Portland 16–14–0 .533 2
Saint Mary's 14–16–0 .467 4
Santa Clara 11–19–0 .367 7

Results

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Game One

May 21, 1999
Team R
Pepperdine 2
Loyola Marymount 3

Game Two

May 22, 1999
Team R
Loyola Marymount 2
Pepperdine 18

Game Three

May 22, 1999
Team R
Pepperdine 6
Loyola Marymount 7

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball Record Book". West Coast Conference. p. 23. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Loyola Marymount Lions. p. 106. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Pepperdine Waves. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  4. ^ "Baseball Record Book". West Coast Conference. p. 26. Retrieved September 2, 2017.[permanent dead link]