2015 West Coast Conference baseball tournament

2015 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Banner Island Ballpark; Stockton, CA;
Champions	Pepperdine (2nd title)
Winning coach	Steve Rodriguez (2nd title)
MVP	Brad Anderson (Pepperdine)
Attendance	1,168
Television	TheW.tv (Prelims); ESPNU (Championship)
	← 2014; baseball tournament; 2016 →;

The 2015 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 23, 2015^[2]^[3] at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. Pepperdine won the four team, double-elimination tournament winner for the second year in a row to earn the league's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[4]

2015 West Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
San Diego ‍†‍‍	19	–	8	–	0	.704	33	–	22	–	0	.600
Pepperdine ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	10	–	0	.630	30	–	27	–	0	.526
BYU ‍‍‍	16	–	11	–	0	.593	28	–	25	–	0	.528
Loyola Marymount ‍‍‍	16	–	11	–	0	.593	33	–	21	–	1	.609
San Francisco ‍‍‍	15	–	12	–	0	.556	23	–	31	–	0	.426
Gonzaga ‍‍‍	13	–	14	–	0	.481	24	–	28	–	0	.462
Santa Clara ‍‍‍	12	–	15	–	0	.444	26	–	28	–	0	.481
Saint Mary's ‍‍‍	10	–	17	–	0	.370	28	–	27	–	0	.509
Pacific ‍‍‍	10	–	17	–	0	.370	14	–	37	–	0	.275
Portland ‍‍‍	7	–	20	–	0	.259	12	–	42	–	0	.222

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of May 24, 2015^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage. The teams then played a double elimination tournament until they reach the championship game. The championship game was winner takes all.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
San Diego	19	8	.704	–	1
Pepperdine	17	10	.630	2	2
BYU	16	11	.593	3	3
Loyola Marymount	16	11	.593	3	4
San Francisco	15	12	.556	4	–
Gonzaga	13	14	.765	6	–
Santa Clara	12	15	.444	7	–
Saint Mary's	10	17	.370	9	–
Pacific	10	17	.370	9	–
Portland	7	20	.259	12	–

Tiebreakers:

BYU finishes 3rd and gets the 3-seed via head-to-head. BYU won 2 of 3 vs. Loyola Marymount during the regular season.
Saint Mary's finishes 8th via head-to-head. Saint Mary's won 2 of 3 vs. Pacific during the regular season.

Results


First round			Semi-finals			Finals



1	San Diego	3

4	Loyola Marymount	21
			4	Loyola Marymount	4

			2	Pepperdine	2
2	Pepperdine	8

3	BYU	7
						4	Loyola Marymount

						2	Pepperdine
Lower round 1			Lower final



			1	San Diego	2

1	San Diego	5	2	Pepperdine	4

3	BYU	4

Box Scores

#4 Loyola Marymount vs. #1 San Diego

Thursday, May 21 3:06 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv)
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#4 Loyola Marymount	6	1	0	0	3	6	0	1	4	21	22	1
#1 San Diego	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	11	2
WP: Colin Welmon (6–6) LP: David Hill (9–4) Home runs: LMU: David Edwards (6) USD: None Attendance: 789 Notes: Duration: 3:40; Weather: 70 °F (21 °C), overcast, winds 5 mph to lf Officials: Anthony Prater (HP), Timothy Vessey (1B), Ray Leible (2B), Scott Letendre (3B) Boxscore

#3 BYU vs. #2 Pepperdine

Thursday, May 22 8:05 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv)
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#3 BYU	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	7	10	1
#2 Pepperdine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	8	12	2
WP: Max Gamboa (5–2) LP: Mason Marshall (4–2) Home runs: BYU: Dillon Robinson (5) PEP: Kolten Yamaguchi (3) Attendance: 789 Notes: Duration: 2:55; Weather: 66 °F (19 °C), clear, winds 15 mph to lf Officials: Randy Sutton (HP), Heath Jones (1B), Scott Letendre (2B), Anthony Prater (3B) Boxscore

#1 San Diego vs. #3 BYU

Friday, May 22 12:05 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv)
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#1 San Diego	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	14	0
#3 BYU	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	9	0
WP: Anthony McIver (3–2) LP: Kolton Mahoney (4–8) Home runs: USD: Kyle Holder (4), Ben Wylly (4), Riley Adams (5) BYU: None Attendance: 962 Notes: Duration: 3:11; Weather: 68 °F (20 °C), overcast, winds 8 mph to lf Officials: Scott Letendre (HP), Randy Sutton (1B), Heath Jones (2B), Ray Leible (3B) Boxscore

#2 Pepperdine vs. #4 Loyola Marymount

Friday, May 22 4:35 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv)
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#2 Pepperdine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	0
#4 Loyola Marymount	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	4	9	0
WP: Trevor Megill (5–4) LP: A. J. Puckett (7–5) Sv: Cory Abbott (1) Home runs: PEP: None LMU: Sean Watkins (6) Attendance: 962 Notes: Duration: 2:13; Weather: 75 °F (24 °C), partly cloudy, winds 13 mph to lf Officials: Tim Vessey (HP), Tony Prater (1B), Randy Sutton (2B), Heath Jones (3B) Boxscore

#1 San Diego vs. #2 Pepperdine

Friday, May 22 7:35 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv)
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#1 San Diego	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	0
#2 Pepperdine	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	X	4	6	0
WP: Ryan Wilson (7–3) LP: Taylor Kaczmarek (1–2) Sv: Max Gamboa (6) Home runs: USD: Aidan Stinnett (2) PEP: Hutton Moyer (13), Brad Anderson (9) Attendance: 962 Notes: Duration: 2:35; Weather: 69 °F (21 °C), clear, winds 13 mph to lf Officials: Ray Leible (HP), Scott Letendre (1B), Tony Prater (2B), Tim Vessey (3B) Boxscore

WCC Championship: #2 Pepperdine vs. #4 Loyola Marymount

Saturday, May 23 7:04 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Wes Clements (ESPNU)
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#2 Pepperdine	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	2
#4 Loyola Marymount	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	0
WP: Chandler Blanchard (3–3) LP: Sean Watkins (4–1) Sv: Max Gamboa (7) Home runs: PEP: Brad Anderson (10), Matt Gelalich (2), Kolten Yamaguci (4) LMU: None Attendance: 1,752 Notes: Duration: 3:00; Weather: , clear, winds 13 mph to lf Officials: Heath Jones (HP), Ray Leible (1B), Tim Vessey (2B), Randy Sutton (3B) Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[5]

Name	School	Pos
Dillon Robinson	BYU	IF
Austin Bailey	USD	IF
Bryson Brigman	USD	IF
David Edwards	LMU	IF
Trevor Megill	LMU	RHP
Colin Welmon	LMU	RHP
Brad Anderson	PEP	IF
Matt Gelalich	PEP	OF
Chandler Blanchard	PEP	RHP
Ryan Wilson	PEP	LHP

Most Outstanding Player

Brad Anderson was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Anderson hit two home runs in the tournament. In the championship game Anderson came to bat 5 times and was walked three times, with his home run in the first inning tying it up at 1. For the tournament Anderson went 3-for-10, a mere .300, but recorded 3 game tying or winning RBI's, both in elimination games.^[5]

References

^ "West Coast Conference Standings". wccsports.com. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
^ "West Coast Conference Announces 2014–15 Championship Slate". West Coast Conference. July 31, 2014. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
^ "2014–15 WCC Championship Schedule". West Coast Conference. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
^ "2015 WCC Baseball Championship". West Coast Conference. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "2015 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team". West Coast Conference. May 23, 2015. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2015.

[1] "West Coast Conference Standings". wccsports.com. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[2] "West Coast Conference Announces 2014–15 Championship Slate". West Coast Conference. July 31, 2014. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.

[3] "2014–15 WCC Championship Schedule". West Coast Conference. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.

[4] "2015 WCC Baseball Championship". West Coast Conference. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2015.

[final-5] "2015 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team". West Coast Conference. May 23, 2015. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2015.

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