2016 West Coast Conference baseball tournament

2016 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Banner Island Ballpark; Stockton, CA;
Champions	Saint Mary's (1st title)
Winning coach	Eric Valenzuela (1st title)
MVP	Zach Kirtley (Saint Mary's)
Television	TheW.tv
	← 2015; baseball tournament; 2017 →;

The 2016 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 26 through 28, 2016^[2] 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.

2016 West Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
BYU ‍†‍‍	18	–	9	.667	37	–	17	.685
Gonzaga ‍†‍‍^y	18	–	9	.667	36	–	21	.632
Saint Mary's ‍†‍‡‍^y	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^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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⁽¹¹⁾
			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⁽¹⁰⁾

2	BYU	2

Box Scores

#4 Pepperdine vs. #1 Saint Mary's

Thursday, May 26 3:05 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Steve Quis, Keith Ramsey, & Sarah Kezele
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

Thursday, May 26 8:15 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Steve Quis, Keith Ramsey, & Sarah Kezele
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

Friday, May 27 12:05 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Steve Quis, Keith Ramsey, & Sarah Kezele
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

Friday, May 27 3:30 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Steve Quis, Keith Ramsey, & Sarah Kezele
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

Friday, May 27 7:40 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Steve Quis, Keith Ramsey, & Sarah Kezele
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

Saturday, May 28 3:05 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Steve Quis, Keith Ramsey, & Sarah Kezele
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.^[3]

Pos	Name	Class	School
P	Brandon Bailey	Jr	Gonzaga
	A. J. Puckett	Jr	Pepperdine
	Ryan Wilson	So	Pepperdine
C	Bronson Larsen	Jr	BYU
C	Nate Nolan	Jr	Saint Mary’s
IF	Zach Kirtley	So	Saint Mary’s
IF	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.^[3]

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.
^ ^a ^b "2016 WCC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team". West Coast Conference. Retrieved September 2, 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "West Coast Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.

[2] "2015–16 WCC Championship Schedule". West Coast Conference. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2016.

[alltourn-3] "2016 WCC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team". West Coast Conference. Retrieved September 2, 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

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