Year: | 2016 |
Conference: | West Coast Conference |
Teams: | 4 |
Format: | Double-elimination |
Ballpark: | Banner Island Ballpark |
City: | Stockton, CA |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Coach: | Eric Valenzuela |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Zach Kirtley |
Mvpteam: | Saint Mary's |
Television: | TheW.tv |
The 2016 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 26 through 28, 2016[1] at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. won the four team, double-elimination tournament winner to earn the league's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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 | |
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18 | 9 | – | 1 | |||
18 | 9 | – | 2 | |||
18 | 9 | – | 3 | |||
16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | |||
14 | 13 | 4 | – | |||
13 | 14 | 5 | – | |||
13 | 14 | 5 | – | |||
12 | 15 | 6 | – | |||
10 | 17 | 8 | – | |||
3 | 24 | 15 | – |
Tiebreakers:
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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]
Pos | Name | Class | School |
---|---|---|---|
P | Brandon Bailey | Jr | Gonzaga |
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 |
Zach Kirtley, a Sophomore infielder from Saint Mary's, was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player.