Year: | 2019 |
Conference: | West Coast Conference |
Shortconference: | WCC |
Teams: | 4 |
Format: | Double-elimination |
Ballpark: | Banner Island Ballpark |
City: | Stockton, CA |
Champions: | Loyola Marymount |
Titlecount: | 3rd |
Coach: | Jason Gill |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Codie Paiva |
Mvpteam: | (Loyola Marymount) |
Television: | TheW.tv |
Different Next: | 2022 |
The 2019 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 25 at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. The four team, double-elimination tournament winner, Loyola Marymount, earned the league's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]
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.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed | |
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19 | 8 | — | 1[2] | |||
18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | |||
17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | |||
15 | 12 | 4 | 4[3] | |||
15 | 12 | 4 | — | |||
14 | 13 | 5 | — | |||
14 | 13 | 5 | — | |||
10 | 16 | 8.5 | — | |||
7 | 19 | 10.5 | — | |||
5 | 22 | 14 | — |
Tiebreakers:
Loyola Marymount went 2–1 vs. San Francisco to win the #4 seed.
Pepperdine went 2–1 vs. San Diego to finish 6th.
Pacific and Portland only played 26 conference matches as their final scheduled match was rained out. It wasn't rescheduled because it didn't affect the conference tournament.
Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | TV Announcers | Attendance | ||
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Thursday, May 23 | |||||||
1 | 3:00 p.m. |
| TheW.tv | Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien | 1,606 | ||
2 | 7:00 p.m. |
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Friday, May 24 | |||||||
3 | 12:00 p.m. |
| TheW.tv | Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien | 1,589 | ||
4 | 3:30 p.m. |
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5 | 7:30 p.m. |
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Championship – Saturday, May 25 | |||||||
6 | 3:00 p.m. |
| TheW.tv | Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien | 1,722 | ||
7 (If Necessary) | 7:00 p.m. | N/A | |||||
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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Pos | Name | Class | School |
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P | Codie Paiva | Senior | Loyola Marymount |
Nick Frasso | Sophomore | Loyola Marymount | |
Tyler Thornton | Freshman | Saint Mary's | |
Carlos Lomeli | Freshman | Saint Mary's | |
Dalton Ponce | Freshman | Saint Mary's | |
C | |||
IF | Trevin Esquerra | Junior | Loyola Marymount |
Nick Sogard | Junior | Loyola Marymount | |
OF | |||
Codie Paiva (LMU) was named the Most Outstanding Player of the WCC Baseball Tournament.