Collegiate baseball tournament
| Teams | 6 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Television | SCS Pacific ESPNU |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount † | 21 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .778 | 29 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .569 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 17 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .630 | 29 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .580 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara ‡ | 17 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .630 | 31 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 17 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .630 | 24 | – | 23 | – | 1 | .510 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 14 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .519 | 21 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .447 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga | 14 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .519 | 18 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 13 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .481 | 24 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 8 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .296 | 19 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .388 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 8 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .296 | 18 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .383 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 6 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .222 | 14 | – | 35 | – | 0 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 20, 2023 Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 27 at a new venue: Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin South, Nevada. It is the first of four baseball tournaments the WCC has scheduled for the venue. The six team tournament winner, the Santa Clara Broncos, earned the league's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The tournament used the 6-team format adapted in 2022 where 3 plays 6 and 4 plays 5 in first day elimination games.
Additionally this is the final season BYU participated in the WCC as they joined the Big 12 Conference in the 2024 season.
Seeding
The top six finishers from the regular season were be seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage. Teams 1 and 2 had a bye into the double elimination bracket while 3 played 6 and 4 played 5 in a single elimination first round.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola Marymount | 21 | 6 | .778 | — | 1 |
| Portland | 17 | 10 | .630 | 4 | 2 |
| Santa Clara | 17 | 10 | .630 | 4 | 3 |
| San Diego | 17 | 10 | .630 | 4 | 4 |
| Saint Mary's | 14 | 13 | .519 | 7 | 5 |
| Gonzaga | 14 | 13 | .519 | 7 | 6 |
| BYU | 13 | 14 | .481 | 8 | — |
| Pepperdine | 8 | 19 | .296 | 13 | — |
| San Francisco | 8 | 19 | .296 | 13 | — |
| Pacific | 6 | 21 | .222 | 15 | — |
Tiebreakers:
- Portland is the #2 seed because they went 2-1 vs. both San Diego and Santa Clara.
- Santa Clara is the #3 seed because they went 2-1 vs. San Diego and 1-2 vs. Portland.
- San Diego is the #4 seed because they went 1-2 vs. both Portland and Santa Clara.
- Saint Mary's is the #5 seed because they went 2-1 vs. Gonzaga.
- Gonzaga is the #6 seed because they went 1-2 vs. Saint Mary's.
- Pepperdine is the #8 position because they went 2-1 vs. San Francisco.
- San Francisco is the #9 position because they went 1-2 vs. Pepperdine.
Results
Play-in round
| Team | R |
|---|---|
| #6 Gonzaga | 2 |
| #3 Santa Clara | 4 |
| Team | R |
|---|---|
| #5 Saint Mary's | 17 |
| #4 San Diego | 8 |
Double-elimination round
| First round | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Loyola Marymount | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Saint Mary's | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Saint Mary's | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Santa Clara | 17 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Portland | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Santa Clara | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Santa Clara | 6 | — | |||||||||||
| 2 | Portland | 0 | — | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Saint Mary's | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Loyola Marymount | 3 | 2 | Portland | 8 | |||||||||
| 2 | Portland | 15 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
All matches except Championship 1 were streamed on WCC Network and broadcast on Stadium College Sports Pacific. Championship 1 was televised on ESPNU.
In addition to the TV channels listed, all matches were streamed on WCC Network.
| Game | Time* | Matchup | Television | TV Announcers | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, May 24 | ||||||
| 1 | 3:00 p.m. | #3 Santa Clara 4, #6 Gonzaga 2 | SCS Pacific | Steve Quis & Bryan Sleik | ||
| 2 | 7:20 p.m. | #4 San Diego 8, #5 Saint Mary's 17 | 1,292 | |||
| Thursday, May 25 | ||||||
| 3 | 3:00 p.m. | #1 Loyola Marymount 1, #5 Saint Mary's 4 | SCS Pacific | Steve Quis & Bryan Sleik | ||
| 4 | 7:20 p.m. | #2 Portland 3, #3 Santa Clara 15 | 1,259 | |||
| Friday, May 26 | ||||||
| 5 | 12:00 p.m. | #1 Loyola Marymount 3, #2 Portland 15 | SCS Pacific | Steve Quis & Bryan Sleik | ||
| 6 | 4:15 p.m. | #3 Santa Clara 17, #5 Saint Mary's 3 | ||||
| 7 | 9:35 p.m. | #2 Portland 8, #5 Saint Mary's 4 | 1,255 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, May 27 | ||||||
| 8 | 1:00 p.m. | #3 Santa Clara 6, #2 Portland 3 | ESPNU | 1184 | ||
| *Game times in Pacific Time. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||||
References
- "West Coast Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- "West Coast Conference Signs Multiyear Agreement with Las Vegas Ballpark to Host WCC Baseball Tournament". West Coast Conference. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- "Toreros baseball: USD has eye on returning to top of WCC standings". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- "BYU accepts invitation to Big 12, will begin competition in 2023". Daily Universe. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- Game 2 boxscore
| West Coast Conference Baseball Championship | |
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