2017 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

2017 West Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions BYU (1st title)
Winning coach Mike Littlewood (1st title)
MVP Bronson Larsen BYU
Television TheW.tv, Twitter
2017 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Gonzaga  ‍†‍‍ 20–7–0 .741  33–20–0 .623
BYU  ‍†‍‡‍y 20–7–0 .741  38–21–0 .644
Loyola Marymount †  ‍‍‍ 20–7–0 .741  38–18–0 .679
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 18–9–0 .667  37–20–0 .649
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 18–9–0 .667  35–18–1 .657
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 11–16–0 .407  29–28–0 .509
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 9–18–0 .333  13–40–0 .245
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 8–19–0 .296  20–32–0 .385
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 6–21–0 .222  18–35–0 .340
Portland  ‍‍‍ 5–22–0 .185  10–41–1 .202
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 25 through May 27, 2017[1] at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California.[2] BYU won the four team, double-elimination tournament and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3][4][5]

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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Gonzaga207.741
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1
Loyola Marymount207.741
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2
BYU207.741
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3
Saint Mary's189.667
2
4
San Diego189.667
2
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San Francisco1116.519
9
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Santa Clara918.370
11
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Pepperdine819.593
12
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Pacific621.444
14
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Portland522.259
15
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Tiebreakers:

  • Gonzaga went 3–0 against both BYU and 2–1 against Loyola Marymount to earn the top seed.
  • Loyola Marymount went 2–1 against BYU to earn the second seed.
  • BYU went 1–2 against LMU and 0–3 against Gonzaga to earn the third seed.
  • Saint Mary's went 2–1 against San Diego to earn the fourth seed.

Results

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Gonzaga 11  
4 Saint Mary's 3  
  1 Gonzaga 3  
  2 Loyola Marymount 1  
2 Loyola Marymount 3
3 BYU 2  
  1 Gonzaga 3 3
  3 BYU 10 16
4 Saint Mary's 4  
3 BYU 8  
  3 BYU 5
  2 Loyola Marymount 4  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[6]

PosPlayerClassSchool
PCory AbbottJrLoyola Marymount
Maverik BuffoJrBYU
Codie PaivaSoLoyola Marymount
Justin VerniaSrGonzaga
CBronson LarsenSrBYU
Jake RobertsSrGonzaga
IFDaniel SchneemannSoBYU
OFTyler FrostJrGonzaga
Brock HaleSoBYU
Brett RassoJrSaint Mary’s

Most Outstanding Player

Bronson Larsen, a senior catcher at BYU, was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "2016-17 WCC Championship Schedule". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ Darnell Dickinson (May 25, 2017). "West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Primer". Daily Herald. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ "2017 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ "BYU exacts revenge over Gonzaga at West Coast Conference baseball tournament". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. May 27, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "2017 WCC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team". West Coast Conference. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
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