2015 West Coast Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2015 West Coast Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 4

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Format| Double-elimination
Finals site|

* Banner Island Ballpark
* Stockton, CA

Champions| Pepperdine (2nd title)
Winning coach| Steve Rodriguez (2nd title)
MVP| Brad Anderson (Pepperdine)
Attendance| 1,168
Television| TheW.tv (Prelims)
ESPNU (Championship)

* ← 2014
* baseball tournament
* 2016 →

2015 West Coast Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |   | PCT |  |  | W |   | L |   | T |   | PCT
San Diego ‍†‍‍ | 19 | – | 8 | – | 0 |   | .704 |  |  | 33 | – | 22 | – | 0 |   | .600
Pepperdine ‍‍‡‍y | 17 | – | 10 | – | 0 |   | .630 |  |  | 30 | – | 27 | – | 0 |   | .526
BYU  ‍‍‍ | 16 | – | 11 | – | 0 |   | .593 |  |  | 28 | – | 25 | – | 0 |   | .528
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ | 16 | – | 11 | – | 0 |   | .593 |  |  | 33 | – | 21 | – | 1 |   | .609
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ | 15 | – | 12 | – | 0 |   | .556 |  |  | 23 | – | 31 | – | 0 |   | .426
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ | 13 | – | 14 | – | 0 |   | .481 |  |  | 24 | – | 28 | – | 0 |   | .462
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ | 12 | – | 15 | – | 0 |   | .444 |  |  | 26 | – | 28 | – | 0 |   | .481
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ | 10 | – | 17 | – | 0 |   | .370 |  |  | 28 | – | 27 | – | 0 |   | .509
Pacific  ‍‍‍ | 10 | – | 17 | – | 0 |   | .370 |  |  | 14 | – | 37 | – | 0 |   | .275
Portland  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 20 | – | 0 |   | .259 |  |  | 12 | – | 42 | – | 0 |   | .222
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 24, 2015[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 23, 2015[2][3] at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. Pepperdine won the four team, double-elimination tournament winner for the second year in a row to earn the league's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[4]

## Seeding

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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 until they reach the championship game. The championship game was winner takes all.

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San Diego | 19 | 8 | .704 | – | 1
Pepperdine | 17 | 10 | .630 | 2 | 2
BYU | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3 | 3
Loyola Marymount | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3 | 4
San Francisco | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4 | –
Gonzaga | 13 | 14 | .765 | 6 | –
Santa Clara | 12 | 15 | .444 | 7 | –
Saint Mary's | 10 | 17 | .370 | 9 | –
Pacific | 10 | 17 | .370 | 9 | –
Portland | 7 | 20 | .259 | 12 | –

Tiebreakers:

* BYU finishes 3rd and gets the 3-seed via head-to-head. BYU won 2 of 3 vs. Loyola Marymount during the regular season.
* Saint Mary's finishes 8th via head-to-head. Saint Mary's won 2 of 3 vs. Pacific during the regular season.

## Results

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| First round| | | Semi-finals| | | Finals
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| 4| Loyola Marymount| 21| |
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| | | 2| Pepperdine| 2| |
| 2| Pepperdine| 8| | | |
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| 3| BYU| 7| |
| | | 4| Loyola Marymount|
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| Lower round 1| | | Lower final| |

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| 1| San Diego| 5| | | 2| Pepperdine| 4| |
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| 3| BYU| 4| | |
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## Box Scores

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### #4 Loyola Marymount vs. #1 San Diego

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Thursday, May 21 3:06 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv) Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#4 Loyola Marymount | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 1
#1 San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2
WP: Colin Welmon (6–6)   LP: David Hill (9–4)
Home runs:
LMU: David Edwards (6)
USD: None
Attendance: 789
Notes: Duration: 3:40; Weather: 70 °F (21 °C), overcast, winds 5 mph to lf
Officials: Anthony Prater (HP), Timothy Vessey (1B), Ray Leible (2B), Scott Letendre (3B)
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### #3 BYU vs. #2 Pepperdine

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Thursday, May 22 8:05 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv) Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#3 BYU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1
#2 Pepperdine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2
WP: Max Gamboa (5–2)   LP: Mason Marshall (4–2)
Home runs:
BYU: Dillon Robinson (5)
PEP: Kolten Yamaguchi (3)
Attendance: 789
Notes: Duration: 2:55; Weather: 66 °F (19 °C), clear, winds 15 mph to lf
Officials: Randy Sutton (HP), Heath Jones (1B), Scott Letendre (2B), Anthony Prater (3B)
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### #1 San Diego vs. #3 BYU

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Friday, May 22 12:05 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv) Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#1 San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 0
#3 BYU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0
WP: Anthony McIver (3–2)   LP: Kolton Mahoney (4–8)
Home runs:
USD: Kyle Holder (4), Ben Wylly (4), Riley Adams (5)
BYU: None
Attendance: 962
Notes: Duration: 3:11; Weather: 68 °F (20 °C), overcast, winds 8 mph to lf
Officials: Scott Letendre (HP), Randy Sutton (1B), Heath Jones (2B), Ray Leible (3B)
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### #2 Pepperdine vs. #4 Loyola Marymount

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Friday, May 22 4:35 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv) Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#2 Pepperdine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0
#4 Loyola Marymount | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 9 | 0
WP: Trevor Megill (5–4)   LP: A. J. Puckett (7–5)   Sv: Cory Abbott (1)
Home runs:
PEP: None
LMU: Sean Watkins (6)
Attendance: 962
Notes: Duration: 2:13; Weather: 75 °F (24 °C), partly cloudy, winds 13 mph to lf
Officials: Tim Vessey (HP), Tony Prater (1B), Randy Sutton (2B), Heath Jones (3B)
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### #1 San Diego vs. #2 Pepperdine

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Friday, May 22 7:35 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv) Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#1 San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0
#2 Pepperdine | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 0
WP: Ryan Wilson (7–3)   LP: Taylor Kaczmarek (1–2)   Sv: Max Gamboa (6)
Home runs:
USD: Aidan Stinnett (2)
PEP: Hutton Moyer (13), Brad Anderson (9)
Attendance: 962
Notes: Duration: 2:35; Weather: 69 °F (21 °C), clear, winds 13 mph to lf
Officials: Ray Leible (HP), Scott Letendre (1B), Tony Prater (2B), Tim Vessey (3B)
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### WCC Championship: #2 Pepperdine vs. #4 Loyola Marymount

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Saturday, May 23 7:04 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Wes Clements (ESPNU) Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#2 Pepperdine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2
#4 Loyola Marymount | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0
WP: Chandler Blanchard (3–3)   LP: Sean Watkins (4–1)   Sv: Max Gamboa (7)
Home runs:
PEP: Brad Anderson (10), Matt Gelalich (2), Kolten Yamaguci (4)
LMU: None
Attendance: 1,752
Notes: Duration: 3:00; Weather: , clear, winds 13 mph to lf
Officials: Heath Jones (HP), Ray Leible (1B), Tim Vessey (2B), Randy Sutton (3B)
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## All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[5]

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Dillon Robinson | BYU | IF
Austin Bailey | USD | IF
Bryson Brigman | USD | IF
David Edwards | LMU | IF
Trevor Megill | LMU | RHP
Colin Welmon | LMU | RHP
Brad Anderson | PEP | IF
Matt Gelalich | PEP | OF
Chandler Blanchard | PEP | RHP
Ryan Wilson | PEP | LHP

### Most Outstanding Player

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Brad Anderson was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Anderson hit two home runs in the tournament. In the championship game Anderson came to bat 5 times and was walked three times, with his home run in the first inning tying it up at 1. For the tournament Anderson went 3-for-10, a mere .300, but recorded 3 game tying or winning RBI's, both in elimination games.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "West Coast Conference Standings". wccsports.com. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
2. ^ "West Coast Conference Announces 2014–15 Championship Slate". West Coast Conference. July 31, 2014. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
3. ^ "2014–15 WCC Championship Schedule". West Coast Conference. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
4. ^ "2015 WCC Baseball Championship". West Coast Conference. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
5. ^ a b "2015 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team". West Coast Conference. May 23, 2015. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2015.

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