2017 West Coast Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2017 West Coast Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 4

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Format| Double-elimination
Finals site|

* Banner Island Ballpark
* Stockton, CA

Champions| BYU (1st title)
Winning coach| Mike Littlewood (1st title)
MVP| Bronson Larsen (BYU)
Television| TheW.tv, Twitter

* ← 2016
* baseball tournament
* 2018 →

2017 West Coast Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |   | 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 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

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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.

Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed

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Gonzaga | 20 | 7 | .741 | — | 1
Loyola Marymount | 20 | 7 | .741 | — | 2
BYU | 20 | 7 | .741 | — | 3
Saint Mary's | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2 | 4
San Diego | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2 | —
San Francisco | 11 | 16 | .519 | 9 | —
Santa Clara | 9 | 18 | .370 | 11 | —
Pepperdine | 8 | 19 | .593 | 12 | —
Pacific | 6 | 21 | .444 | 14 | —
Portland | 5 | 22 | .259 | 15 | —

Tiebreakers:

* Gonzaga went 3–0 against 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

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| First round| | | Semi-finals| | | Finals
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| 1| Gonzaga| 11
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| 4| Saint Mary's| 3| |
| | | 1| Gonzaga | 3
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| | | 2| Loyola Marymount| 1| |
| 2| Loyola Marymount| 3| | | |
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| 3| BYU| 2| |
| | | 1| Gonzaga|
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| | | 3| BYU|
| Lower round 1| | | Lower final| |

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| | 3| BYU| 5
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| 4| Saint Mary's| 4| | | 2| Loyola Marymount| 4| |
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| 3| BYU| 8| | |
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## All-Tournament Team

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

Pos | Player | Class | School

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P | Cory Abbott | Jr | Loyola Marymount
Maverik Buffo | Jr | BYU
Codie Paiva | So | Loyola Marymount
Justin Vernia | Sr | Gonzaga
C | Bronson Larsen | Sr | BYU
Jake Roberts | Sr | Gonzaga
IF | Daniel Schneemann | So | BYU
OF | Tyler Frost | Jr | Gonzaga
Brock Hale | So | BYU
Brett Rasso | Jr | Saint Mary’s

### Most Outstanding Player

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

## References

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1. ^ "2016-17 WCC Championship Schedule". West Coast Conference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
2. ^ Darnell Dickinson (May 25, 2017). "West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Primer". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on June 29, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
3. ^ "2017 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship". West Coast Conference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. 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. ^ a b "2017 WCC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team". West Coast Conference. Retrieved September 2, 2017.[permanent dead link]

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