1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Baseball Championship Series

1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1985
Teams	2
Format	Best of three series
Site	Pete Beiden Field Fresno, CA
Champions	Fresno State (1st title)
Winning coach	Bob Bennett (1st title)
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1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North Division
#12 Fresno State ^x‡^y	23	–	7		.767			43	–	22		.662
San Jose State	16	–	14		.533			24	–	34		.414
UC Santa Barbara	16	–	14		.533			37	–	22		.627
Pacific Tigers baseball	6	–	21		.222			16	–	36		.308
South Division
Cal State Fullerton ^x	21	–	9		.700			36	–	22		.621
UNLV	17	–	13		.567			40	–	21		.656
UC Irvine	11	–	16		.407			24	–	31		.436
Long Beach State	7	–	23		.233			22	–	42		.344
x – Division champion ‡ – Championship Series champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1985[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Baseball Championship Series, pitted the regular season division champions to determine the Pacific Coast Athletic Association baseball champion for the 1985 season. Fresno State and Cal State Fullerton met in a best of three series at Fresno State's Pete Beiden Field on May 17–18, 1985.

This was the league's first postseason championship event, and also the first year that the league and the West Coast Conference ended their partnership in baseball by dissolving their joint divisions. The PCAA is now known as the Big West Conference.^[2]

Fresno State claimed wins in the first two games to win the conference championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[3]

Format and teams

The division winners from the league's pair of four team divisions from the regular season met in the best of three series held at the home field of the division winner with the better conference record.^[4]

Team W L PCT GB North Division Fresno State 23 7 .767 – San Jose State 16 14 .533 7 UC Santa Barbara 16 14 .533 7 Pacific 6 21 .200 15.5

Team W L PCT GB South Division Cal State Fullerton 21 9 .700 – UNLV 17 13 .567 4 UC Irvine 11 16 .367 8.5 Long Beach State 7 23 .233 14

Game results

May 17, 1985

Team	R
Cal State Fullerton	7
#18 Fresno State	9

May 18, 1985

Team	R
Cal State Fullerton	6
#18 Fresno State	14

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1985". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
2. The Record Book (PDF). Cal State Fullerton. p. 138. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
3. Big West Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big West Conference. p. 14. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1985". boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 31, 2012.