West Coast Conference Baseball Championship

West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
Conference Baseball Championship
Sport Baseball
Conference West Coast Conference
Number of teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Current stadium Banner Island Ballpark
Current location Stockton, CA
Played 2013-present
Last contest 2014
Current champion Pepperdine

The West Coast Conference Baseball Championship is the conference baseball championship of the Division I West Coast Conference. As begun in 2013, the top four finishers in the regular season of the league's ten teams participate in the double-elimination tournament held at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. The winner of the event earns the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.[1]

History

The West Coast Conference was one of the few college baseball leagues not to conduct a postseason championship event until dividing into two divisions in 1999. From that year through 2009, the league held a best of three game championship series between the two division winners. Division play was abolished following the 2005 season, but the championship series continued with the top two finishers in the conference participating. After 2009, the championship series was also discontinued. However in 2013, the league established a four team, double-elimination event at a neutral site. This was the first time in baseball that more than two teams participated in a postseason conference championship event and the first time any conference championship event is held at a neutral site.[1]

Champions

By year

This table lists results of West Coast Conference postseason conference championship events.[2]

Year Winner Site MOP
1999 Loyola Marymount Alternating campus sites
2000 Loyola Marymount George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
2001 San Diego Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA
2002 San Diego Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA
2003 San Diego Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA
2004 Pepperdine George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
2005 Pepperdine George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
2006 Pepperdine Benedetti Diamond • San Francisco, CA
2007 San Diego John Cunningham Stadium • San Diego, CA
2008 San Diego John Cunningham Stadium • San Diego, CA
2009 Gonzaga Patterson Baseball Complex • Spokane, WA
2013 San Diego Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA Troy Conyers, San Diego
2014 Pepperdine Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA Aaron Brown, Pepperdine
2015 Pepperdine Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA Brad Anderson, Pepperdine
2016 Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA

By team

Playoffs

Team Championships Years
San Diego 5 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
Pepperdine 3 2004, 2005, 2006
Loyola Marymount 2 1999, 2000
Gonzaga 1 2009

Tournament

Team Championships Years
Pepperdine 2 2014, 2015
San Diego 1 2013

References

  1. 1 2 "2013 WCC Baseball Championship to Take Place at Banner Island Ballpark". wcsports.com. June 15, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ West Coast Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). wccsports.com. p. 19. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
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