2017 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

2017 West Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
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

2017 West Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
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

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.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
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

	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]

Pos	Player	Class	School
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

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

References

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. 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. "2017 WCC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team". West Coast Conference. Retrieved September 2, 2017.