2013 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2013 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23 through May 25 at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. It was the first postseason championship event sponsored by the West Coast Conference since 2009, the first such event to be held at a neutral site, and the first to feature more than two teams. In the championship game, San Diego defeated San Francisco, 2–0, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, San Diego earned the league's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]
 2013 WCC Tournament logo | |
| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | San Diego (7th title) |
| Winning coach | Rich Hill (7th title) |
| MVP | Troy Conyers, San Diego |
| Television | Preliminaries: WCC Network Championship: ESPNU |
| 2013 West Coast Conference baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga † | 18 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .750 | 32 | – | 21 | – | 1 | .602 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 32 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .604 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco y | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 37 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .597 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego ‡y | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 35 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 13 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .542 | 27 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .540 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 12 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .500 | 24 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 11 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .458 | 21 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 8 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .333 | 18 | – | 36 | – | 0 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 1 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .042 | 14 | – | 39 | – | 0 | .264 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 3, 2013[1]; 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. However, the championship was a single-elimination game.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzaga | 18 | 6 | .750 | ||
| x- San Diego | 15 | 9 | .625 | ||
| y- BYU | 15 | 9 | .625 | ||
| San Francisco | 15 | 9 | .625 | ||
| Pepperdine | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||
| Loyola Marymount | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||
| Saint Mary's | 11 | 13 | .458 | ||
| Portland | 8 | 16 | .333 | ||
| Santa Clara | 1 | 23 | .042 |
Tiebreakers:
x- USD went 3–0 vs. BYU and 2–1 vs. USF to claim the #2 seed
y- BYU went 2–1 vs. USF to claim the #3 seed.
Results
| First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Gonzaga | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | San Francisco | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | San Francisco | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | San Diego | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | San Diego | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | BYU | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | San Francisco | 0 | — | |||||||||||
| 2 | San Diego | 2 | — | |||||||||||
| 1 | Gonzaga | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | BYU | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | San Diego | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | BYU | 4 | ||||||||||||
Box Scores
#4 San Francisco vs. #1 Gonzaga
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #4 San Francisco | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||
| #1 Gonzaga | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||
| WP: Haden Hinkle (9–1) LP: Marco Gonzales (7–3) Sv: Adam Simber (9) Home runs: USF: Bob Mott (2) ZAGS: Cory Lebrun (2) Attendance: 664 Notes: Duration: 3:24; Weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Sunny, winds 9mph to left Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
#3 BYU vs. #2 San Diego
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #3 BYU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||||
| #2 San Diego | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||||
| WP: Max Homick (5–1) LP: Matt Milke (3–2) Home runs: BYU: Bret Lopez (4) USD: Andrew Daniel (4), Dillon Haupt (11) Attendance: 838 Notes: Duration: 3:30; Weather: 72 °F (22 °C), Clear, winds 13mph to left Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
#3 BYU vs. #1 Gonzaga
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 Gonzaga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| #3 BYU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | x | 8 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Jeff Barker (6–3) LP: Tyler Olson (9–4) Home runs: ZAGS: None BYU: None Attendance: 707 Notes: Duration: 2:29; Weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Sunny, Slight Breeze to left Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
#2 San Diego vs. #4 San Francisco
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2 San Diego | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||
| #4 San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Adam Cimber (6–3) LP: Trevor Bayless (2–4) Home runs: USD: Austin Bailey (2) USF: Derek Atkinson (2) Attendance: 814 Notes: Duration: 3:25; Weather: 78 °F (26 °C), Sunny, winds 9mph to left Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
#3 BYU vs. #2 San Diego
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2 San Diego | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||
| #3 BYU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||
| WP: Louie Lichich (3–3) LP: Adam Miller (4–8) Sv: Max Homick (5) Home runs: USD: Kris Bryant (31) BYU: Jaycob Brugman (11); Kelton Caldwell (4) Attendance: 904 Notes: Duration: 2:44; Weather: 71 °F (22 °C), Clear, winds 13mph to left Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WCC Championship: #4 San Francisco vs. #2 San Diego
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #4 San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| #2 San Diego | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Troy Conyers (2–2) LP: Christian Cecilio (3–3) Home runs: USF: None USD: None Attendance: 808 Notes: Duration: 2:15; Weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Clear, winds 15mph to left Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]
| Name | School | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| Derek Atkinson | San Francisco | OF |
| Austin Bailey | San Diego | 2B |
| Jeff Barker | BYU | RHP |
| Jaycob Brugman | BYU | OF |
| Kris Bryant | San Diego | 3B |
| Troy Conyers | San Diego | LHP |
| Austin Green | San Diego | C |
| Cory LeBrun | Gonzaga | OF |
| Justin Maffei | San Francisco | OF |
| Josh Miller | San Francisco | SS |
Most Outstanding Player
Troy Conyers was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Conyers was a pitcher for San Diego who made his first career collegiate start in the championship game, and turned in a complete game shutout to earn the win. He recorded nine strikeouts while allowing only two hits.[4]
References
- "2013 West Coast Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
- "Conference Championship Central". NCAA.org. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
- "2013 WCC Baseball Championship to Take Place at Banner Island Ballpark". WCC Sports. June 15, 2012. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
- "San Diego Crowned WCC tournament Champions". West Coast Conference. May 25, 2013. Archived from the original on January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.