The 2019 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 25 at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. The four team, double-elimination tournament winner, Loyola Marymount, earned the league's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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 BYU 19 8 — 1 18 9 1 2 17 10 2 3 15 12 4 4 15 12 4 — 14 13 5 — 14 13 5 — 10 16 8.5 — 7 19 10.5 — 5 22 14 —
Tiebreakers: Loyola Marymount went 2–1 vs. San Francisco to win the #4 seed. Pepperdine went 2–1 vs. San Diego to finish 6th. Pacific and Portland only played 26 conference matches as their final scheduled match was rained out. It wasn't rescheduled because it didn't affect the conference tournament.
Bracket
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionTV Announcers Attendance Thursday, May 23 1 3:00 p.m. #1 BYU Cougars vs. #4 Loyola Marymount Lions TheW.tv Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien 1,606 2 7:00 p.m. #2 Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. #3 Saint Mary's Gaels Friday, May 24 3 12:00 p.m. #1 BYU Cougars vs. #2 Gonzaga Bulldogs TheW.tv Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien 1,589 4 3:30 p.m. #3 Saint Mary's Gaels vs. #4 Loyola Marymount Lions 5 7:30 p.m. #2 Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. #3 Saint Mary's Gaels Championship – Saturday, May 25 6 3:00 p.m. #4 Loyola Marymount Lions vs. #3 Saint Mary's Gaels TheW.tv Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien 1,722 7 (If Necessary) 7:00 p.m. N/A *Game times in Pacific Time. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.
Conference championship West Coast Conference Championship(4) Loyola Marymount Lionsvs.(3) Saint Mary's Gaels
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name Class School P Codie Paiva Senior Loyola Marymount Nick Frasso Sophomore Loyola Marymount Tyler Thornton Freshman Saint Mary's Carlos Lomeli Freshman Saint Mary's Dalton Ponce Freshman Saint Mary's C IF Trevin Esquerra Junior Loyola Marymount Nick Sogard Junior Loyola Marymount OF
Most Outstanding Player Codie Paiva (LMU) was named the Most Outstanding Player of the WCC Baseball Tournament.
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