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2014 West Coast Conference baseball tournament

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2014 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament
2014 WCC Tournament Logo
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsPepperdine (16th title)
Winning coachSteve Rodriguez (5th title)
MVPAaron Brown (Pepperdine)
Attendance1,131
TelevisionPreliminaries: TheW.tv
Championship: ESPNU
2014 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Pepperdine  ‍y 18 9   .667 42 16   .724
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 17 10   .630 32 24   .571
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 17 10   .630 26 29   .473
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 16 11   .593 26 30   .464
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 16 11   .593 34 20   .630
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 26 27   .491
BYU  ‍‍‍ 12 15   .444 22 31   .415
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 11 16   .407 25 29   .463
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 8 19   .296 16 39   .291
Portland  ‍‍‍ 5 22   .185 11 41   .212
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of June 7, 2014[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2014 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 24 at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. The four team, double-elimination tournament, outside of the championship game, which is winner takes all, winner earned the league's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2] The NCAA approved the use of experimental instant replay rules during the event. These rules are generally only in force during the College World Series, and allow umpires to use video to review fair/foul, home run, and spectator interference calls.[3] The WCC made history in the Gonzaga/ Santa Clara elimination game (Game 3) when they had the first collegiate baseball review in history.[4] The feat would be repeated in the WCC Championship, marking the second time replay has been used in a collegiate baseball game.[5]

Seeding

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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, outside of the championship game, which was winner takes all.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Pepperdine 18 9 .667 1
x-Loyola Marymount 17 10 .630 1 2
x-Gonzaga 17 10 .630 1 3
y-Santa Clara 16 11 .593 2 4
y-San Diego 16 11 .593 2
Pacific 15 12 .556 3
BYU 12 15 .444 6
San Francisco 11 16 .407 7
Saint Mary's 8 19 .296 10
Portland 5 22 .185 13

Tiebreakers:
x- Loyola Marymount claimed the #2 seed over Gonzaga by right of a 2–1 record against the Zags.
y- Santa Clara claimed the #4 seed over San Diego by right of a 3–0 record against the Toreros.

Results

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First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Pepperdine5
4Santa Clara2
1Pepperdine4
2Loyola Marymount1
2Loyola Marymount5
3Gonzaga1
1Pepperdine
2Loyola Marymount
Lower round 1Lower final
3Gonzaga4
4Santa Clara62Loyola Marymount7
3Gonzaga8

Box Scores

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Pepperdine Opens WCC Championship with a 5–2 Win vs. Santa Clara

Thursday, May 22 3:06 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Andy Masur, Keith Ramsey & Amanda Blackwell (TheW.tv)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#4 Santa Clara 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
#1 Pepperdine 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 X 5 10 1
WP: Corey Miller (8–4)   LP: D.J. Zapata (3–8)   Sv: Eric Karch (6)
Home runs:
SCU: Quinton Perry (6)
PEPP: None
Attendance: 842
Notes: Duration: 2:19; Weather: 84 °F (29 °C), clear, winds 6mph LC
Officials: Stephen Fritzoni (HP), Dale Luker (1B), Timothy Vessey (2B), Jeff Henrichs (3B), Ruben Candelaria (RF), Billy Haze (LF)
Boxscore

Loyola Marymount Dispatches Gonzga 5–1 in game Two of WCC Baseball Championship

Thursday, May 22 7:07 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Andy Masur, Keith Ramsey & Amanda Blackwell (TheW.tv)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#3 Gonzaga 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
#2 Loyola Marymount 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 5 9 1
WP: Colin Welmon (10–2)   LP: Brandon Bailey (6–7)
Attendance: 842
Notes: Duration: 2:29; Weather: 80 °F (27 °C), clear, winds 13mph LC
Officials: Ruben Candelaria (HP), Timothy Vessey (1B), Billy Haze (2B), Dale Luker (3B), Stephen Fritzoni (RF), Jeff Henrichs (LF)
Boxscore

#4 Santa Clara vs. #3 Gonzaga

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Gonzaga Eliminates Santa Clara in Day Two of WCC Championship

Friday, May 23 12:05 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Andy Masur, Keith Ramsey & Amanda Blackwell (TheW.tv)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#3 Gonzaga 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 8 8 2
#4 Santa Clara 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 11 0
WP: Andrew Spoko (5–4)   LP: Jacob Steffens (2–5)   Sv: Karl Myers (5)
Attendance: 912
Notes: Duration: 3:15; Weather: 78 °F (26 °C), sunny, winds 10mph RC
Officials: Dale Luker (HP), Stephen Fritzoni (1B), Jeff Henrichs (2B), Billy Haze (3B), Timothy Vessey (RF), Ruben Candelaria (LF)
Boxscore

#1 Pepperdine vs. #2 Loyola Marymount

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Pepperdine Advances to WCC Championship Title Game after 4–1 Win vs. Loyola Marymount

Friday, May 23 4:31 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Andy Masur, Keith Ramsey & Amanda Blackwell (TheW.tv)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#2 Loyola Marymount 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
#1 Pepperdine 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 X 4 10 1
WP: Aaron Brown (11–1)   LP: Patrick McGrath (6–3)   Sv: Eric Karch (13)
Home runs:
LMU: None
PEPP: Brad Anderson (5)
Attendance: 912
Notes: Duration: 3:03; Weather: 87 °F (31 °C), sunny, winds 15mph C
Officials: Timothy Vessey (HP), Jeff Henrichs (1B), Ruben Candelaria (2B), Stephen Fritzoni (3B), Billy Haze (RF), Dale Luker (LF)
Boxscore

#3 Gonzaga vs. #2 Loyola Marymount

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Lions Set for Rematch with #29 Pepperdine for WCC Championship

Friday, May 23 8:12 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Andy Masur, Keith Ramsey & Amanda Blackwell (TheW.tv)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#2 Loyola Marymount 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 1
#3 Gonzaga 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 8 3
WP: J.D. Busfield (1–2)   LP: Taylor Jones (4–3)
Attendance: 912
Notes: Duration: 3:13; Weather: 82 °F (28 °C), clear, winds 12mph LC
Officials: Billy Haze (HP), Timothy Vessey (1B), Dale Luker (2B), Ruben Candelaria (3B), Jeff Henrichs (RF), Stephen Fritzoni (LF)

WCC Championship: #2 Loyola Marymount vs. #1 Pepperdine

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Saturday, May 24 7:04 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein and Randy Flores (ESPNU)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#1 Pepperdine 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 6 8 0
#2 Loyola Marymount 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 0
WP: Jackson McClelland (8–3)   LP: Brenton Arriaga (4–5)
Attendance: 1,638
Notes: Duration: 3:09; Weather: 87 °F (31 °C), clear, winds 15mph LC
Officials: Jeff Henrichs (HP), Billy Haze (1B), Timothy Vessey (2B), Dale Luker (3B), Stephen Fritzoni (RF), Ruben Candelaria (LF)
Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[6]

Name School Pos
Brad Anderson Pepperdine IF
Aaron Brown Pepperdine LHP/OF
Payden Cawley Lamb Gonzaga OF
Tanner Donnels Loyola Marymount OF
David Fletcher Loyola Marymount IF
Manny Jefferson Pepperdine IF
Eric Karch Pepperdine RHP
Quinton Perry Santa Clara IF
Kenny Smith Gonzaga RHP
Colin Welmon Loyola Marymount RHP

Most Outstanding Player

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Aaron Brown was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Brown was a pitcher and an outfielder for Pepperdine who won Friday's game to make the championship and ended his regular season 11–1. Brown would pitch 8 innings and get 7 strikeouts while giving up only 1 run and 5 hits. In the championship Brown would play center field and go 1 for 4 with 1 hit and 1 RBI while scoring another run for the Waves. In the first game in the tournament Brown would go 2 for 4 with 2 hits and scored one run for the Waves. His .375 batting average would end up as the highest batting percentage during the 2014 tournament.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "West Coast Conference Standings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 WCC Baseball Championship". West Coast Conference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  3. ^ Greg Johnson (October 23, 2013). "West Coast Conference can implement instant replay rules during tournament". NCAA. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  4. ^ TheW.tv (May 24, 2014). "How the First College Baseball Replay Happened". Campus Insiders. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  5. ^ TheW.tv (May 24, 2014). "WCC Utilizes Replay in College Baseball Again". Campus Insiders. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "2014 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team". West Coast Conference. May 24, 2014. Archived from the original on May 25, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.