2002 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series


The 2002 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 24–26, 2002[2] at Pepperdine's home field, Eddy D. Field Stadium in Malibu, California, and pitted the winners of the conference's two four-team divisions. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season. San Diego won the series two games to one over Pepperdine and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

2002 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSan Diego (1st title)
Winning coachRich Hill (1st title)
2002 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
West
San Diego  x‍‍y 18 12   .600 39 23   .629
Portland  ‍‍‍ 16 14   .533 39 23   .629
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 15 15   .500 22 33   .400
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 18 38   .321
Coast
Pepperdine  x‍‍‍ 18 12   .600 31 32   .492
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 15 14   .517 25 30   .455
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 14 15   .483 22 27   .449
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 14 16   .467 27 29   .482
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

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Team W–L Pct GB
West Division
San Diego 18–12 .600
Portland 16–14 .533 2
Loyola Marymount 15–15 .500 3
San Francisco 9–21 .300 9
Team W–L–T Pct GB
Coast Division
Pepperdine 18–12 .600
Santa Clara 15–14 .517 2.5
Saint Mary's 14–15 .483 3.5
Gonzaga 14–16 .467 4

Results

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Game One

May 24, 2002
Team R
San Diego 7
Pepperdine 3

Game Two

May 25, 2002
Team R
Pepperdine 15
San Diego 4

Game Three

May 26, 2002
Team R
San Diego 5
Pepperdine 3

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball Record Book". West Coast Conference. p. 22. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  2. ^ "2011 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Pepperdine Waves. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "Baseball Record Book". West Coast Conference. p. 26. Retrieved October 7, 2017.[permanent dead link]