2001 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series

2001 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsPepperdine (1st title)
Winning coachFrank Sanchez (1st title)
2001 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
West
No. 20 Pepperdine  x‍‍‡‍y 25 – 5   .833 42 – 18   .700
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10   .667 34 – 21   .618
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333 18 – 36   .333
Portland  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21   .300 20 – 34   .370
Coast
Gonzaga  x‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 28 – 26   .519
Santa Clara  x‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 23 – 33   .411
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467 28 – 26   .519
Loyola Marymount ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267 21 – 37   .362
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2001[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2001 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 18–20, 2001[2][3] 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 2001 NCAA Division I baseball season. Pepperdine won the series two games to one over Gonzaga and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[4]

Seeding

Gonzaga claimed the berth for the Coast Division by winning the season series over Santa Clara two games to one.[2]

Team W–L Pct GB
West Division
Pepperdine 25–5 .833 —
San Diego 20–10 .667 5
Saint Mary's 10–20 .333 15
Portland 9–21 .300 16
Team W–L–T Pct GB
Coast Division
Gonzaga 17–13 .567 —
Santa Clara 17–13 .567 —
San Francisco 14–16 .467 3
Loyola Marymount 8–22 .267 9

Results

Game One

May 18, 2001
Team R
Gonzaga 7
Pepperdine 6

Game Two

May 19, 2001
Team R
Pepperdine 10
Gonzaga 0

Game Three

May 20, 2001
Team R
Gonzaga 0
Pepperdine 8

References

  1. ^ "Baseball Record Book". West Coast Conference. p. 22. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  2. ^ a b 2017 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Gonzaga Bulldogs. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 17, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  3. ^ "2011 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Pepperdine Waves. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  4. ^ "Baseball Record Book". West Coast Conference. p. 26. Retrieved September 16, 2017.[permanent dead link‍]