# 2015 West Coast Conference baseball tournament

The 2015 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 23, 2015 at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. Pepperdine won the four team, double-elimination tournament winner for the second year in a row to earn the league's automatic bid to the 2015 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 until they reach the championship game. The championship game was winner takes all.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
| San Diego | 19 | 8 | .704 | – | 1 |
| Pepperdine | 17 | 10 | .630 | 2 | 2 |
| BYU | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3 | 3 |
| Loyola Marymount | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3 | 4 |
| San Francisco | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4 | – |
| Gonzaga | 13 | 14 | .765 | 6 | – |
| Santa Clara | 12 | 15 | .444 | 7 | – |
| Saint Mary's | 10 | 17 | .370 | 9 | – |
| Pacific | 10 | 17 | .370 | 9 | – |
| Portland | 7 | 20 | .259 | 12 | – |
Tiebreakers:
* BYU finishes 3rd and gets the 3-seed via head-to-head. BYU won 2 of 3 vs. Loyola Marymount during the regular season.
* Saint Mary's finishes 8th via head-to-head. Saint Mary's won 2 of 3 vs. Pacific during the regular season.

## Results

| First round | First round | First round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | San Diego | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Loyola Marymount | 21 | | | | | |
| 4 | Loyola Marymount | 21 | 4 | Loyola Marymount | 4 | | |
| | | | 2 | Pepperdine | 2 | | |
| 2 | Pepperdine | 8 | 2 | Pepperdine | 2 | | |
| 3 | BYU | 7 | | | | | |
| 3 | BYU | 7 | | | | 4 | Loyola Marymount |
| | | | | | | 2 | Pepperdine |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | 2 | Pepperdine |
| | | | 1 | San Diego | 2 | | |
| 1 | San Diego | 5 | 2 | Pepperdine | 4 | | |
| 3 | BYU | 4 | | | | | |

## Box Scores
### #4 Loyola Marymount vs. #1 San Diego

Thursday, May 21 3:06 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #4 Loyola Marymount | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 1 |
| #1 San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| WP: Colin Welmon (6–6) LP: David Hill (9–4) Home runs: LMU: David Edwards (6) USD: None Attendance: 789 Notes: Duration: 3:40; Weather: 70 °F (21 °C), overcast, winds 5 mph to lf Officials: Anthony Prater (HP), Timothy Vessey (1B), Ray Leible (2B), Scott Letendre (3B) Boxscore |||||||||||||

### #3 BYU vs. #2 Pepperdine

Thursday, May 22 8:05 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #3 BYU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| #2 Pepperdine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| WP: Max Gamboa (5–2) LP: Mason Marshall (4–2) Home runs: BYU: Dillon Robinson (5) PEP: Kolten Yamaguchi (3) Attendance: 789 Notes: Duration: 2:55; Weather: 66 °F (19 °C), clear, winds 15 mph to lf Officials: Randy Sutton (HP), Heath Jones (1B), Scott Letendre (2B), Anthony Prater (3B) Boxscore |||||||||||||

### #1 San Diego vs. #3 BYU

Friday, May 22 12:05 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #1 San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 0 |
| #3 BYU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Anthony McIver (3–2) LP: Kolton Mahoney (4–8) Home runs: USD: Kyle Holder (4), Ben Wylly (4), Riley Adams (5) BYU: None Attendance: 962 Notes: Duration: 3:11; Weather: 68 °F (20 °C), overcast, winds 8 mph to lf Officials: Scott Letendre (HP), Randy Sutton (1B), Heath Jones (2B), Ray Leible (3B) Boxscore |||||||||||||

### #2 Pepperdine vs. #4 Loyola Marymount

Friday, May 22 4:35 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #2 Pepperdine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| #4 Loyola Marymount | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Trevor Megill (5–4) LP: A. J. Puckett (7–5) Sv: Cory Abbott (1) Home runs: PEP: None LMU: Sean Watkins (6) Attendance: 962 Notes: Duration: 2:13; Weather: 75 °F (24 °C), partly cloudy, winds 13 mph to lf Officials: Tim Vessey (HP), Tony Prater (1B), Randy Sutton (2B), Heath Jones (3B) Boxscore |||||||||||||

### #1 San Diego vs. #2 Pepperdine

Friday, May 22 7:35 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz (TheW.tv) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #1 San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| #2 Pepperdine | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Ryan Wilson (7–3) LP: Taylor Kaczmarek (1–2) Sv: Max Gamboa (6) Home runs: USD: Aidan Stinnett (2) PEP: Hutton Moyer (13), Brad Anderson (9) Attendance: 962 Notes: Duration: 2:35; Weather: 69 °F (21 °C), clear, winds 13 mph to lf Officials: Ray Leible (HP), Scott Letendre (1B), Tony Prater (2B), Tim Vessey (3B) Boxscore |||||||||||||

### WCC Championship: #2 Pepperdine vs. #4 Loyola Marymount

Saturday, May 23 7:04 p.m. PDT Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Wes Clements (ESPNU) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #2 Pepperdine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| #4 Loyola Marymount | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Chandler Blanchard (3–3) LP: Sean Watkins (4–1) Sv: Max Gamboa (7) Home runs: PEP: Brad Anderson (10), Matt Gelalich (2), Kolten Yamaguci (4) LMU: None Attendance: 1,752 Notes: Duration: 3:00; Weather: , clear, winds 13 mph to lf Officials: Heath Jones (HP), Ray Leible (1B), Tim Vessey (2B), Randy Sutton (3B) Boxscore |||||||||||||

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Name | School | Pos |
| Dillon Robinson | BYU | IF |
| Austin Bailey | USD | IF |
| Bryson Brigman | USD | IF |
| David Edwards | LMU | IF |
| Trevor Megill | LMU | RHP |
| Colin Welmon | LMU | RHP |
| Brad Anderson | PEP | IF |
| Matt Gelalich | PEP | OF |
| Chandler Blanchard | PEP | RHP |
| Ryan Wilson | PEP | LHP |

### Most Outstanding Player

Brad Anderson was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Anderson hit two home runs in the tournament. In the championship game Anderson came to bat 5 times and was walked three times, with his home run in the first inning tying it up at 1. For the tournament Anderson went 3-for-10, a mere .300, but recorded 3 game tying or winning RBI's, both in elimination games.