2023 West Coast Conference Tournament

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The 2023 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held May 24-27 at Las Vegas Ballpark in Las Vegas, NV. #3 Santa Clara University defeated #2 University of Portland for the title. Dawson Brigman of Santa Clara was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Loyola Marymount University 21-6 Nathan Choate
2 University of Portland 17-10 Geoff Loomis
3 Santa Clara University 17-10 Rusty Filter
4 University of San Diego 17-10 Brock Ungricht
5 Saint Mary's College of California 14-13 Greg Moore
6 Gonzaga University 14-13 Mark Machtolf

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round
single elimination
    Second Round     Third Round     Finals
                                       
      1 Loyola Marymount 1  
  4 San Diego 8     5 Saint Mary's 4    
  5 Saint Mary's 17         5 Saint Mary's 3  
      3 Santa Clara 17    
    2 Portland 3          
  3 Santa Clara 4     3 Santa Clara 15        
  6 Gonzaga 2         3 Santa Clara 6 x
      2 Portland 0 x
      Losers Bracket 2     Losers Bracket 3    
         
    5 Saint Mary's 4    
  1 Loyola Marymount 3     2 Portland 8  
  2 Portland 15  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 24
Game 1 Santa Clara University 4-2 Gonzaga University Gonzaga eliminated
Game 2 Saint Mary's College of California 17-8 University of San Diego San Diego eliminated
May 25
Game 3 Saint Mary's College of California 4-1 Loyola Marymount University
Game 4 Santa Clara University 15-3 University of Portland
May 26
Game 5 University of Portland 15-3 Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount eliminated
Game 6 Santa Clara University 17-3 Saint Mary's College of California
Game 7 University of Portland 8-4 Saint Mary's College of California Saint Mary's eliminated
May 27
Game 8 Santa Clara University 6-0 University of Portland Santa Clara advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Dawson Brigman, Santa Clara
  • Diego Barrera, LMU
  • Coleman Schmidt, Saint Mary's
  • Ryan Sanders, Saint Mary's
  • Peter Allegro, Portland
  • Jake Holcroft, Portland
  • Nich Klemp, Portland
  • Efrain Manzo, Santa Clara
  • Brandon Gomez, Santa Clara
  • Coleman Brigman, Santa Clara