2001 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series

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]

2001 West Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsPepperdine (1st title)
Winning coachFrank Sanchez (1st title)
MVP,
2001 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
West
No. 20 Pepperdine  xy 255 .833  4218 .700
San Diego   2010 .667  3421 .618
Saint Mary's   1020 .333  1836 .333
Portland   921 .300  2034 .370
Coast
Gonzaga  x 1713 .567  2826 .519
Santa Clara  x 1713 .567  2333 .411
San Francisco   1416 .467  2826 .519
Loyola Marymount  822 .267  2137 .362
x Division champion
Championship Series champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2001[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

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

TeamW–LPctGB
West Division
Pepperdine25–5.833
San Diego20–10.6675
Saint Mary's10–20.33315
Portland9–21.30016
TeamW–L–TPctGB
Coast Division
Gonzaga17–13.567
Santa Clara17–13.567
San Francisco14–16.4673
Loyola Marymount8–22.2679

Results

Game One

May 18, 2001
TeamR
Gonzaga7
Pepperdine6

Game Two

May 19, 2001
TeamR
Pepperdine10
Gonzaga0

Game Three

May 20, 2001
TeamR
Gonzaga0
Pepperdine8
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References

  1. "Baseball Record Book". West Coast Conference. p. 22. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  2. 2017 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Gonzaga Bulldogs. p. 20. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  3. "2011 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Pepperdine Waves. p. 17. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  4. "Baseball Record Book". West Coast Conference. p. 26. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
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