2003 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series


The 2003 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 23–25, 2003[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 2003 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 2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

2003 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSan Diego (2nd title)
Winning coachRich Hill (2nd title)
2003 West Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
West
San Diego  x‍‍y18120 .60032300 .516
San Francisco  ‍‍‍17130 .56725310 .446
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍13170 .43326300 .464
Portland  ‍‍‍5241 .1839451 .173
Coast
Pepperdine  x‍‍‍2370 .76736250 .590
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍2190 .70031260 .544
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍14160 .46726251 .510
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍8211 .28318371 .330
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2003[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

TeamW–LPctGB
West Division
San Diego18–12–0.600
San Francisco17–13–0.5671
Loyola Marymount13–17–0.4335
Portland5–24–1.18312.5
TeamW–L–TPctGB
Coast Division
Pepperdine23–7–0.767
Santa Clara21–9–0.7002
Gonzaga14–16–0.4679
Saint Mary's8–21–1.2838.5

Results

Game One

May 23, 2003
TeamR
San Diego8
Pepperdine2

Game Two

May 24, 2003
TeamR
Pepperdine7
San Diego6

Game Three

May 25, 2003
TeamR
San Diego3
Pepperdine1

References