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2013 WCC Tournament logo
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Classification | Division |
Teams | 4 |
Format | Double-elimination |
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Champions | San Diego (7th title) |
Winning coach | Rich Hill (7th title) |
MVP | Troy Conyers (San Diego) |
Television | Preliminaries: WCC Network Championship: ESPNU |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gonzaga † | 18 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .750 | 32 | – | 21 | – | 1 | .602 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 32 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .604 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco y | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 37 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .597 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego ‡y | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 35 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pepperdine | 13 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .542 | 27 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .540 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 12 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .500 | 24 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 11 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .458 | 21 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 8 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .333 | 18 | – | 36 | – | 0 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 1 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .042 | 14 | – | 39 | – | 0 | .264 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 3, 2013; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 2013 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23 through May 25 at Banner Island Ballpark in . It was the first postseason championship event sponsored by the West Coast Conference since 2009, the first such event to be held at a neutral site, and the first to feature more than two teams. In the championship game, San Diego defeated San Francisco, 2-0, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, San Diego earned the league's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
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. However, the championship was a single-elimination game.
Tiebreakers:
x- USD went 3-0 vs. BYU and 2-1 vs. USF to claim the #2 seed
y- BYU went 2-1 vs. USF to claim the #3 seed.
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Troy Conyers was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Conyers was a pitcher for San Diego who made his first career collegiate start in the championship game, and turned in a complete game shutout to earn the win. He recorded nine strikeouts while allowing only two hits.