2023 West Coast Conference baseball tournament

The 2023 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 27 at a new venue: Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin South, Nevada. It is the first of four baseball tournaments the WCC has scheduled for the venue.^[2] The six team tournament winner, the Santa Clara Broncos, earned the league's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2023 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Las Vegas Ballpark Summerlin South, NV
Television	SCS Pacific ESPNU
← 2022 baseball tournament 2024 →

2023 West Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Loyola Marymount ‍†‍‍	21	–	6	–	0		.778			29	–	22	–	0		.569
Portland  ‍‍‍	17	–	10	–	0		.630			29	–	21	–	0		.580
Santa Clara ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	10	–	0		.630			31	–	18	–	0		.633
San Diego  ‍‍‍	17	–	10	–	0		.630			24	–	23	–	1		.510
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0		.519			21	–	26	–	0		.447
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0		.519			18	–	33	–	0		.353
BYU  ‍‍‍	13	–	14	–	0		.481			24	–	28	–	0		.462
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍	8	–	19	–	0		.296			19	–	30	–	0		.388
San Francisco  ‍‍‍	8	–	19	–	0		.296			18	–	29	–	0		.383
Pacific  ‍‍‍	6	–	21	–	0		.222			14	–	35	–	0		.286
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 20, 2023[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The tournament used the 6-team format adapted in 2022 where 3 plays 6 and 4 plays 5 in first day elimination games.^[3]

Additionally this is the final season BYU participated in the WCC as they joined the Big 12 Conference in the 2024 season.^[4]

Seeding

The top six finishers from the regular season were be seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage. Teams 1 and 2 had a bye into the double elimination bracket while 3 played 6 and 4 played 5 in a single elimination first round.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Loyola Marymount	21	6	.778	—	1
Portland	17	10	.630	4	2
Santa Clara	17	10	.630	4	3
San Diego	17	10	.630	4	4
Saint Mary's	14	13	.519	7	5
Gonzaga	14	13	.519	7	6
BYU	13	14	.481	8	—
Pepperdine	8	19	.296	13	—
San Francisco	8	19	.296	13	—
Pacific	6	21	.222	15	—

Tiebreakers:

Portland is the #2 seed because they went 2-1 vs. both San Diego and Santa Clara.

Santa Clara is the #3 seed because they went 2-1 vs. San Diego and 1-2 vs. Portland.

San Diego is the #4 seed because they went 1-2 vs. both Portland and Santa Clara.

Saint Mary's is the #5 seed because they went 2-1 vs. Gonzaga.

Gonzaga is the #6 seed because they went 1-2 vs. Saint Mary's.

Pepperdine is the #8 position because they went 2-1 vs. San Francisco.

San Francisco is the #9 position because they went 1-2 vs. Pepperdine.

Results

Play-in round

Wednesday, May 24

Team	R
#6 Gonzaga	2
#3 Santa Clara	4

Wednesday, May 24

Team	R
#5 Saint Mary's	17
#4 San Diego	8

Double-elimination round

	First round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Loyola Marymount	1
	5	Saint Mary's	4
						5	Saint Mary's	3
						3	Santa Clara	17
	2	Portland	3
	3	Santa Clara	15
											3	Santa Clara	6	—
											2	Portland	0	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						5	Saint Mary's	4
	1	Loyola Marymount	3			2	Portland	8
	2	Portland	15

Schedule

All matches except Championship 1 were streamed on WCC Network and broadcast on Stadium College Sports Pacific. Championship 1 was televised on ESPNU.

In addition to the TV channels listed, all matches were streamed on WCC Network.

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	TV Announcers	Attendance
Wednesday, May 24
1	3:00 p.m.	#3 Santa Clara 4, #6 Gonzaga 2	SCS Pacific	Steve Quis & Bryan Sleik
2	7:20 p.m.	#4 San Diego 8, #5 Saint Mary's 17			1,292[5]
Thursday, May 25
3	3:00 p.m.	#1 Loyola Marymount 1, #5 Saint Mary's 4	SCS Pacific	Steve Quis & Bryan Sleik
4	7:20 p.m.	#2 Portland 3, #3 Santa Clara 15			1,259
Friday, May 26
5	12:00 p.m.	#1 Loyola Marymount 3, #2 Portland 15	SCS Pacific	Steve Quis & Bryan Sleik
6	4:15 p.m.	#3 Santa Clara 17, #5 Saint Mary's 3
7	9:35 p.m.	#2 Portland 8, #5 Saint Mary's 4			1,255
Championship – Saturday, May 27
8	1:00 p.m.	#3 Santa Clara 6, #2 Portland 3	ESPNU		1184
*Game times in Pacific Time. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.