The 2016 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 26 through 28, 2016 at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. won the four team, double-elimination tournament winner to earn the league's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage. The teams will then play a double elimination tournament. This year instead of playing a single championship game, a second championship rematch will be played should it be a match-up of two single loss teams. The change to the championship format moves the tournament championship from ESPNU to TheW.tv.
Team W L Pct. GB Seed 18 9 – 1 BYU 18 9 – 2 18 9 – 3 16 11 2 4 14 13 4 – 13 14 5 – 13 14 5 – 12 15 6 – 10 17 8 – 3 24 15 –
Tiebreakers: Saint Mary's gets the #1 seed. Saint Mary's went 2–1 against both BYU and Gonzaga. BYU gets the #2 seed. BYU went 2–1 against Gonzaga. Gonzaga gets the #3 seed. Gonzaga went 1–2 against both BYU and Saint Mary's. LMU finishes tied for sixth in the conference standings, but they get spot #6 by right of a 2–1 record against San Diego.
Results
Box scores
#4 Pepperdine vs. #1 Saint Mary's
#3 Gonzaga vs. #2 BYU
#4 Pepperdine vs. #2 BYU
#3 Gonzaga vs. #1 Saint Mary's
#4 Pepperdine vs. #3 Gonzaga
WCC Championship: #3 Gonzaga vs. #1 Saint Mary's
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name Class School P Brandon Bailey Jr Gonzaga A. J. Puckett Jr Pepperdine Ryan Wilson So Pepperdine C Bronson Larsen Jr BYU Nate Nolan Jr Saint Mary’s IF Zach Kirtley So Saint Mary’s Anthony Villa Sr Saint Mary’s OF Sam Brown Jr Gonzaga Tyler Frost So Gonzaga Brett Rasso So Saint Mary’s
Most Outstanding Player Zach Kirtley, a Sophomore infielder from Saint Mary's, was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
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