2002 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series

The 2002 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 24–26, 2002^[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 2002 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 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[3]

2002 West Coast Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Eddy D. Field Stadium Malibu, California
Champions	San Diego (1st title)
Winning coach	Rich Hill (1st title)
← 2001 baseball tournament 2003 →

2002 West Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
West
San Diego  ^x‍‍‡‍^y	18	–	12		.600			39	–	23		.629
Portland  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			39	–	23		.629
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			22	–	33		.400
San Francisco  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			18	–	38		.321
Coast
Pepperdine  ^x‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			31	–	32		.492
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍	15	–	14		.517			25	–	30		.455
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍	14	–	15		.483			22	–	27		.449
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			27	–	29		.482
x – Division champion ‡ – Championship Series champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2002^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

Team W–L Pct GB West Division San Diego 18–12 .600 — Portland 16–14 .533 2 Loyola Marymount 15–15 .500 3 San Francisco 9–21 .300 9

Team W–L–T Pct GB Coast Division Pepperdine 18–12 .600 — Santa Clara 15–14 .517 2.5 Saint Mary's 14–15 .483 3.5 Gonzaga 14–16 .467 4

Results

Game One

May 24, 2002

Team	R
San Diego	7
Pepperdine	3

Game Two

May 25, 2002

Team	R
Pepperdine	15
San Diego	4

Game Three

May 26, 2002

Team	R
San Diego	5
Pepperdine	3

References

1. "Baseball Record Book". West Coast Conference. p. 22. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
2. (PDF). Pepperdine Waves. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
3. "Baseball Record Book". West Coast Conference. p. 26. Retrieved October 7, 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}