2001 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series

2001 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2001
Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Site	Eddy D. Field Stadium Malibu, California
Champions	Pepperdine (1st title)
Winning coach	Frank Sanchez (1st title)
West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament «2000 2002»

2001 West Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
West
No. 20 Pepperdine x‡y	25	–	5		.833			42	–	18		.700
San Diego	20	–	10		.667			34	–	21		.618
Saint Mary's	10	–	20		.333			18	–	36		.333
Portland	9	–	21		.300			20	–	34		.370
Coast
Gonzaga x	17	–	13		.567			28	–	26		.519
Santa Clara x	17	–	13		.567			23	–	33		.411
San Francisco	14	–	16		.467			28	–	26		.519
Loyola Marymount	8	–	22		.267			21	–	37		.362
x – Division champion ‡ – Championship Series champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2001; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2001 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 18–20, 2000 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 2001 NCAA Division I baseball season. Pepperdine won the series two games to one over Gonzaga and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Seeding

Gonzaga claimed the berth for the Coast Division by winning the season series over Santa Clara two games to one.

Team W–L Pct GB West Division Pepperdine 25–5 .833 — San Diego 20–10 .667 5 Saint Mary's 10–20 .333 15 Portland 9–21 .300 16

Team W–L–T Pct GB Coast Division Gonzaga 17–13 .567 — Santa Clara 17–13 .567 — San Francisco 14–16 .467 3 Loyola Marymount 8–22 .267 9

Results

Game One

May 18, 2001

Team	R
Gonzaga	7
Pepperdine	6

Game Two

May 19, 2001

Team	R
Pepperdine	10
Gonzaga	0

Game Three

May 20, 2001

Team	R
Gonzaga	0
Pepperdine	8