2002 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series

2002 West Coast Conferencebaseball 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)

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 championy – Invited to the NCAA tournamentAs of June 30, 2002^[1]Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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]

Seeding

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

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

^"Baseball Record Book". West Coast Conference. p. 22. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
^"2011 Baseball Record Book"(PDF). Pepperdine Waves. p. 17. Archived from the original(PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
^"Baseball Record Book". West Coast Conference. p. 26. Retrieved October 7, 2017.