1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Baseball Championship Series

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1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association
baseball tournament
Teams2
FormatBest of three series
Finals site
ChampionsFresno State (1st title)
Winning coachBob Bennett (1st title)
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1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Division
No. 12 Fresno State  x‍‍‡‍y 23 – 7   .767 43 – 22   .662
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533 24 – 34   .414
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533 37 – 22   .627
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21   .222 16 – 36   .308
South Division
Cal State Fullerton  x‍‍‍ 21 – 9   .700 36 – 22   .621
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 40 – 21   .656
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 24 – 31   .436
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 23   .233 22 – 42   .344
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1985[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Baseball Championship Series, pitted the regular season division champions to determine the Pacific Coast Athletic Association baseball champion for the 1985 season. Fresno State and Cal State Fullerton met in a best of three series at Fresno State's Pete Beiden Field on May 17–18, 1985.

This was the league's first postseason championship event, and also the first year that the league and the West Coast Conference ended their partnership in baseball by dissolving their joint divisions. The PCAA is now known as the Big West Conference.[2]

Fresno State claimed wins in the first two games to win the conference championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Format and teams[edit]

The division winners from the league's pair of four team divisions from the regular season met in the best of three series held at the home field of the division winner with the better conference record.[4]

Team W L PCT GB
North Division
Fresno State 23 7 .767
–
San Jose State 16 14 .533
7
UC Santa Barbara 16 14 .533
7
Pacific 6 21 .200
15.5
Team W L PCT GB
South Division
Cal State Fullerton 21 9 .700
–
UNLV 17 13 .567
4
UC Irvine 11 16 .367
8.5
Long Beach State 7 23 .233
14

Game results[edit]

May 17, 1985
Team R
Cal State Fullerton 7
#18 Fresno State 9
May 18, 1985
Team R
Cal State Fullerton 6
#18 Fresno State 14

References[edit]

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1985". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  2. ^ The Record Book (PDF). Cal State Fullerton. p. 138. Retrieved December 31, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Big West Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big West Conference. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 14, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  4. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1985". boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
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