1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Baseball Championship Series

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.

1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Baseball Tournament
Teams2
FormatBest of three series
Finals site
ChampionsFresno State (1st title)
Winning coachBob Bennett (1st title)
MVP,
1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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 Tigers baseball  ‍‍‍ 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

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

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]

TeamWLPCTGB
North Division
Fresno State237.767
–
San Jose State1614.533
7
UC Santa Barbara1614.533
7
Pacific621.200
15.5
TeamWLPCTGB
South Division
Cal State Fullerton219.700
–
UNLV1713.567
4
UC Irvine1116.367
8.5
Long Beach State723.233
14

Game results
May 17, 1985
TeamR
Cal State Fullerton7
#18 Fresno State9
May 18, 1985
TeamR
Cal State Fullerton6
#18 Fresno State14

References
  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.
  3. Big West Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big West Conference. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1985". boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
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