USD Baseball 2004

WEST COAST CONFERENCE

wee CHAMPIONS ~ DJ2 2001 20CO 1999 1998 1997 19% 1995 1994 1993 1992 SanDiego SanDiego Peppe1dine Loyola Maiymount Loyola Maiymount Loyola Maiymount Santa Clara Santa Clara Pepperdine Santa Clara Pepperdine Pepperdine Pepperdine Loyola Maiymount

2004 wee Preseason Coaches Poll

Final 2003 wee Standings

West Division 1. Pepperdine* (7) 2. Santa Clara 3 San Francisco

West wee GB 1&12

49 ¾ 23

Overall 32-30 25-31 26-30 9-43-1

*!San Diego San Francisco L. Marymount Portland

17-13 1.0 13-17 5.0 5-24-1 12.5

4. Portland

9

Coast Division 1.SanDiego(l)

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2. Loyola Maiymount

Coast wee GB

1991 19',X) 1989 1988 1587 1986 1985

3. Gonzaga

Overall 35-23 25-31

4. SaintMaiy's 13 *Projected WCC Champions (first place votes)

Pepperdine Pepperdine Pepperdine Loyola Maiymount

*Pepperdine Santa Clara

23-7 21-9

2 14-16 9 8-21-1 14.5

26-25-1 18-28-1

Gonzaga St. Mary's

Pepperdine Pepperdine

• Qualified for NCAA Tournament 1 Clinched wee Championship

*The West Coast Conference has existed for baseball from 1968-76 and 1985-Present. USO joined the baseball league in 1985. The eight-team WCC baseball league as we know it has been in ex istence since 1996 when Portland and Gonzaga were added, both making the move from the Pac- IONorth . The current two-division format began in 1999. Prior to 1985 USO was a member of the Southern Cali fornia Baseball Association, initiating Division I play in 1979.

San Diego defeated Pepperdine (three games) in Malibu in the 2003 wee Championship Series

2003 wee BAITING LEADERS

H 67 83 78 83 73 53 90 55 57 66

Player

16 HR RBI

28

R

AVG

G

AB

14 0

18 42

.394 52 .382 52 .358 56 356 62 .349 56 .349 53 .346 62 340 53 .339 50 .338 53

170 45 217 50 218 42 233 66 209 39 152 31 260 60 162 40 168 29 195 42

1. Dierks, SCU 2. Corder, GON 3. Byrne,* SMC 4. Perez, USD 5. Higashi,* LMU Sittauer USF 7. Prast,• USD 8. Whitesell , LMU 9. Evans, GON 10. Casto, GON

22

0 14 57

46 35 40 28

15 2 5

11

1 7 1 0 2 1

7

13

26 1 12 57 19 0 15 47 6 0 4 23

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18 0 13

55

Tony Perez led 1he wee wit h 66 runs scored in 200:\. one shy o f a USD school record.

• Returns for 2004 season Bold- Indicates League Leader

2003 wee PITCHING LEADERS Player

ER BB so

ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP 2.63 2-1 32 1 0 3 37.2 34 H

1. Kleen,• PEP 2. Boesch,* PEP 3. Ramirez, PEP

11 27

11

283 7-5 16 16 1 0 98 2 105 31 35 55 2.88 9-3 16 16 4 0 122.0 117 39 26 98 2.88 8-5 16 12 3 1 90.2 91 29 34 81 3.00 4-4 29 0 0 1048.0 41 16 24 47

Dworkis,* GON 5. Overholt,* SCU 6. McConnel l,* SCU

318 4-4 14 12 0 0 51.0 45 18 17 46 7. Diefenderfer, SCU 3.40 8-3 17 10 2 0 87.1 94 33 12 69 8. Ann is, USF 341 7-3 19 6 1 2 68.2 57 26 29 62 9. Barrack,* PEP 3.44 9-3 16 16 1 0 99.1 110 38 37 82 10. Cle lland,* GON 3.51 4-5 16 12 3 2 89 2 90 35 24 58 • Returns for 200s season Bold- l1ldicates League Leader

... ✓- ·0-1 senior BrianJones played a major role as CSD's set- up man last year. holding an ERA of under three for a better part of the 2003 season.

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