1997 Big West Conference Tournament

The 1997 Big West Conference baseball tournament was held May 15-18 at Blair Field in Long Beach, CA. #3 Cal State Fullerton defeated #1 Long Beach State for the title. This would also be the year the tournament format changed from a 4 to a 6 team tournament.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conference Record	Head Coach
1	Long Beach State	26-10	Dave Snow
2	Nevada	25-11	Gary Powers
3	Cal State Fullerton	23-13	George Horton
4	Cal Poly-SLO	20-16	Ritch Price
5	UC Santa Barbara	19-17	Bob Brontsema
6	Pacific	18-18	Quincey Noble

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Finals
	2	Nevada	10
	4	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	6			2	Nevada	10
						3	Cal State Fullerton	11
											3	Cal State Fullerton	8
											4	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	5
						4	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	11
						5	UC Santa Barbara	10
	1	Long Beach State	5													3	Cal State Fullerton	7	15
	5	UC Santa Barbara	1													1	Long Beach State	2	6
						1	Long Beach State	4
						6	Pacific	0
	3	Cal State Fullerton	4								1	Long Beach State	7
	6	Pacific	6								6	Pacific	6
						6	Pacific	8
						2	Nevada	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 15
Game 1	University of Nevada, Reno	10-6	California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
Game 2	University of the Pacific	6-4	California State University, Fullerton
Game 3	California State University, Long Beach	5-1	University of California, Santa Barbara
May 16
Game 4	California State University, Fullerton	11-10	University of Nevada, Reno
Game 5	California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo	11-10	University of California, Santa Barbara	UC Santa Barbara eliminated
Game 6	California State University, Long Beach	4-0	University of the Pacific
May 17
Game 7	University of the Pacific	8-5	University of Nevada, Reno	Nevada eliminated
Game 8	California State University, Fullerton	8-5	California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo	Cal Poly eliminated
Game 9	California State University, Long Beach	7-6	University of the Pacific	Pacific eliminated
May 18
Game 10	California State University, Fullerton	7-2	California State University, Long Beach
Game 11	California State University, Fullerton	15-6	California State University, Long Beach	CSU Fullerton advances to NCAA Tournament