2026 Big West Conference Tournament

The 2026 Big West Conference baseball tournament was held May 20-24 at Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark in Irvine, CA. #2 California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo defeated #3 University of California, San Diego for the title. Nick Bonn of Cal Poly SLO was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of California, Santa Barbara	22-8	Andrew Checketts
2	California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo	22-8	Larry Lee
3	University of California, San Diego	18-12	Eric Newman
4	University of Hawai'i at Manoa	16-14	Rich Hill
5	California State University, Fullerton	15-15	Jason Dietrich

Results

Bracket

	First Round single elimination					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	UC Santa Barbara	7
	4	Hawai'i	1			5	CSU Fullerton	4
	5	CSU Fullerton	5								1	UC Santa Barbara	2
											2	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	4
						2	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	1
		xx				3	UC San Diego	0
		xx														2	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	2	4
																3	UC San Diego	12	3
						Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
											1	UC Santa Barbara	0
						5	CSU Fullerton	1			3	UC San Diego	7
						3	UC San Diego	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 20
Game 1	California State University, Fullerton	5-1	University of Hawai'i at Manoa	Hawaii eliminated
May 21
Game 2	University of California, Santa Barbara	7-4	California State University, Fullerton
Game 3	California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo	1-0	University of California, San Diego
May 22
Game 4	California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo	4-2	University of California, Santa Barbara
Game 5	University of California, San Diego	5-1	California State University, Fullerton	CSU Fullerton eliminated
May 23
Game 6	University of California, San Diego	7-0	University of California, Santa Barbara	UC Santa Barbara eliminated
Game 7	University of California, San Diego	12-2	California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
May 24
Game 8	California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo	4-3	University of California, San Diego	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Nick Bonn, Cal Poly
• Gabe Camacho, UC San Diego
• Jackson Flora, UC Santa Barbara
• Cam Hoiland, Cal Poly
• Alex Leopard, UC San Diego
• Isaiah Magdaleno, Hawai'i
• Nick Miller, Cal State Fullerton
• Griffin Naess, Cal Poly
• Mikiah Negrete, Cal State Fullerton
• Corden Pettey, Cal Poly
• Nathan Ries, UC San Diego
• Nate Vargas, UC Santa Barbara

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