Following Thursday night’s loss to Loyola Marymount to open the West Coast Conference tournament, the mountain BYU baseball had to climb to win the automatic NCAA tournament bid was described by BYU head coach Mike Littlewood as “virtually impossible” on BYU Sports Nation.
The Cougars had to win 4 games in 2 days. They did just that.
Eliminating every single one of their foes in the WCC tournament.
St. Mary’s College first. Next, Loyola Marymount. Finally, Gonzaga.
The Cougars did it with pitching, hitting and fielding.
On Friday, the Cougars started with St.