Tournament play will begin Thursday afternoon in Stockton, Calif. at 3 p.m. when Gonzaga (31-18, 20-7) faces the 4th seed Saint Mary’s Gaels (37-18, 18-9). Eli Morgan will likely take the mound for the Zags, looking to follow up his strong regular season in which he went 9-2 with a 2.85 earned run average, amassing 128 strikeouts en route to first-team all WCC honors.
In a showdown between two teams with identical conference records, the 2nd seed LMU Lions (37-18, 20-7) will face the third-seeded Cougars of BYU (33-18, 20-7) on Thursday at 7 p.m. The winners of Thursday’s first two games will face one another on Friday at 3:30 p.