The West Coast League is a summer wood bat league for college-eligible student-athletes, based in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, dedicated to accelerating prospect development, increasing player exposure and bettering its member communities; by providing best-of-breed leadership, best-in-class competition, best-in-West Coast ballparks, memorable life experiences, and affordable entertainment in an environment that fosters organization, professionalism, promotion, competition, fun and innovation with the utmost integrity and respect for its players and the game.
www.wccbl.com

A Record Fifty-Five West Coast League Players were Chosen In MLB First Year Player Draft.

Fifty-five players from the West Coast League were drafted by Major League clubs in the 2012 Major League First Year Player Draft. That is a new record, bettering the mark of 45 players drafted in the 2011 MLB Draft.
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The West Coast League Portland could be described as a 'minor' league for the WCL. The West Coast league-Portland has six teams playing games at the University of Portland, Concordia University and at MT. Hood CC. The teams are the Bucks, Toros, Stars, Dukes, Lobos and Ports.

Lobos Win 2012 WCL Portland Title; Derek Dixon Captures Triple Crown
With a dramatic, come-from-behind victory in 10 innings, the Portland Lobos beat the Portland Dukes 8-7 for the 2012 WCL Portland league title. Read about the game, as well as Derek Dixon's triple crown by clicking here.

As a native Long Islander I say "Go Seawolves!"

Ducks Fall to Kent State to End Season

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Jimmy Rider drove in the winning run with a shallow pop fly that landed just inside the left-field foul line in the bottom of the ninth, lifting Kent State to a 3-2 win over Oregon on Monday night and sending the Golden Flashes to their first College World Series.

Rider's hit off Oregon closer Jimmie Sherfy fell just out of the reach of shortstop J.J. Altobelli and left fielder Brett Thomas, who appeared to lose track of the ball when it was hit.

Derek Toadvine scored from second base before Thomas could attempt a throw, making Kent State (46-18) the first team from the Mid-American Conference since Eastern Michigan in 1976 to advance past the NCAA super regional for a trip to Omaha.

NCAA Super Regional:
Sat, Jun 09 Kent State 7 Ducks 6
Sun, Jun 10 Ducks 3 Kent State Eugene 2
Mon, Jun 11 Kent State 3 Ducks 2

Interactive Bracket
Ducks Schedule Here
Baseball America Top 25

BELLEVUE, Wash. --- Turner Gill had four hits, Caleb Whalen and Zack McCoy each knocked in three runs and Kyle Kraus picked up career win number 27 as the Portland Pilots ended the season by defeating the Seattle Redhawks 11-1 in a non-conference baseball game on Sunday afternoon at Courter Field. The Pilots took two of three from the Redhawks to conclude the 2012 season with a 27-25 overall record.

Sunday was all Pilots from the beginning as UP scored the game’s first eight runs. In the top of the first inning, Whalen brought home Portland’s first run with an RBI single to left field. Whalen followed with a two-run single in the top of the second to fuel a three-run inning for the Pilots.

Upcoming Schedule:
5/23/2012 Oregon L 2-1
5/25/2012 Seattle W 5-2
5/26/2012 Seattle L 2-1
5/27/2012 Seattle W 11-1
END OF REGULAR SEASON
Pilots baseball Summer camp Schedule
www.portlandpilots.com...baseball

Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore., is honored to serve as host of the 2012 NCAA Division III McMinnville Regional Baseball Tournament May 16-20, 2012 at Roy Helser Field/Jim Wright Stadium.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16
1 Concordia (Texas) 6, (6) Saint John's (Minn.) 3
2 Trinity (Texas) 2, (5) Coe 0
3 Whitworth 5, (4) La Verne 0

THURSDAY, MAY 17
4 Coe 7, Saint John's 2, Saint John's eliminated
5 La Verne 8, Concordia 5
6 Trinity 8, Whitworth 3

FRIDAY, MAY 18
7 Whitworth 5, Concordia 1, Concordia eliminated
8 Coe 5, La Verne 0, La Verne eliminated
9 Whitworth 12, Trinity 0

SATURDAY, MAY 19
10 Trinity 6, Coe 5, 11 innings, Coe eliminated
11 Championship Game: Whitworth 9, Trinity 2
CHAMPIONSHIP, GAME 11: Whitworth 9, Trinity (Texas) 2 - Pirates Advance to NCAA DIII Finals for First Time
www.linfield.edu/sports/2012mcminnvilleregional

EUGENE, Ore. – Behind Anna Bertrand throwing a complete game shutout in the circle and Carly McEachran's fourth home run of the season, the Portland State softball team earned their first NCAA tournament win under head coach Tobin Echo-Hawk with a 2-0 win over Mississippi State Friday afternoon Howe Field in Eugene, Ore.

The Portland State softball team's season then came to an end Friday night as the Vikings fell to the Cougars of Brigham Young University by a score of 2-0 at Howe Field in Eugene, Ore. in a NCAA Eugene Regional elimination game. Bertrand threw a complete game, her 26th of the season. She struck out four in the game for 229 on the season which is the second most in a single-season in Portland State history.

Eugene Regional Bracket

www.goviks.com/index.aspx?path=softball
2012 PORTLAND STATE SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE

SALEM, Va. - It was Stacey Hagensen's moment to shine, and the senior pitcher who had carried Pacific Lutheran to the NCAA Division III Softball Championship title game on Monday afternoon shone as bright as the sun in the Virginia sky.

Hagensen, named the tournament's Most Oustanding Player, shut out the high-powered Linfield offense for the second time this season, limiting the Wildcats to just three hits as Pacific Lutheran won its first-ever NCAA Division III softball championship with a 3-0 win at Moyer Complex.
golutes.com/sports/sball...
www.ncaa.com/brackets/softball/d3

Former Powell Little League and Cleveland High School stand out Leah Butters --->
helped her team get to the post season with four hitless innings in relief a couple weeks ago at Lewis & Clark.

Leah was the 5A Portland Interscholastic League Pitcher of the Year in 2009, 2010 and 2011. She also played for the Oregon Silver Bullets Gold team.

PORTLAND, Ore.—With a flair for the dramatic all tournament, the Menlo Oaks saved the best for last, clinching the NAIA West Tournament with a 5-4, 10-inning win over The College of Idaho on Saturday that ended on a play at the plate.

With the win, Menlo advanced to the NAIA National Championship Opening Round where they'll play a five-team, double elimination tournament for the right to advance to the NAIA World Series.

NAIA West Tournament Schedule

Wed. 5/2/2012
Game 1: Concordia 16 Corban 6
Game 2: Menlo 2 UBC 1
Game 3: College of Idaho 7 Concordia 5

Thurs. 5/3/2012
Game 4: British Columbia 12 Corban 5 Corban eliminated
Game 5: College of Idaho 9 Menlo 2
Game 6: Concordia 7 British Columbia 1 British Columbia eliminated

Fri. 5/4/2012
Game 7: Menlo 6 Concordia 5 (13) Concordia eliminated
Game 8: Menlo 1 College of Idaho 0

Sat. 5/5/2012
Game 9: Menlo 5 College of Idaho 4(10)

Tournament Format
A five-team double elimination tournament will be played on the campus of Concordia University (Ore.) May 2-4 to determine the 2012 NAIA West champion and the automatic representative to the NAIA Championships.

Tournament Qualification
The five-team tournament will be comprised of the top five teams (exclusive of Lewis-Clark State) in the final NAIA West regular season standings.

Tournament Seeding
Teams will be seeded according to regular season finish.
Tournament Bracket
www.gocugo.com...baseball

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.—The Concordia baseball team secured the final playoff spot of the NAIA West playoffs with a doubleheader sweep of Oregon Tech on Saturday.

Concordia claimed the first game 13-12 amidst a wild, back-and-forth game that featured five lead changes. The Cavs then came back with a solid 6-1 win in the nightcap that clinched the playoff spot for the team.

Concordia improved to 22-25 overall and 14-16 in the NAIA West with the wins, while Oregon Tech dropped to 17-32 overall and 10-20 in the NAIA West.

Sat. 4/28/2012 * Oregon Institute of Technology W 13-12, W 6-1
Sun. 4/29/2012 * Oregon Institute of Technology W 14-2, L 7-8
NAIA West Region at Hilken Stadium, Concordia University:
Wed. 5/2/2012 Game 1: #4 Corban vs. #5 Concordia Noon
Wed. 5/2/2012 Game 2: #2 UBC vs. #3 Menlo 3 p.m.
Wed. 5/2/2012 Game 3: Game 1 Winner vs. #1 College of Idaho 6 p.m.
Thu. 5/3/2012 Game 4: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser 9 a.m.
Thu. 5/3/2012 Game 5: Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner Noon
Thu. 5/3/2012 Game 6: Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Winner 3 p.m.
Thu. 5/3/2012 Game 7: Game 5 Loser vs. Game 6 Winner 6 p.m.
Fri. 5/4/2012 Game 8: Game 5 Winner vs. Game 7 Winner Noon
Fri. 5/4/2012 Game 9: Game 8 Winner vs. Game 8 Loser (if necessary) 3 p.m.
www.gocugo.com...baseball
bringtheteamshome.com
Concordia Softball Info Here

Baseball has returned to PSU!

PSU is playing club baseball this year. The Vikings hosted Seattle University this weekend at Marshall High School in SE Portland.

Portland State’s baseball program is in its second year as a club sport. The baseball club is on its way toward joining a conference www.clubbaseball.org with teams like Oregon and Oregon State and hopefully playing in the world series of club baseball in the near future. The club is doing this despite a lack of finances.

With a bright future seemingly in store for baseball at Portland State, President Michael Abramson (Powell Little League, Cleveland HS) hopes for even more.

“I envisioned it as being a Portland State collegiate team,” Abramson said. “My goal was when I graduated it [would be] a school sponsored sports team. Unfortunately, because of Title IX, we can’t do that.”
psuvikingbaseball
psuvanguard.com/sports/baseball-club-looks-to-go-big

First Day of CCC-NWC Challenge Delivers Plethora of Stadium Firsts for Hilken
Offense Rules the Second Day of the CCC-NWC Challenge
Cavs Wrap Up Final Day of CCC-NWC Challenge With Walk-Off Win

PORTLAND, Ore.—The Concordia baseball team capped the Cascade-Northwest Challenge in style with a 5-4 walk-off win over Pacific in the tournament's final game Sunday.

Concordia improved to 6-4 with the win after going 3-0 at the tournament with wins over each of the three other schools.

Also on Sunday, Oregon Tech swept Puget Sound in a doubleheader between the two teams. The Owls beat the Loggers 7-2 in the first game, then 10-1 win in the second.

Next up, Concordia opens its conference schedule with a home series against Patten that begins Friday, March 2 at 6 p.m. The Cavaliers will then host the official grand opening of Hilken Community Stadium Saturday, March 3 before a doubleheader against Patten.

2/24:
Game 1 PACIFIC def. OIT 2-1 (10 INNINGS)
2/25:
Game 2 Concordia def. Puget Sound, 17-10
Game 3 Pacific def. Puget Sound, 17-4
Game 4 Concordia def. Oregon Tech, 11-10
2/25:
Game 5 Oregon Tech def. Puget Sound, 7-2
Game 6 Oregon Tech def. Puget Sound, 10-1
Game 7 Concordia def. Pacific W 5-4
2011 Cascade-NWC Challenge Results

NCAA Division 1 Baseball and Softball

There is a lot of college baseball and softball in the Portland area to enjoy. The '07 and '08 NCAA Baseball Champions, the Oregon State Beavers are in Corvallis and the The University of Oregon in Eugene, restarted their baseball program in '09. They are both in the Pac-10. They each play a few games in Portland at UP every year.

Also Division 1 is the University of Portland Pilots in North Portland. They play in the WCC.
2012 Pilots Baseball Preseason Prospectus

The Portland State Vikings play Division 1 softball in the Pacific coast Softball Conference.

NCAA Division 2 and Division 3

The Western Oregon Wolves are the only Division 2 school in the area. The Wolves compete in the Great NW Athletic Conference

The Northwest Conference, Div. 3 is a 9 team league in the NW. In the Portland area are George Fox, Lewis & Clark, Linfield and Pacific Universities.

NAIA and NWAACC

Concordia University, in NE Portland and Corban College, in Salem play in the Cascade Colligiate Conference of the NAIA.

Clackamas C.C. , Mt Hood C.C. and Clark College in Vancouver play in the NWAACC which is a college level wood bat league.

This is a great site for Division 1 college baseball information. You can easily get all the D1 schedules, scores, standings, links to official sites, national rankings and even historical data since 2003. www.d1baseball.com