West Coast League Announces 2015 Schedule
January 6, 2015 - West Coast League (WCL) News Release
Salem, OR - The West Coast League has announced the release of the 2015 game schedule.
The upcoming season marks the 11th season of WCL baseball in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. The league features the best collegiate baseball players in North America across 12 markets in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.Opening Day will be Friday, June 5, 2015 and will be highlighted by the league champion Bellingham Bells welcoming West Division rival Kitsap BlueJackets to a newly renovated Joe Martin Field.
"We are excited to get this schedule to market," said WCL president Dennis Koho. "Last season more than 400,000 fans came through the gates to see our wonderful players, and we look forward to what we expect will be a record-setting season in 2015. We have 12 great markets that we are excited to be a part of this coming year."
A re-match of the 2014 WCL Championship Series will take place in Corvallis, OR June 9-11, as the Knights will welcome the Bells to Goss Stadium. Other key matchups early in the season include an opening weekend of Canadian baseball as the Kelowna Falcons travel to Victoria to take on the HarbourCats; the Yakima Valley Pippins, fresh off an expansion year and a division title, taking on the Walla Walla Sweets at home June 13-15 (the teams share an ownership team), and the Bend Elks and Knights continue their decade-long rivalry with a big opening weekend series at Vince Genna Stadium.
The league schedule features 54 league games, with each team playing a weighted schedule against division rivals. The WCL will take pause Sunday, July 19 and Monday, July 20, as team and league officials, players and coaches will travel to Bellingham for the 2015 All-Star Game. The regular season will conclude Sunday, August 9. The WCL Playoffs - a four-team tournament to determine the league champion - will begin Tuesday, August 11.
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2015 Regular Season Schedule
DAY
DATE KEL YV WEN WW BEL VIC KIT COW COR BEN KF MED
FRI 6/5/15 @VIC KF MED KIT KEL @BEL @BEN COR @YV @WW
SAT 6/6/15 @VIC KF MED KIT KEL @BEL @BEN COR @YV @WW
SUN 6/7/15 @VIC KF MED KIT KEL @BEL @BEN COR @YV @WW
MON 6/8/15
@MED KF
TUE 6/9/15 YV @KEL @WW WEN @COR KIT @VIC BEN BEL @COW @MED KF
WED 6/10/15 YV @KEL @WW WEN @COR KIT @VIC BEN BEL @COW @MED KF
THU 6/11/15 YV @KEL @WW WEN @COR KIT @VIC BEN BEL @COW
FRI 6/12/15 MED COR @KF @BEN COW @KIT @WEN VIC BEL @KEL
SAT 6/13/15 MED WW COR @YV @KF @BEN COW @KIT @WEN VIC BEL @KEL
SUN 6/14/15 MED WW COR @YV @KF @BEN COW @KIT @WEN VIC BEL @KEL
MON 6/15/15 WW MED @YV @COW VIC
@WEN
TUE 6/16/15 @COR MED @BEL WW @COW VIC YV @KF BEN @WEN
WED 6/17/15 @COR MED @BEL WW @COW VIC YV @KF BEN @WEN
THU 6/18/15 @COR @BEL WW MED YV @KF BEN @KIT
FRI 6/19/15 @YV KEL @BEL KF WEN COW MED @VIC BEN @COR @WW @KIT
SAT 6/20/15 @YV KEL @BEL KF WEN COW MED @VIC BEN @COR @WW @KIT
SUN 6/21/15 @YV KEL @BEL KF WEN COW @VIC BEN @COR @WW
MON 6/22/15
TUE 6/23/15 BEL @WEN YV @COW @KEL @KIT VIC WW @BEN COR
WED 6/24/15 BEL @WEN YV @COW @KEL @KIT VIC WW @BEN COR
THU 6/25/14 BEL @WEN YV @COW @KEL @KIT VIC WW @BEN COR
FRI 6/26/15 @YV KEL
@VIC @KF KIT WEN @BEL @BEN @MED COW WW COR
SAT 6/27/15 @YV KEL
@VIC @KF KIT WEN @BEL @BEN @MED COW WW COR
SUN 6/28/15 @YV KEL
@VIC @KF KIT WEN @BEL @BEN @MED COW WW COR
MON 6/29/15 @KIT
KEL @MED
COW
TUE 6/30/15 @KIT @BEL @WW WEN YV KEL @MED @KF BEN COW
WED 7/1/15 @KIT @BEL @WW WEN YV KEL @MED @KF BEN COW
THU 7/2/15 @COW @BEL @WW WEN YV
KEL @KF BEN
FRI 7/3/15 @COW WW KF @YV @KIT @COR BEL KEL VIC MED @WEN @BEN
SAT 7/4/15 @COW WW KF @YV @KIT @COR BEL KEL VIC MED @WEN @BEN
SUN 7/5/15 WW KF @YV @KIT @COR BEL VIC MED @WEN @BEN
MON 7/6/15 KF @WW BEN YV COW KIT @VIC @BEL @MED @WEN @KEL COR
TUE 7/7/15 KF @WW BEN YV COW KIT @VIC @BEL @MED @WEN @KEL COR
WED 7/8/15 KF @WW BEN YV COW KIT @VIC @BEL @MED @WEN @KEL COR
THU 7/9/15
@COW
@COR WEN KIT
FRI 7/10/15 WW @COW @KEL @KF @COR WEN KIT MED VIC @BEN
SAT 7/11/15 WW @COW @KEL @KF @COR WEN KIT MED VIC @BEN
SUN 7/12/15 WW
@KEL @KF
MED VIC @BEN
MON 7/13/15 @WEN @KIT KEL @COW @MED YV BEL KF @COR VIC
TUE 7/14/15 @WEN @KIT KEL @COW @MED YV BEL KF @COR VIC
WED 7/15/15 @WEN @KIT KEL @COW @MED YV BEL KF @COR VIC
THU 7/16/15 WEN COR @KEL BEN @VIC BEL @MED @KF @YV @WW COW KIT
FRI 7/17/15 WEN COR @KEL BEN @VIC BEL @MED @KF @YV @WW COW KIT
SAT 7/18/15 WEN COR @KEL BEN @VIC BEL @MED @KF @YV @WW COW KIT
SUN 7/19/15 ASG BREAK ** ASG BREAK ** ASG BREAK ** ASG BREAK **
MON 7/20/15 ALL STAR GAME BELL ING HAM, WA ALL STAR GAME
TUE 7/21/15 @WW BEN @KIT KEL VIC @BEL WEN @COR COW @YV MED @KF
WED 7/22/15 @WW BEN @KIT KEL VIC @BEL WEN @COR COW @YV MED @KF
THU 7/23/15 @WW BEN @KIT KEL VIC @BEL WEN @COR COW @YV MED @KF
FRI 7/24/15 BEN @WEN YV @VIC @MED WW @COW KIT @KF @KEL COR BEL
SAT 7/25/15 BEN @WEN YV @VIC @MED WW @COW KIT @KF @KEL COR BEL
SUN 7/26/15 BEN @WEN YV @VIC @MED WW @COW KIT @KF @KEL COR BEL
MON 7/27/15 MED @KIT @BEN WW
BEL @YV
TUE 7/28/15 WEN MED @KEL @KIT @BEN COW WW @VIC KF BEL @COR @YV
WED 7/29/15 WEN MED @KEL @KIT @BEN COW WW @VIC KF BEL @COR @YV
THU 7/30/15 WEN @KEL
COW @VIC KF @COR
FRI 7/31/15 @BEL @COW VIC KEL @WEN @KF YV @MED KIT BEN
SAT 8/1/15 @BEL @COW VIC COR KEL @WEN @KF YV @WW @MED KIT BEN
SUN 8/2/15 @BEL @COW VIC COR KEL @WEN @KF YV @WW @MED KIT BEN
MON 8/3/15 @VIC COR YV @BEN @WW KIT
TUE 8/4/15 COR @VIC WW @WEN @COW YV @BEN BEL @KEL KIT @MED KF
WED 8/5/15 COR @VIC WW @WEN @COW YV @BEN BEL @KEL KIT @MED KF
THU 8/6/15 COR WW @WEN @COW
BEL @KEL @MED KF
FRI 8/7/15 @WW WEN @YV KEL VIC @BEL COW @KIT MED KF @BEN @COR
SAT 8/8/15 @WW WEN @YV KEL VIC @BEL COW @KIT MED KF @BEN @COR
SUN 8/9/15 @WW WEN @YV KEL VIC @BEL COW @KIT MED KF @BEN @COR
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About the West Coast League:
The West Coast League is among the nation's best for summer college baseball. The professional style wood-bat league features pro prospects from major conferences across the country. 210 WCL alums played affiliated professional baseball last season, and 23 ex-WCL stars played in the Major Leagues last season, including Marco Gonzales (St. Louis/Wenatchee), Bud Norris (Baltimore/Corvallis), and Andrew Susac and Matt Duffy (San Francisco Giants/Corvallis). For more information on the league, please visit www.westcoastleague.com .
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