Gonzaga Baseball Dominates Path to Final West Coast Conference Regular-Season Title
Gonzaga isn’t just a high academic institution and basketball powerhouse. It’s much more than that.
On a beautiful day at Benedetti Stadium, the home of the San Francisco Dons (22-26, 13-10 WCC), the Gonzaga Bulldogs (31-17, 18-5 WCC) clinched the West Coast Conference regular-season title and the No. 1 seed for the upcoming West Coast Conference Tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona. This was Gonzaga’s first regular-season conference title since 2022.
It wasn’t pretty for the Dons on the Hilltop from the first inning. In fact, it turned into a bloodbath after the first two innings, making a 12-0 statement. The sealing win for the Zags came in a rout fashion, 13-0.
Scenes from the Hilltop as the Zags celebrate being on top of the West Coast Conference one final time. @ZagBaseball pic. twitter.
com/l0Ma3btPDG — The Slipper Still Fits (@slipperstillfit) May 9, 2026 Gonzaga’s offensive firepower has lived up to the hype throughout the season and more, behind coach Mark Machtolf’s top-half of the lineup. Graduate Ricky Sanchez (Brooks Wallace Award candidate, given to the best shortstop in college baseball), redshirt junior third baseman Mikey Bell (reigning West Coast Conference Player of the Year), junior left fielder Ryder Young, junior designated hitter Maddox Haley, and redshirt senior right fielder Noah Meffert. It’s a cycle of fierce competitors and diverse personalities in the dugout, with extreme confidence to go along.