Pacific Coast Softball Conference
| Pacific Coast Softball Conference (PCSC) |
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|---|---|
| Established | 2002 |
| Dissolved | 2013 |
| Association | NCAA |
| Division | Division I |
| Members | 6 (at formation) 12 (maximum) 7 (final) |
| Sports fielded | Women's softball |
| Region | Western United States |
| Commissioner | Ellen Moore (at dissolution) |
| Website | pacificcoastsoftball.com |
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The Pacific Coast Softball Conference (PCSC) was an NCAA Division I conference that only sponsored women's softball. It was founded in 2002, beginning play in spring 2003, with six members in the Western United States. The PCSC expanded to 12 members for the 2009–10 school year, and maintained that size for three seasons, but major conference realignment first decimated the conference and then led to its demise after the 2013 softball season.
The conference was founded in 2002 as a six-team league. Four of the charter members—Loyola Marymount University, Saint Mary's College of California, the University of San Diego, and Santa Clara University—were members of the West Coast Conference. The other two founding members, Portland State University and California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State), were full members of the Big Sky Conference. The conference doubled in size in 2009 (2010 season), with California State University, Bakersfield (Cal State Bakersfield), Idaho State University, the University of Northern Colorado, Seattle University, Utah Valley University, and Weber State University joining.
In 2010, members were split into two divisions: Coastal and Mountain. Members of the Coastal division were Cal State Bakersfield, Loyola Marymount, Sacramento State, San Diego, Santa Clara and Saint Mary’s. Members of the Mountain division were Idaho State, Northern Colorado, Portland State, Seattle, Utah Valley and Weber State. The division champions faced each other in a best-of-three series to determine the conference champion. The conference champion received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. In the league's final season of 2013, after the conference dropped from 12 to 7 members, the divisional alignment was scrapped and the top team in the conference standings received the PCSC's automatic bid.
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