2022 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament

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2022 ASUN Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
Formatsee below
Finals site
Champions Kennesaw State  (2nd title)
Winning coachRyan Coe (1st title)
Television ESPN+
2022 ASUN Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Liberty  x‍‍‍y19–11 .63337–21 .638
Kennesaw State  x‍‍‡‍y19–11 .63335–26 .574
Florida Gulf Coast  ‍‍‍17–13 .56735–23 .603
Jacksonville  ‍‍‍13–16 .44827–28 .491
North Florida  ‍‍‍11–18 .37922–33 .400
Stetson  ‍‍‍10–20 .33326–29 .473
West
Eastern Kentucky  x‍‍‍20–10 .66738–20 .655
Lipscomb  x‍‍‍20–10 .66735–23 .603
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍19–11 .63327–28 .491
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍18–12 .60024–29 .453
Bellarmine  ‍‍‍8–22 .26711–43 .204
North Alabama  ‍‍‍5–25 .16712–41 .226
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 2, 2022 [1] ; Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament will be held at Swanson Stadium, home field of the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles baseball team in Fort Myers, Florida from May 24 through 28. The winner of the tournament will claim the ASUN Conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [2]

Contents

Format and seeding

The two division winners plus the next two top teams by the RPI will be placed in Pool A, while the next four teams by RPI will be placed in Pool B. Each pool will play a round-robin schedule, with the top three teams from Pool A and the Pool B winner advancing to the single-elimination semifinals, with the semifinal winners meeting for the championship. The Pool A winner will play the Pool B winner in one semifinal and the Pool A runner-up will play the Pool A third place in the other semifinal. [3]

Bracket and results

Pool A

LIBLIPKSUFGCU
1 Liberty W 10–2 [4] W 12–6 [5] W 4–3 [6]
2 Lipscomb L 2–10 [7] W 12–10 [8] L 3–6 [9]
3 Kennesaw State L 6–12 [10] L 10–12 [11] W 7-6 [12]
4 Florida Gulf Coast L 3–4 [13] W 6–3 [14] L 6–7 [15]

Pool B

JUEKUUNFJSU
1 Jacksonville L 2–5 [16] L 3–9 [17] L 4–8 [18]
2 Eastern Kentucky W 5–2 [19] W 5–3 [20] W 7–4 [21]
3 North Florida W 9–3 [22] L 3–5 [23]
4 Jacksonville State W 8–4 [24] L 4–7 [25]

Semifinals and final

Semifinals Finals
      
1 Liberty 18
6 Eastern Kentucky 9
1 Liberty 6
3 Kennesaw State 10
2 Lipscomb 4
3 Kennesaw State 6

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  2. ↑ "2022 ASUN BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
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  12. ↑ "FGCU vs. Kennesaw State - Box Score - 5/26/2022".
  13. ↑ "FGCU vs. Liberty - Box Score - 5/24/2022".
  14. ↑ "FGCU vs. Lipscomb - Box Score - 5/25/2022".
  15. ↑ "FGCU vs. Kennesaw State - Box Score - 5/26/2022".
  16. ↑ "Eastern Kentucky vs. Jacksonville - Box Score - 5/26/2022".
  17. ↑ "North Florida vs. Jacksonville - Box Score - 5/25/2022".
  18. ↑ "Jacksonville State vs. Jacksonville - Box Score - 5/24/2022".
  19. ↑ "Eastern Kentucky vs. Jacksonville - Box Score - 5/26/2022".
  20. ↑ "North Florida vs. Eastern Kentucky - Box Score - 5/24/2022".
  21. ↑ "Jacksonville State vs. Eastern Kentucky - Box Score - 5/25/2022".
  22. ↑ "North Florida vs. Jacksonville - Box Score - 5/25/2022".
  23. ↑ "North Florida vs. Eastern Kentucky - Box Score - 5/24/2022".
  24. ↑ "Jacksonville State vs. Jacksonville - Box Score - 5/24/2022".
  25. ↑ "Jacksonville State vs. Eastern Kentucky - Box Score - 5/25/2022".
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