2022 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

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2022 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams7
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions VCU  (3rd title)
Winning coach Shawn Stiffler  (3rd title)
MVP Tyler Locklear (VCU)
2022 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Davidson  2040 .83343130 .768
VCU  y1950 .79242200 .677
Saint Louis  1490 .60929240 .547
Rhode Island  14100 .58320350 .364
George Mason  13110 .54223330 .411
Saint Joseph's  12110 .52229250 .537
Richmond  11130 .45830260 .536
Dayton  10140 .41723270 .460
George Washington  10140 .41722300 .423
Fordham  9150 .37516360 .308
UMass  8160 .33322261 .459
St. Bonaventure  3210 .1256390 .133
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of August 3, 2022 [1] ; Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament will take place from May 24 to 28. [2] The top seven regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field, the home field of Davidson in Davidson, North Carolina. The winner will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [3]

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Seeding and format

The tournament will use the same format adopted in 2014, with the top seven finishers from the regular season seeded one through seven. The top seed will receive a single bye while remaining seeds will play on the first day.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Davidson20–4
2VCU19–5
3Saint Louis14–9
4Rhode Island14–10
5George Mason13–11
6Saint Joseph's12–11
7Richmond11–13

Bracket

 Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
     
 1 Davidson 6
 5 George Mason 2
 4 Rhode Island 3
 5 George Mason 7
 1 Davidson 6
 2 VCU 14
 3 Saint Louis 1
 6 Saint Joseph's 2
 2 VCU 8
 6 Saint Joseph's 4
 2 VCU 42 VCU 10
 7 Richmond 37 Richmond 7
 
 Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
 
 5 George Mason 3
 4 Rhode Island 17 Richmond 71 Davidson 9
 7 Richmond 47 Richmond 167 Richmond 12
 3 Saint Louis 4
 3 Saint Louis 10
 6 Saint Joseph's 6

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References

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  2. "2021-22 Championships Schedule". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
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