2022 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament

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2022 Colonial Athletic Association
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatModified Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
2022 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
College of Charleston  1950 .79237200 .649
UNC Wilmington  1590 .62531240 .564
Hofstra  y1590 .62530210 .588
William & Mary  14100 .58326230 .531
James Madison*  12110 .52227260 .509
Northeastern  10140 .41731291 .516
Elon  9140 .39127280 .491
Delaware  8150 .34826260 .500
Towson  4190 .17414390 .264
*Ineligible for the 2022 Tournament due to postseason ban imposed by the CAA.
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of September 21, 2022 [1] ; Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament will be held at Walter C. Latham Park in Elon, North Carolina from May 25 through May 29. The winner of the tournament will earn the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [2] [3]

Contents

Seeding and format

Continuing the format adopted in 2012, the top six finishers from the regular season will compete in the modified double-elimination tournament.

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 College of Charleston 5
4 William & Mary 25 Northeastern 6
5 Northeastern 35 Northeastern 7
3 Hofstra 810
2 UNC Wilmington 3
3 Hofstra 53 Hofstra 4
6 Elon 4
3 Hofstra 7
5 Northeastern 6
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1 College of Charleston 3
1 College of Charleston 65 Northeastern 6
2 UNC Wilmington 36 Elon 1
4 William & Mary 36 Elon 13
6 Elon 6

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#Score
Wednesday, May 25
111:00amNo. 4 William & Mary vs No. 5 Northeastern 2-3 [4]
23:00pmNo. 3 Hofstra vs No. 6 Elon 5-4 [5]
Thursday, May 26
311:00amLoser Game 1 No. 4 William & Mary vs Loser Game 2 No. 6 Elon Elimination Game3-6 [6]
43:00pmNo. 1 College of Charleston vs No. 5 Northeastern 5-6 [7]
57:00pmNo. 2 UNC Wilmington vs No. 3 Hofstra 3-4 [8]
Friday, May 27 [9]
65:15pmWinner Game 3 No. 6 Elon vs Loser of Game 4/5 (lower seed) No. 2 UNC Wilmington Elimination Game
78:00pmWinner Game 6 vs Loser of Game 4/5 (higher seed) No. 1 College of Charleston Elimination Game
Saturday, May 28
8TBDWinner Game 4 No. 5 Northeastern vs Winner of Game 5 No. 3 Hofstra
91:00pmWinner of Game 7 vs Loser of Game 8 Elimination Game
105:00pmWinner of Game 8 vs Winner of Game 9
Sunday, May 29 If Necessary
111:00pmWinner of Game 10 vs Loser of Game 10 If Necessary
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

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