2022 Horizon League baseball tournament

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2022 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Wright State Raiders
Winning coachAlex Sogard
MVP Zane Harris ()
2022 Horizon League baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Wright State  y209 .6903025 .545
Oakland  1811 .6213127 .534
UIC  1411 .5602225 .468
Purdue Fort Wayne  1315 .4641836 .333
Youngstown State  1216 .4292136 .368
Northern Kentucky  1117 .3931935 .352
Milwaukee  917 .3462029 .408
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of March 15, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 28. The top six of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Nischwitz Stadium in Fairborn, Ohio, home field of Wright State. The winner of the tournament earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3]

Contents

Seeding and format

The league's teams were seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The bottom four seeds participated in a play-in round, with winners advancing to a double-elimination tournament also including the top two seeds.

Bracket

Play-In Round

Team R
#6 Northern Kentucky 3
#3 UIC 2
Team R
#5 Youngstown State 6
#4 Purdue Fort Wayne 0

Double-Elimination Rounds

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1 Wright State 18
6 Northern Kentucky 4
1 Wright State 14
2 Oakland 3
2 Oakland 2
5 Youngstown State 0
1 Wright State 24
2 Oakland 0
Lower round 1Lower final
2 Oakland 4
6 Northern Kentucky 75 Youngstown State 2
5 Youngstown State 11

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#Score
Wednesday, May 25
112:00pmNo. 4 Purdue Fort Wayne vs No. 5 Youngstown State 0-6 [4]
24:00pmNo. 3 UIC vs No. 6 Northern Kentucky 2-3 [5]
Thursday, May 26
310:00amNo. 1 Wright State vs No. 6 Northern Kentucky 18-4 [6]
42:00pmNo. 2 Oakland vs No. 5 Youngstown State 2-0 [7]
Friday, May 27
512:00pmLoser Game 3 No. 6 Northern Kentucky vs Loser Game 4 No. 5 Youngstown State Elimination Game7-11 [8]
64:00pmWinner Game 3 No. 1 Wright State vs Winner Game 4 No. 2 Oakland 14-3 [9]
78:00pmWinner Game 5 No. 5 Youngstown State vs Loser Game 6 No. 2 Oakland Elimination Game2-4 [10]
Saturday, May 28
812:00pmWinner Game 6 No. 1 Wright State vs Winner Game 7 No. 2 Oakland 24-0 [11]
94:00pmWinner Game 8 vs Loser Game 8 If Necessary
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

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