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Conference | Summit League |
Record | 16–29 (10–14 Summit) |
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Assistant coach | Greg Nesbitt (1st season) |
Hitting coach | Tanner Vavra (4th season) |
Pitching coach | Neal Kunik (1st season) |
Home stadium | Koch Diamond |
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North Dakota State † | 17 | – | 5 | .773 | 31 | – | 19 | .620 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oral Roberts ‡y | 17 | – | 7 | .708 | 38 | – | 18 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 13 | – | 9 | .591 | 22 | – | 23 | .489 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Omaha | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 26 | – | 31 | .456 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Thomas* | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 16 | – | 29 | .356 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Colorado | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | 12 | – | 39 | .235 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 5 | – | 19 | .208 | 8 | – | 44 | .154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 2024 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball |
The St. Thomas Tommies baseball team was a baseball team that represented the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tommies were members of the Summit League and played their home games at Koch Diamond in Saint Paul, Minnesota. They were led by thirteenth-year head coach Chris Olean.
The Tommies finished the 2021 NCAA Division III baseball season 37–10 overall (17–2 conference) and first place in conference standings. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Tommies were selected to play in the 2021 NCAA Tournament, beginning in the Collegeville Regional. The Tommies would eventually win the Regional advancing to the College World Series, where they lost in the National Championship Series 0–2 to Salisbury Sea Gulls.
For the 2022 poll, St. Thomas was projected to finish in seventh in the Conference. [2]
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1 | Oral Roberts | 36 (6) |
2 | North Dakota State | 31 (1) |
3 | Omaha | 24 |
4 | South Dakota State | 23 |
5 | Northern Colorado | 13 |
6 | Western Illinois | 12 |
7 | St. Thomas | 8 |
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Graham Laubscher | Pitcher of the Week | April 11, 2022 | [48] |
Kolby Gartner | Pitcher of the Week | April 25, 2022 | [49] |
Sam Kulesa | Player of the Week | May 2, 2022 | [50] |
Brigs Richartz | Player of the Week | May 23, 2022 | [51] |
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