2022 Summit League Baseball Tournament

Last updated
2022 Summit League
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Oral Roberts  (20th title)
Winning coach Ryan Folmar  (5th title)
MVPHolden Breeze (Oral Roberts)
TelevisionMidco SN+
2022 Summit League baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North Dakota State  175 .7733119 .620
Oral Roberts  y177 .7083818 .679
South Dakota State  139 .5912223 .489
Omaha  1212 .5002631 .456
St. Thomas  1014 .4171629 .356
Northern Colorado  816 .3331239 .235
Western Illinois  519 .208844 .154
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 31, 2022 [1] ; Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Summit League Baseball Tournament took place from May 26-29, 2022. It initially was supposed to start on May 25, but the tournament was pushed back a day due to inclement weather in the area. The top four regular-season teams of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at J. L. Johnson Stadium on the campus of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [2] The winner of the tournament, Oral Roberts, earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

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Standings and Seeding

The top four teams from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage during the double round-robin regular season. The teams then play a double-elimination tournament.

PlaceSeedTeamConferenceOverall
WL %WL %
11 North Dakota State 175.7733017.638
22 Oral Roberts 177.7083518.660
33 South Dakota State 139.5912221.512
44 Omaha 1212.5002429.453
5 St. Thomas 1014.4171629.356
6 Northern Colorado 816.3331239.235
7 Western Illinois 519.208844.154

Reference: [3]

Results

First Round
May 26/27
MidcoSN
Semi-Finals
May 27/28
MidcoSN
Finals
May 29
MidcoSN
          
1 North Dakota State 2
4 Omaha 10
4 Omaha 8
2Oral Roberts12
2 Oral Roberts 9
3 South Dakota State 4
2 Oral Roberts21
4 Omaha 2
1 North Dakota State 3
4Omaha5
1North Dakota State7
3 South Dakota State 4

Reference: [4] [5]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the all-tournament team: [6]

PlayerSchool
Holden Breeze (MVP)Oral Roberts
Mac McCroskeyOral Roberts
Kaleb McCulloughOral Roberts
Jackson LoftinOral Roberts
Jake McMurrayOral Roberts
Noah GreiseOmaha
Caleb RiedelOmaha
Jack LombardiOmaha
Harrison KreilingOmaha
Eduardo RosarioOmaha
Cade FeeneyNorth Dakota State
Druw SackettNorth Dakota State
Henry GeorgeSouth Dakota State

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