2023 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament

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2023 Colonial Athletic Association
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatModified Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions UNC Wilmington  (7th title)
Winning coach Randy Hood  (1st title)
MVP Dillon Lifrieri (UNC Wilmington)
2023 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UNC Wilmington  y208 .7143121 .596
Elon  199 .6793220 .615
Northeastern  y2010 .6674112 .774
Charleston  1812 .6003420 .630
Delaware  1713 .5672927 .518
William & Mary  1515 .5003223 .582
Stony Brook  1416 .4672329 .442
Hofstra  1315 .4642626 .500
North Carolina A&T  1117 .3931928 .404
Towson  723 .2331937 .339
Monmouth  622 .2141630 .348
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 20, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament was held at The Ballpark at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, from May 24 through 27. UNC Wilmington won their seventh Colonial Athletic Association baseball championship and third championship in the past five tournaments. With the win, they also earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 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
5Delaware0
5 Delaware 71 UNC Wilmington 3
4 College of Charleston 43Northeastern5
1UNC Wilmington610
3Northeastern2
6 William & Mary 02 Elon 1
3 Northeastern 6
3Northeastern4
1UNC Wilmington5
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Elon8
4College of Charleston53Northeastern14
5Delaware22Elon10
6William & Mary14College of Charleston5
4College of Charleston2

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreNotesReference
Wednesday, May 24
112:00pmNo. 4 College of Charleston vs No. 5 Delaware 4–7 [4]
24:00pmNo. 3 Northeastern vs No. 6 William & Mary 6–0 [5]
Thursday, May 25
311:00amNo. 6 William & Mary vs No. 4 College of Charleston1–2William & Mary eliminated [6]
43:00pmNo. 1 UNC Wilmington vs No. 4 Delaware3–0 [7]
57:00pmNo. 2 Elon vs No. 3 Northeastern1–2 [8]
Friday, May 26
69:00amNo. 4 College of Charleston vs No. 5 Delaware5–2Delaware eliminated [9]
712:30pmNo. 2 Elon vs. No. 4 College of Charleston10–5College of Charleston eliminated [10]
84:20pmNo. 3 Northeastern vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington5-6 (10) [11]
Saturday, May 27 no games due to weather [12]
Sunday, May 28
91:00pmNo. 2 Elon vs No. 3 Northeastern8–14Elon eliminated [13]
105:00pmNo. 3 Northeastern vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington4–5UNC Wilmington wins championship [14]
11Rematch (not necessary)
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

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