2022 Horizon League baseball tournament
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| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Wright State Raiders |
| Winning coach | Alex Sogard |
| MVP | Zane Harris () |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wright State †‡y | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | 30 | – | 25 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | 31 | – | 27 | .534 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 14 | – | 11 | .560 | 22 | – | 25 | .468 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue Fort Wayne | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | 18 | – | 36 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | 21 | – | 36 | .368 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Kentucky | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | 19 | – | 35 | .352 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 9 | – | 17 | .346 | 20 | – | 29 | .408 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 3, 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]
Seeding and format
[edit]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
[edit]Play-In Round
[edit]| Team | R |
|---|---|
| #6 Northern Kentucky | 3 |
| #3 UIC | 2 |
| Team | R |
|---|---|
| #5 Youngstown State | 6 |
| #4 Purdue Fort Wayne | 0 |
Double-Elimination Rounds
[edit]| First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 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 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Oakland | 4 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Northern Kentucky | 7 | 5 | Youngstown State | 2 | ||||||||
| 5 | Youngstown State | 11 | |||||||||||
Schedule
[edit]| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, May 25 | ||||||
| 1 | 12:00pm | No. 4 Purdue Fort Wayne vs No. 5 Youngstown State | 0-6[4] | |||
| 2 | 4:00pm | No. 3 UIC vs No. 6 Northern Kentucky | 2-3[5] | |||
| Thursday, May 26 | ||||||
| 3 | 10:00am | No. 1 Wright State vs No. 6 Northern Kentucky | 18-4[6] | |||
| 4 | 2:00pm | No. 2 Oakland vs No. 5 Youngstown State | 2-0[7] | |||
| Friday, May 27 | ||||||
| 5 | 12:00pm | Loser Game 3 No. 6 Northern Kentucky vs Loser Game 4 No. 5 Youngstown State Elimination Game | 7-11[8] | |||
| 6 | 4:00pm | Winner Game 3 No. 1 Wright State vs Winner Game 4 No. 2 Oakland | 14-3[9] | |||
| 7 | 8:00pm | Winner Game 5 No. 5 Youngstown State vs Loser Game 6 No. 2 Oakland Elimination Game | 2-4[10] | |||
| Saturday, May 28 | ||||||
| 8 | 12:00pm | Winner Game 6 No. 1 Wright State vs Winner Game 7 No. 2 Oakland | 24-0[11] | |||
| 9 | 4:00pm | Winner Game 8 vs Loser Game 8 If Necessary | ||||
| *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "2022 Baseball Standings". horizonleague.org. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
- ^ "Horizon League Championships". Horizon League. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Horizon League Baseball Championship". Horizon League. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
- ^ "IPFW-YSU Boxscore" (PDF). horizonleague.org. The Horizon League Conference. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
- ^ "UIC-NK Boxscore" (PDF). horizonleague.org. The Horizon League Conference. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
- ^ "WS-NK Boxscore" (PDF). horizonleague.org. The Horizon League Conference. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "Oakland-YSU Boxscore" (PDF). horizonleague.org. The Horizon League Conference. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "Northern Kentucky-YSU Boxscore" (PDF). horizonleague.org. The Horizon League Conference. May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- ^ "Wright State-Oakland Boxscore" (PDF). horizonleague.org. The Horizon League Conference. May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- ^ "HLBASE Game 7 Box Score (PDF) - Horizon League" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
- ^ "2023 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). wsuraiders.com. Wright State Athletics. Retrieved April 2, 2023.