2022 Horizon League Baseball Tournament

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2022 Horizon League
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
2022 Horizon League baseball standings
Conf Overall
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 July 5, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Horizon League Baseball Tournament will be held from May 25–28. The top six of the league's seven teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Nischwitz Stadium in Fairborn, Ohio, home field of Wright State. The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The league's teams will be seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The bottom four seeds will participate 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
1Wright State18
4Northern Kentucky4
1Wright State14
2Oakland3
2Oakland2
3Youngstown State0
1Wright State
2Oakland
Lower round 1Lower final
2Oakland4
6Northern Kentucky75Youngstown State2
5Youngstown State11

Schedule

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
9 4:00pm Winner Game 8 vs Loser Game 8 If Necessary
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

  1. ^ "2022 Baseball Standings". horizonleague.org. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "Horizon League Championships". Horizon League. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 Horizon League Baseball Championship". Horizon League. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  4. ^ "IPFW-YSU Boxscore" (PDF). horizonleague.org. The Horizon League Conference. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  5. ^ "UIC-NK Boxscore" (PDF). horizonleague.org. The Horizon League Conference. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  6. ^ "WS-NK Boxscore" (PDF). horizonleague.org. The Horizon League Conference. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  7. ^ "Oakland-YSU Boxscore" (PDF). horizonleague.org. The Horizon League Conference. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  8. ^ "Northern Kentucky-YSU Boxscore" (PDF). horizonleague.org. The Horizon League Conference. May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  9. ^ "Wright State-Oakland Boxscore" (PDF). horizonleague.org. The Horizon League Conference. May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  10. ^ "HLBASE Game 7 Box Score (PDF) - Horizon League" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Retrieved 2022-05-28.