2022 Conference USA baseball tournament

2022 Conference USA
baseball tournament
Teams	8
Format	See below
Finals site	Pete Taylor Park; Hattiesburg, Mississippi;
Champions	Louisiana Tech (1st title)
Winning coach	Lane Burroughs (1st title)
MVP	Taylor Young (Louisiana Tech)
Television	ESPN+ (First round–semifinals); CBSSN (Championship game)

The 2022 Conference USA baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 29 at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of Division I Conference USA in college baseball. The tournament champion, Louisiana Tech, then earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2022 Conference USA baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 15 Southern Miss ‍†‍‍^y	23	–	7	–	0	.767	43	–	16	–	0	.729
Louisiana Tech ‍‍‡‍^y	20	–	10	–	0	.667	42	–	19	–	0	.689
Old Dominion ‍‍‍	19	–	11	–	0	.633	41	–	17	–	0	.707
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍	19	–	11	–	0	.633	35	–	23	–	0	.603
UTSA ‍‍‍	19	–	11	–	0	.633	38	–	20	–	0	.655
Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0	.567	29	–	26	–	0	.527
Charlotte ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0	.567	36	–	22	–	0	.621
UAB ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0	.433	31	–	25	–	0	.554
Rice ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0	.300	17	–	39	–	0	.304
Marshall ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0	.300	20	–	34	–	1	.373
FIU ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0	.267	16	–	34	–	0	.320
Western Kentucky ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0	.233	18	–	36	–	0	.333

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of October 23, 2023[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The tournament has been held every year since 1996, except for 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rice Owls has claimed seven championships, the most of any school, with the Owls latest win in 2017.

Format and seeding

The tournament consisted of the top eight teams in regular season play. The format consisted of two double-elimination brackets, with a single-elimination championship game.

Bracket and results

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Southern Miss	4

8	UAB	3
			1	Southern Miss	6

			5	UTSA	7
4	Florida Atlantic	4

5	UTSA	6
						5	UTSA	11	-

						1	Southern Miss	2	-
8	UAB	1

4	Florida Atlantic	11⁷
			4	Florida Atlantic	0

			1	Southern Miss	5



										5	UTSA	8

										2	Louisiana Tech	9
3	Old Dominion	18⁷

6	Middle Tennessee	7
			3	Old Dominion	2

			2	Louisiana Tech	7
2	Louisiana Tech	4

7	Charlotte	0
						2	Louisiana Tech	6	8

						3	Old Dominion	9¹³	7
6	Middle Tennessee	0

7	Charlotte	22⁷
			7	Charlotte	4

			3	Old Dominion	13

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
Wednesday, May 25
1	9:00 a.m.	No. 3 Old Dominion vs. No. 6 Middle Tennessee	18–7⁷	ESPN+
2	12:30 p.m.	No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 7 Charlotte	4–0
3	9:20 p.m.	No. 1 Southern Miss vs. No. 8 UAB	4–3
Thursday, May 26
4	9:00 a.m.	No. 4 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 5 UTSA	4–6	ESPN+
5	12:30 p.m.	No. 6 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 7 Charlotte	0–22⁷
6	4:00 p.m.	No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs No. 3 Old Dominion	7–2
7	7:30 p.m.	No. 8 UAB vs. No. 4 Florida Atlantic	1–11⁷
Friday, May 27
8	10:00 a.m.	No. 1 Southern Miss vs. No. 5 UTSA	6–7	ESPN+
9	2:05 p.m.	No. 7 Charlotte vs. No. 3 Old Dominion	4–13
10	5:30 p.m.	No. 4 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 1 Southern Miss	0–5
Semifinals – Saturday, May 28
11	9:00 a.m.	No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 3 Old Dominion	6–9¹³	ESPN+
12	12:30 p.m.	No. 5 UTSA vs. No. 1 Southern Miss	11–2
^13	4:00 p.m.	No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs No. 3 Old Dominion	8–7
Championship – Sunday, May 29
15	1:00 p.m.	No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 5 UTSA	9–8	CBS Sports Network
Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. ^if necessary*

Conference championship

Conference USA Championship
(5) UTSA Roadrunners	vs.	(2) Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

May 28, 2022, 1:06 p.m. (CDT) at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(5) UTSA	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	1	8	7	5
(2) Louisiana Tech	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	9	9	3
WP: Kyle Crigger (6–2) LP: Braylon Owens (3–2) Home runs: UTSA: Ryan Flores (1); Ian Bailey (1) LaTech: None Attendance: 3,140

All–Tournament Team

Position	Player	Team
C	Brock Gagliardi	Old Dominion
IF	Taylor Young (MVP)	Louisiana Tech
IF	Matt Coutney	Old Dominion
IF	Danny Lynch	Southern Miss
IF	Ryan Flores	UTSA
OF	Adarius Myers	Louisiana Tech
OF	Andy Garriola	Old Dominion
OF	Chase Keng	UTSA
DH/UT	Garrett Poston	UTSA
P	Kyle Crigger	Louisiana Tech
P	Ryan Jennings	Louisiana Tech
P	Hunter Riggins	Southern Miss
P	Luke Malone	UTSA

References

"2022 Baseball Standings". conferenceusa.com. Retrieved October 23, 2023.

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[1] "2022 Baseball Standings". conferenceusa.com. Retrieved October 23, 2023.