2022 Horizon League baseball tournament

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]

2022 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsWright State Raiders
Winning coachAlex Sogard
MVPZane Harris ()
2022 Horizon League baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Wright State  y 209 .6903025 .545
Oakland   1811 .6213127 .534
UIC   1411 .5602225 .468
Purdue Fort Wayne   1315 .4641836 .333
Youngstown State   1216 .4292136 .368
Northern Kentucky   1117 .3931935 .352
Milwaukee   917 .3462029 .408
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of October 27, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

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

Play-In Round

TeamR
#6 Northern Kentucky3
#3 UIC2
TeamR
#5 Youngstown State6
#4 Purdue Fort Wayne0

Double-Elimination Rounds

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 24-0[11]
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 October 27, 2023.
  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 May 28, 2022.
  11. "2023 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). wsuraiders.com. Wright State Athletics. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
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