2022 Summit League baseball tournament
The 2022 Summit League baseball tournament took place from May 26 through 29, 2022. It initially was supposed to start on May 25, but the tournament was pushed back a day due to inclement weather in the area. The top four regular-season teams of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at J. L. Johnson Stadium on the campus of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[2] The winner of the tournament, Oral Roberts, earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Oral Roberts (20th title) |
| Winning coach | Ryan Folmar (5th title) |
| MVP | Holden Breeze (Oral Roberts) |
| Television | Midco SN+ |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State † | 17 | – | 5 | .773 | 31 | – | 19 | .620 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts ‡y | 17 | – | 7 | .708 | 38 | – | 18 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 13 | – | 9 | .591 | 22 | – | 23 | .489 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 26 | – | 31 | .456 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas* | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 16 | – | 29 | .356 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | 12 | – | 39 | .235 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 5 | – | 19 | .208 | 8 | – | 44 | .154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of October 27, 2023[1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Standings and seeding
The top four teams from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage during the double round-robin regular season. The teams then play a double-elimination tournament.
| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | % | W | L | % | |||
| 1 | 1 | North Dakota State | 17 | 5 | .773 | 30 | 17 | .638 |
| 2 | 2 | Oral Roberts | 17 | 7 | .708 | 35 | 18 | .660 |
| 3 | 3 | South Dakota State | 13 | 9 | .591 | 22 | 21 | .512 |
| 4 | 4 | Omaha | 12 | 12 | .500 | 24 | 29 | .453 |
| 5 | St. Thomas | 10 | 14 | .417 | 16 | 29 | .356 | |
| 6 | Northern Colorado | 8 | 16 | .333 | 12 | 39 | .235 | |
| 7 | Western Illinois | 5 | 19 | .208 | 8 | 44 | .154 | |
Reference:[3]
- St. Thomas, Northern Colorado, and Western Illinois did not participate in the tournament
- St. Thomas is not eligible for postseason play until 2026
Results
| First round May 26/27 MidcoSN | Semi-finals May 27/28 MidcoSN | Finals May 29 MidcoSN | ||||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Omaha | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Omaha | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Oral Roberts | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Oral Roberts | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | South Dakota State | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Oral Roberts | 21 | – | |||||||||||
| 4 | Omaha | 2 | – | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota State | 7 | 4 | Omaha | 5 | |||||||||
| 3 | South Dakota State | 4 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the all-tournament team:[6]
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Holden Breeze (MVP) | Oral Roberts |
| Mac McCroskey | Oral Roberts |
| Kaleb McCullough | Oral Roberts |
| Jackson Loftin | Oral Roberts |
| Jake McMurray | Oral Roberts |
| Noah Greise | Omaha |
| Caleb Riedel | Omaha |
| Jack Lombardi | Omaha |
| Harrison Kreiling | Omaha |
| Eduardo Rosario | Omaha |
| Cade Feeney | North Dakota State |
| Druw Sackett | North Dakota State |
| Henry George | South Dakota State |
References
- "Summit League Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
- "ORU Picked to Win 2022 SummitBSB Title". The Summit League. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- "2022 Baseball Standings". The Summit League. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- "Bison on top line of 2022 SummitBSB Championship bracket". The Summit League. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- "2022 Baseball Schedule". Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (Host). Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- "Second-seed Oral Roberts rolls to its 20th SummitBSB Championship title". The Summit League. Retrieved May 29, 2022.