2022 Horizon League baseball tournament

2022 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsWright State (9th title)
Winning coachAlex Sogard (3rd title)
MVPZane Harris (Wright State Raiders)
2022 Horizon League baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Wright State  ‍†‍‡‍y 20–9 .69030–25 .545
Oakland  ‍‍‍ 18–11 .62131–27 .534
UIC  ‍‍‍ 14–11 .56022–25 .468
Purdue Fort Wayne  ‍‍‍ 13–15 .46418–36 .333
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 12–16 .42921–36 .368
Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 11–17 .39319–35 .352
Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ 9–17 .34620–29 .408
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament[1] champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
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

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.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Wright State209.690—1
Oakland1811.62122
UIC1411.56043
Purdue Fort Wayne1315.4646.54
Youngstown State1216.4297.55
Northern Kentucky1117.3938.56
Milwaukee917.3469.5—

Bracket

Play-In Round

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

Double-Elimination Rounds

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Wright State18
6Northern Kentucky4
1Wright State14
2Oakland3
2Oakland2
5Youngstown State0
1Wright State24
2Oakland0
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 24-0[11]
9 4:00pm Winner Game 8 vs Loser Game 8 If Necessary
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

PlayerSchool
Gehrig AnglinWright State
Zane HarrisWright State
Jay LuikartWright State
Andrew PatrickWright State
Justin ReimerWright State
Sammy SassWright State
Alec SayreWright State
Quinton KujawaOakland
Cam PostOakland
Matt BroskyYoungstown State
Ryan GlassNorthern Kentucky

References

  1. ↑ "2022 Baseball Standings". horizonleague.org.
  2. 1 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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