2022 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament

The 2022 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 25 through 28. The top eight regular season finishers will meet in the double-elimination tournament, to be held at Wild Health Field in Lexington, Kentucky. The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[2][3] Among current members, Austin Peay has won the most championships, with six, while Belmont (joined in 2012), SIU Edwardsville (joined in 2008), and UT Martin (joined in 1992) have never won championships. The Tournament began in 1979.

2022 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
TelevisionESPN+
2022 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 18 5   .783 39 20   .661
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍y 16 8   .667 37 20   .649
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 27 27   .500
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 33 20   .623
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 11 12   .478 27 28   .491
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 21 16   .568
Murray State  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 30 25   .545
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 19 37   .339
UT Martin  ‍‍‍ 4 20   .167 11 34   .244
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of October 25, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

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The top eight regular season finishers will be seeded by conference winning percentage. The bottom six seeds will play a single elimination round, with the fifth and eighth seeds facing off while the sixth and seventh seeds play each other. The winners will then play the third and fourth seeds, with the winners meeting the top two seeds in the double-elimination championship round. The final will be a winner-take-all game.

Results

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Bracket A

Semifinal Final
4 Eastern Illinois 6
5 SIU Edwardsville 13 5 SIU Edwardsville 8
8 Austin Peay 1

Bracket B

Semifinal Final
3 Morehead State 9
6 Tennessee Tech 9 6 Tennessee Tech 11
7 Murray State 2

Double-elimination round

First round Semi-finals Finals
          
1 Belmont 10
5 SIU Edwardsville 9
1 Belmont 8
Winner's bracket
6 Tennessee Tech 3
2 Southeast Missouri State 10
6 Tennessee Tech 11
1 Belmont 4
2 Southeast Missouri State 5
5 SIU Edwardsville 6
2 Southeast Missouri State 14
2 Southeast Missouri State 5
Loser's bracket
6 Tennessee Tech 2

References

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  1. ^ "Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "2022 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  3. ^ "2021-22 OVC Championships". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 18, 2022.