2022 Peach Belt Conference Tournament

The 2022 Peach Belt Conference baseball tournament was held May 7-8 at campus sites and May 13-15 in Columbus, GA. #4 Young Harris College defeated #1 Columbus State University for the title. Noah Fitzgerald of Young Harris was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Columbus State University	20-6	Greg Appleton
2	Georgia College and State University	18-9	Nolan Belcher
3	Georgia Southwestern State University	17-10	Josh McDonald
4	Young Harris College	17-10	Stephen Waggener
5	Flagler College	16-11	Dave Barnett
6	University of North Georgia	16-11	Tom Cantrell
7	University of South Carolina Aiken	12-15	Michael Holder
8	Lander University	11-15	Jason Burke

Results

Finals Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Columbus St.	3
	4	Young Harris	16
						4	Young Harris	10
						2	Georgia College & State	6
	2	Georgia College & State	6
	3	Georgia Southwestern	5
											4	Young Harris	9	x
											1	Columbus St.	8	x
						2	Georgia College & State	4
	1	Columbus St.	19			1	Columbus St.	15
	3	Georgia Southwestern	9

Game Results

Best of 3 at higher seed May 7-8

• Milledgeville, GA

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of South Carolina Aiken	4-1	Georgia College and State University
Game 2	Georgia College and State University	8-3	University of South Carolina Aiken
Game 3	Georgia College and State University	4-3	University of South Carolina Aiken	Georgia College advances

• Americus, GA

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Georgia Southwestern State University	8-1	University of North Georgia
Game 2	University of North Georgia	7-2	Georgia Southwestern State University
Game 3	Georgia Southwestern State University	9-7	University of North Georgia	Georgia Southwestern advances

• Columbus, GA

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Columbus State University	3-2	Lander University
Game 2	Columbus State University	8-5	Lander University	Columbus State advances

• Young Harris, GA

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Young Harris College	9-5	Flagler College
Game 2	Flagler College	8-6	Young Harris College
Game 3	Young Harris College	16-3	Flagler College	Young Harris advances

Double elimination at highest remaining seed

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 13
Game 1	Young Harris College	16-3	Columbus State University
Game 2	Georgia College and State University	6-5	Georgia Southwestern State University
May 14
Game 3	Young Harris College	10-6	Georgia College and State University
Game 4	Columbus State University	19-9	Georgia Southwestern State University	Georgia Southwestern eliminated
Game 5	Columbus State University	15-4	Georgia College and State University	Georgia College eliminated
May 15
Game 6	Young Harris College	9-8	Columbus State University	Young Harris advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Hunter Foster Ga. Southwestern
• Davis Swenson Georgia College
• K.C. Brown Georgia College
• Robert Brooks Columbus State
• Isaac Bouton Columbus State
• Steven Minter Columbus State
• Nate Lamb Young Harris
• Ethan Underwood Young Harris
• Noah Fitzgerald, Young Harris