2022 South Atlantic Conference Tournament

The 2022 South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held April 28 to May 2 at Smokies Stadium in Kodak, TN. #4 Lenoir-Rhyne University defeated #1 Wingate University for the title. Luis Atiles of Lenoir-Rhyne was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Wingate University	21-1	Jeff Gregory
2	Newberry College	19-5	Russell Triplett
3	Queens University of Charlotte	17-7	Ross Steedley
4	Lenoir-Rhyne University	17-7	Chris Ramirez
5	Catawba College	16-8	Jim Gantt
6	Lincoln Memorial University	15-8	Justin Haywood
7	Carson-Newman University	12-11	Tom Griffin
8	Mars Hill University	9-14	Hunter Bryant

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Wingate	5
	7	Carson-Newman	4			1	Wingate	9
						3	Queens-Charlotte	8
	2	Newberry	4								1	Wingate	2
	5	Catawba	11								4	Lenoir-Rhyne	11
						5	Catawba	2													4	Lenoir-Rhyne	3	18
						4	Lenoir-Rhyne	3													1	Wingate	8	8
	3	Queens-Charlotte	0													1	Wingate	6
	4	Lenoir-Rhyne	8								5	Catawba	14			5	Catawba	0
						7	Carson-Newman	8			2	Newberry	7
						2	Newberry	11

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
April 28
Game 1	Catawba College	7-6 (10)	Mars Hill University	Mars Hill eliminated
Game 2	Carson-Newman University	2-1	Lincoln Memorial University	Lincoln Memorial eliminated
April 29
Game 3	Wingate University	5-4	Carson-Newman University
Game 4	Catawba College	11-4	Newberry College
Game 5	Lenoir-Rhyne University	8-0	Queens University of Charlotte
April 30
Game 6	Newberry College	11-8	Carson-Newman University	Carson-Newman eliminated
Game 7	Wingate University	9-8	Queens University of Charlotte	Queens eliminated
Game 8	Lenoir-Rhyne University	3-2	Catawba College
May 1
Game 9	Lenoir-Rhyne University	11-2	Wingate University
Game 10	Catawba College	14-7	Newberry College	Newberry eliminated
Game 11	Wingate University	6-0	Catawba College	Catawba eliminated
May 2
Game 12	Wingate University	8-3	Lenoir-Rhyne University
Game 13	Lenoir-Rhyne University	18-8	Wingate University	Lenoir-Rhyne advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Luis Atiles, Lenoir-Rhyne
• Joshua Lanham, Lenoir-Rhyne
• Austin Edwards, Lenoir-Rhyne
• Erick Ramirez, Lenoir-Rhyne
• Anthony Porrino, Lenoir-Rhyne
• Drew Yniesta, Lenoir-Rhyne
• Bryce Stober, Lenoir-Rhyne
• Seaver King, Wingate
• Mitch Farris, Wingate
• Logan McNeely, Wingate
• Rick Clark, Wingate
• Henry Gibson, Newberry
• Jacob LeBron, Newberry
• Dylan Wilkinson, Catawba
• Ben Gilks, Catawba