2022 Southern Conference Tournament

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The 2022 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held May 25-29 at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC. #4 University of North Carolina at Greensboro defeated #1 Wofford College for the title. Kennedy Jones of UNC Greensboro was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Wofford College 16-4-1 Todd Interdonato
2 Mercer University 12-9 Craig Gibson
3 Samford University 12-9 Tony David
4 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 12-9 Billy Godwin
5 East Tennessee State University 11-10 Joe Pennucci
6 Western Carolina University 9-11-1 Bobby Moranda
7 Virginia Military Institute 6-15 Jonathan Hadra
8 The Citadel 5-16 Tony Skole

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Finals
                                       
      1 Wofford 6  
  4 UNC Greensboro 7     4 UNC Greensboro 3    
  8 The Citadel 6         1 Wofford 10  
      3 Samford 3    
    2 Mercer 10          
  3 Samford 22     3 Samford 13        
  6 Western Carolina 3         1 Wofford 2 2
      4 UNC Greensboro 10 12
  Losers Bracket 1-2     Losers Bracket 2     Losers Bracket 3    
         
  2 Mercer 2        
  8 The Citadel 1         3 Samford 2    
      2 Mercer 5     4 UNC Greensboro 8  
      4 UNC Greensboro 16  
  4 UNC Greensboro 9    
  6 Western Carolina 7  



Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 25
Game 1 The Citadel 3-1 East Tennessee State University East Tennessee eliminated
Game 2 Western Carolina University 4-1 Virginia Military Institute VMI eliminated
Game 3 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 7-6 The Citadel
Game 4 Samford University 22-3 (7) Western Carolina University
May 27
Game 5 Wofford College 6-3 University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Game 6 Samford University 13-10 Mercer University
Game 7 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 9-7 Western Carolina University Western Carolina eliminated
Game 8 Mercer University 2-1 The Citadel The Citadel eliminated
May 28
Game 9 Wofford College 10-3 Samford University
Game 10 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 16-5 (8) Mercer University Mercer eliminated
Game 11 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 8-2 Samford University Samford eliminated
May 29
Game 12 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 10-2 Wofford College
Game 13 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 12-2 (7) Wofford College UNC Greensboro advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • SP Price King, UNC Greensboro
  • SP Matthew Marchal, Wofford
  • RP Jackson Kelley, Mercer
  • C Dallas Callahan, UNC Greensboro
  • 1B Greg Hardison, UNC Greensboro
  • 2B Garrett Staton, Samford
  • SS Zack Budzik, UNC Greensboro
  • 3B Zach Ketterman, Western Carolina
  • OF Pres Cavenaugh, UNC Greensboro
  • OF Kennedy Jones, UNC Greensboro
  • OF Colton Ledbetter, Samford
  • DH Brennen Dorighi, Wofford