College baseball tournament
Collegiate baseball tournament
The 2022 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was the 46th edition of the NCAA Division III baseball tournament. The 60-team tournament began on Friday, May 20 as part of the 2022 NCAA Division III baseball season and concluded with the 2022 Division III College World Series in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which started on June 3 and ended on June 9.[1] Eastern Connecticut State came won the final game of the tournament to win their 5th national championship.[2]
The 60 participating NCAA Division III college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 389 teams. There were 41 teams awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, 1 team selected who could not earn an automatic bid, and 18 teams selected at-large by the NCAA Division III Baseball Committee. Teams were divided into fourteen regionals of four teams, each of which conducted a double-elimination tournament, and two regionals of two teams, each of which conducted a best-of-five series. Regional champions then faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-three game series, determined the eight participants in the College World Series.[3]
Tournament procedure
A total of 60 teams entered the tournament, with 41 of them receiving an automatic bid by winning their conference's tournament. 1 bid was reserved for teams who cannot earn an automatic bid, while the remaining 18 bids were "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.
Schedule and venues
On May 16, the NCAA Division III Baseball Committee announced the sixteen regional host sites.[4]
Regionals
Super Regionals
College World Series
- June 3–9
- Veterans Memorial Stadium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Host: American Rivers Conference)
Bids
Automatic bids
By conference
Regionals and Super Regionals
Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.
Birmingham Super Regional
Willimantic Super Regional
| Regional | | | Regional | | | Regional Final | | | Super Regional | |
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| 1 | Eastern Conn St. | 10 | | | | |
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| 4 | Swarthmore | 7 | |
| | 1 | Eastern Conn St. | 17 | |
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| | | 3 | Middlebury | 4 | |
| 3 | Middlebury | 10 | |
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| 2 | Rochester | 5 | |
| | 1 | Eastern Conn St. | 5 | – | |
| Rochester Regional – Towers Field | |
| | | 3 | Middlebury | 4 | – | |
| 4 | Swarthmore | 17 | | |
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| 2 | Rochester | 14 | |
| | 4 | Swarthmore | 4 | |
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| | | 3 | Middlebury | 8 | |
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| | | Eastern Conn St. | 6 | 7 | – | |
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| | | | Rowan | 1 | 6 | – | |
| 1 | Rowan | 7 | | | |
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| 4 | Mitchell | 1 | |
| | 1 | Rowan | 14 | |
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| | | 2 | Wash. & Jeff. | 7 | |
| 3 | Lebanon Valley | 1 | |
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| 2 | Wash. & Jeff. | 5 | |
| | 1 | Rowan | 9 | – | |
| Annville Regional – McGill Field | |
| | | 2 | Wash. & Jeff. | 0 | – | |
| 4 | Mitchell | 10 | | |
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| 3 | Lebanon Valley | 8 | |
| | 4 | Mitchell | 6 | |
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| | | 2 | Wash. & Jeff. | 13 | |
Beverly Super Regional
Ithaca Super Regional
| Regional | | | Regional | | | Regional Final | | | Super Regional | |
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| 1 | Immaculata | 5 | | | | |
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| 4 | Keystone | 7 | |
| | 4 | Keystone | 2 | |
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| | | 3 | Ithaca | 7 | |
| 3 | Ithaca | 8 | |
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| 2 | Montclair St. | 5 | |
| | 3 | Ithaca | 17 | – | |
| Immaculata Regional – Baseball Stadium | |
| | | 4 | Keystone | 2 | – | |
| 1 | Immaculata | 5 | | |
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| 2 | Montclair St. | 5 | |
| | 1 | Immaculata | 5 | |
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| | | 4 | Keystone | 6 | |
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| | | Ithaca | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
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| | | | Catholic | 0 | 7 | 16 | |
| 1 | Shenandoah | 10 | | | |
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| 4 | St. Joseph's (L.I.) | 3 | |
| | 1 | Shenandoah | 5 | |
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| | | 2 | Catholic | 6 | |
| 3 | Stevens | 1 | |
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| 2 | Catholic | 7 | |
| | 2 | Catholic | 13 | – | |
| Winchester Regional – Bridgeforth Field | |
| | | 1 | Shenandoah | 10 | – | |
| 4 | St. Joseph's (L.I.) | 2 | | |
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| 3 | Stevens | 0 | |
| | 4 | St. Joseph's (L.I.) | 8 | |
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| | | 1 | Shenandoah | 10 | |
LaGrange Super Regional
Marietta Super Regional
| Regional | | | Regional | | | Regional Final | | | Super Regional | |
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| 1 | Arcadia | 10 | | | | |
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| 4 | Husson | 5 | |
| | 1 | Arcadia | 10 | |
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| | | 2 | Oswego St. | 7 | |
| 3 | Elizabethtown | 2 | |
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| 2 | Oswego St. | 8 | |
| | 1 | Arcadia | 4 | 1 | |
| Glenside Regional – Skip Wilson Field | |
| | | 2 | Oswego St. | 11 | 4 | |
| 4 | Husson | 13 | | |
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| 3 | Elizabethtown | 12 | |
| | 4 | Husson | 10 | |
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| | | 2 | Oswego St. | 12 | |
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| | | Oswego St. | 2 | 5 | – | |
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| | | | Marietta | 13 | 19 | – | |
| 1 | Marietta | 9 | | | |
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| 4 | Kalamazoo | 7 | |
| | 1 | Marietta | 14 | |
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| | | 2 | Chris. Newport | 5 | |
| 3 | Mount Aloysius | 3 | |
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| 2 | Chris. Newport | 4 | |
| | 1 | Marietta | 7 | – | |
| Marietta Regional – Don and Sue Schaly Field at Pioneer Park | |
| | | 2 | Chris. Newport | 2 | – | |
| 4 | Kalamazoo | 8 | | |
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| 3 | Mount Aloysius | 7 | |
| | 4 | Kalamazoo | 5 | |
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| | | 2 | Chris. Newport | 11 | |
Salisbury Super Regional
| Regional | | | Regional | | | Regional Final | | | Super Regional | |
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| 1 | Denison | 14 | | | | |
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| 4 | Penn St. Harrisburg | 6 | |
| | 1 | Denison | 2 | |
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| | | 2 | Salisbury | 0 | |
| 3 | Wm. Paterson | 1 | |
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| 2 | Salisbury | 10 | |
| | 1 | Denison | 2 | 1 | |
| Granville Regional – Big Red Field | |
| | | 2 | Salisbury | 4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Penn St. Harrisburg | 8 | | |
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| 3 | Wm. Paterson | 15 | |
| | 3 | Wm. Paterson | 3 | |
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| | | 2 | Salisbury | 17 | |
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| | | Salisbury | 8 | 4 | 18 | |
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| | | | Wooster | 6 | 6 | 16 | |
| 1 | Webster | 9 | | | |
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| 4 | Crown (MN) | 7 | |
| | 1 | Webster | 5 | |
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| | | 3 | Bethel (MN) | 7 | |
| 3 | Bethel (MN) | 12 | |
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| 2 | Wooster | 7 | |
| | 3 | Bethel (MN) | 8 | 6 | |
| St. Louis Regional – Lloyd Hopkins Field | |
| | | 2 | Wooster | 11 | 11 | |
| 4 | Crown (MN) | 3 | | |
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| 2 | Wooster | 21 | |
| | 2 | Wooster | 4 | |
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| | | 1 | Webster | 3 | |
Whitewater Super Regional
| Regional | | | Regional | | | Regional Final | | | Super Regional | |
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| 1 | Wis.-Whitewater | 10 | | | | |
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| 4 | MSOE | 6 | |
| | 1 | Wis.-Whitewater | 8 | |
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| | | 2 | Aurora | 4 | |
| 3 | Augustana (IL) | 7 | |
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| 2 | Aurora | 8 | |
| | 1 | Wis.-Whitewater | 8 | 12 | |
| Whitewater Regional – Prucha Field | |
| | | 2 | Aurora | 13 | 8 | |
| 4 | MSOE | 3 | | |
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| 3 | Augustana (IL) | 5 | |
| | 3 | Augustana (IL) | 1 | |
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| | | 2 | Aurora | 10 | |
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| | | Wis.-Whitewater | 9 | 7 | – | |
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| | | | Wis.-Stevens Point | 10 | 11 | – | |
| 1 | Wis.-Stevens Point | 11 | | | |
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| 4 | Lawrence | 6 | |
| | 1 | Wis.-Stevens Point | 2 | |
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| | | 2 | North Central (IL) | 8 | |
| 3 | Coe | 8 | |
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| 2 | North Central (IL) | 12 | |
| | 2 | North Central (IL) | 3 | 8 | |
| Stevens Point Regional – Zimmermann Field | |
| | | 1 | Wis.-Stevens Point | 27 | 21 | |
| 4 | Lawrence | 1 | | |
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| 3 | Coe | 6 | |
| | 3 | Coe | 5 | |
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| | | 1 | Wis.-Stevens Point | 10 | |
College World Series
The College World Series will be held at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Bracket
| First round | | | Second round | | | Semifinals | | | Finals | |
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| 1 | Marietta | 7 | | | | |
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| 8 | Catholic | 0 | |
| | 1 | Marietta | 5 | |
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| | | 4 | Salisbury | 7 | |
| 4 | Salisbury | 8 | |
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| 5 | Wis.-Stevens Point | 2 | |
| | 4 | Salisbury | 5 | | |
| Bracket 1 | |
| | | 5 | Wis.-Stevens Point | 2 | | |
| 8 | Catholic | 8 | | |
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| 5 | Wis.-Stevens Point | 12 | |
| | 1 | Marietta | 4 | |
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| | | 5 | Wis.-Stevens Point | 6 | |
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| | 4 | Salisbury | 6 | 2 | | |
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| | | 2 | Eastern Conn St. | 11 | 3 | | |
| 2 | Eastern Conn St. | 10 | | | |
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| 7 | Baldwin Wallace | 3 | |
| | 2 | Eastern Conn St. | 4 | |
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| | | 3 | LaGrange | 3 | |
| 3 | LaGrange | 12 | |
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| 6 | Trinity (TX) | 0 | |
| | 2 | Eastern Conn St. | 8 | | |
| Bracket 2 | |
| | | 3 | LaGrange | 1 | | |
| 7 | Baldwin Wallace | 5 | | |
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| 6 | Trinity (TX) | 6 | |
| | 3 | LaGrange | 15 | |
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| | | 6 | Trinity (TX) | 3 | |
See also
References
- ^ "DIII College Baseball - Home". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
- ^ "ECSU wins fifth NCAA Division III baseball championship".
- ^ "Pre-Championship 2018–19 Manual" (PDF). ncaa.org. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
- ^ "2022 NCAA spring championships selection schedule". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
External links
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