2022 Conference USA baseball tournament

2022 Conference USA
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	See below
Finals site	Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Champions	Louisiana Tech (1st title)
Winning coach	Lane Burroughs (1st title)
MVP	Taylor Young (Louisiana Tech)
Television	ESPN+ (First round–semifinals) CBSSN (Championship game)

2022 Conference USA baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 15 Southern Miss ‍†‍‍y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			43	–	16	–	0		.729
Louisiana Tech ‍‍‡‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			42	–	19	–	0		.689
Old Dominion ‍‍‍	19	–	11	–	0		.633			41	–	17	–	0		.707
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍	19	–	11	–	0		.633			35	–	23	–	0		.603
UTSA ‍‍‍	19	–	11	–	0		.633			38	–	20	–	0		.655
Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			29	–	26	–	0		.527
Charlotte ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			36	–	22	–	0		.621
UAB ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			31	–	25	–	0		.554
Rice ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			17	–	39	–	0		.304
Marshall ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			20	–	34	–	1		.373
FIU ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			16	–	34	–	0		.320
Western Kentucky ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			18	–	36	–	0		.333
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 17, 2024 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Conference USA baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 29 at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of Division I Conference USA in college baseball. The tournament champion, Louisiana Tech, then earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The tournament has been held every year since 1996, except for 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rice Owls has claimed seven championships, the most of any school, with the Owls latest win in 2017.

Format and seeding

The tournament consisted of the top eight teams in regular season play. The format consisted of two double-elimination brackets, with a single-elimination championship game.

Bracket and results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Southern Miss	4
	8	UAB	3
						1	Southern Miss	6
						5	UTSA	7
	4	Florida Atlantic	4
	5	UTSA	6
											5	UTSA	11	-
											1	Southern Miss	2	-
	8	UAB	1
	4	Florida Atlantic	117
						4	Florida Atlantic	0
						1	Southern Miss	5
																	5	UTSA	8
																	2	Louisiana Tech	9
	3	Old Dominion	187
	6	Middle Tennessee	7
						3	Old Dominion	2
						2	Louisiana Tech	7
	2	Louisiana Tech	4
	7	Charlotte	0
											2	Louisiana Tech	6	8
											3	Old Dominion	913	7
	6	Middle Tennessee	0
	7	Charlotte	227
						7	Charlotte	4
						3	Old Dominion	13

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Wednesday, May 25
1	9:00 a.m.	No. 3 Old Dominion vs. No. 6 Middle Tennessee	18–77	ESPN+
2	12:30 p.m.	No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 7 Charlotte	4–0
3	9:20 p.m.	No. 1 Southern Miss vs. No. 8 UAB	4–3
Thursday, May 26
4	9:00 a.m.	No. 4 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 5 UTSA	4–6	ESPN+
5	12:30 p.m.	No. 6 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 7 Charlotte	0–227
6	4:00 p.m.	No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs No. 3 Old Dominion	7–2
7	7:30 p.m.	No. 8 UAB vs. No. 4 Florida Atlantic	1–117
Friday, May 27
8	10:00 a.m.	No. 1 Southern Miss vs. No. 5 UTSA	6–7	ESPN+
9	2:05 p.m.	No. 7 Charlotte vs. No. 3 Old Dominion	4–13
10	5:30 p.m.	No. 4 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 1 Southern Miss	0–5
Semifinals – Saturday, May 28
11	9:00 a.m.	No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 3 Old Dominion	6–913	ESPN+
12	12:30 p.m.	No. 5 UTSA vs. No. 1 Southern Miss	11–2
^13	4:00 p.m.	No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs No. 3 Old Dominion	8–7
Championship – Sunday, May 29
15	1:00 p.m.	No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 5 UTSA	9–8	CBS Sports Network
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. ^if necessary

Conference championship

Conference USA Championship
(5) UTSA Roadrunners	vs.	(2) Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

May 28, 2022, 1:06 p.m. (CDT) at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(5) UTSA	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	1	8	7	5
(2) Louisiana Tech	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	9	9	3
WP: Kyle Crigger (6–2)   LP: Braylon Owens (3–2) Home runs: UTSA: Ryan Flores (1); Ian Bailey (1) LaTech: None Attendance: 3,140

All–Tournament Team

Position	Player	Team
C	Brock Gagliardi	Old Dominion
IF	Taylor Young (MVP)	Louisiana Tech
IF	Matt Coutney	Old Dominion
IF	Danny Lynch	Southern Miss
IF	Ryan Flores	UTSA
OF	Adarius Myers	Louisiana Tech
OF	Andy Garriola	Old Dominion
OF	Chase Keng	UTSA
DH/UT	Garrett Poston	UTSA
P	Kyle Crigger	Louisiana Tech
P	Ryan Jennings	Louisiana Tech
P	Hunter Riggins	Southern Miss
P	Luke Malone	UTSA