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. Eastern Connecticut State came won the final game of the tournament to win their 5th national championship.
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.
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.
Regionals May 20–22 TBD
Super Regionals May 27–28 TBD
College World Series June 3–9 Veterans Memorial Stadium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Host: American Rivers Conference)
Bids
Automatic bids School Conference Record (Conf) Berth Last NCAA AppearanceMount Aloysius AMCC 27–13 (11–5) Tournament ARC 21–19 (12–12) Tournament 2019 (Birmingham Super Regional) ASC 34–14 (20–10) Tournament 2021 (Collegeville Regional) AEC 28–12 (14–4) Tournament First appearance Centennial 22–17 (14–4) Tournament 1985 (Mid-Atlantic Regional) CCIW 33–10 (11–7) Tournament 2016 (Central Regional) CSAC 24–18 (10–2) Tournament CCC 32–7 (14–2) Tournament E8 26–13 (18–2) Tournament 2021 (Marietta Regional) GNAC 13–24 (11–7) Tournament Earlham HCAC 26–11 (12–6) Tournament Elizabethtown Landmark 22–20 (11–7) Tournament Liberty 30–12 (15–5) Tournament 2019 (Union Regional) LEC Tournament MASCAC Tournament MIAA Tournament MAC Commonwealth Tournament MAC Freedom Tournament Lawrence Midwest Tournament MIAC Tournament NECC Tournament Middlebury NESCAC Tournament NEWMAC 30–10 (14–3) Tournament 2021 College World Series NJAC Tournament NAC Tournament Denison NCAC Tournament NACC Tournament NWC 28–16 (14–10) Tournament 2021 (Collegeville Regional) OAC Tournament Shenandoah ODAC Tournament PAC Tournament St. Joseph's (L.I.) Skyline Tournament SAA Tournament Cal Lutheran SCIAC Tournament SCAC Tournament SUNYAC Tournament SLIAC Tournament United East Tournament Crown (MN) UMAC Tournament USA South Tournament WIAC Tournament
By conference Conference Total Schools NWC 1 AMCC ARC ASC AEC Centennial CCIW CSAC CCC E8 St. John Fisher GNAC HCAC Landmark Liberty Ithaca LEC MASCAC MIAA MAC Commonwealth MAC Freedom Midwest MIAC NECC NESCAC NEWMAC Wheaton NJAC William Paterson, Montclair State, Rowan NAC NCAC NACC OAC ODAC PAC Skyline SAA SCIAC SCAC SUNYAC SLIAC United East UMAC USA South WIAC
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
Beverly Super Regional
Ithaca Super Regional
LaGrange Super Regional
Marietta Super Regional
Salisbury Super Regional
Whitewater Super Regional
College World Series The College World Series was held at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Bracket
See also 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament 2022 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 2022 NCAA Division I softball tournament
References
External links Official Bracket at NCAA.com