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2022 Tournament Bracket Announced; Tennessee Wesleyan Earns No. 1 Seed

2022 Tournament Bracket Announced; Tennessee Wesleyan Earns No. 1 Seed
April 30, 2022

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) released the 2022 AAC Baseball Tournament bracket, and Tennessee Wesleyan is the No. 1 seed.

The tournament begins Tuesday and runs through Saturday at Hunter Wright Stadium in Kingsport, Tenn.

Tickers are now available and can be purchased by clicking here. Single day tickets are $10 per adult and $5 for students. Tournament passes are also available for $38 per adult and $18 per student.

If unable to attend in person, all games will be streamed live online. To watch, click here.

Tennessee Weselayn won the regular-season championship and earned the No. 1 seed with a 27-3 conference record.

This year, 10 teams advance to the tournament. The tournament begins with the No. 7 and No. 10 seeds and the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds facing off in single-elimination contests with the winners advancing to the final eight and the double-elimination portion of the tournament.

Here are the seeds for the tournament:

  1. Tennessee Wesleyan (47-5, 27-3 AAC)
  2. Reinhardt (33-19, 21-9 AAC)
  3. Point (25-20, 20-10 AAC)
  4. St. Andrews (37-15, 19-11 AAC)*
  5. Milligan (34-19, 19-11 AAC)*
  6. Bryan (23-24, 17-13 AAC)
  7. Bluefield (28-16, 16-14 AAC)**
  8. Truett McConnell (25-21, 16-14 AAC)**
  9. Montreat (31-24, 13-17 AAC)
  10. Columbia International (21-31, 11-19 AAC)

*-St. Andrews and Milligan did not play each other during the regular season. Both went 0-3 against Tennessee Wesleyan, but St. Andrews went 2-1 against Reinhardt while Milligan went 0-3 against Reinhardt to earn the No. 4 seed.

**-Bluefield won the season series two games to one over Truett McConnell to earn the No. 7 seed.

Here is the complete tournament schedule:

Tournament Schedule
Tuesday, May 3
 Game 1 - No. 7 Bluefield (28-16) vs. No. 10 Columbia International (21-31), 10 am
Game 2 - No. 8 Truett McConnell (25-21) vs. No. 9 Montreat (31-24), 2 pm

Wednesday, May 4
Game 3 - No. 4 St. Andrews (37-15) vs. No. 5 Milligan (34-19), 9 am
Game 4 - No. 3 Point (25-20) vs. No. 6 Bryan (23-24), 12 pm
Game 5 - No. 2 Reinhardt (33-19) vs. Game 1 Winner, 4 pm
Game 6 - No. 1 Tennessee Wesleyan (47-5) vs. Game 2 Winner, 7 pm

Thursday, May 5
 Game 7 - Game 4 Loser vs. Game 5 Loser, 9 am
Game 8 - Game 3 Loser vs. Game 6 Loser, 12 pm
Game 9 - Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner, 4 pm
Game 10 - Game 3 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner, 7 pm

Friday, May 6
Game 11 - Game 7 Winner vs. Game 9 Loser, 9 am
Game 12 - Game 8 Winner vs. Game 10 Loser, 12 pm
Game 13 - Game 9 Winner vs. Game 11 Winner, 4 pm
Game 14 - Game 10 Winner vs. Game 12 Winner, 7 pm

Saturday, May 7
 Schedule will be finalized following the results of Game 13 and 14. If only one game, it will be played at 2 pm. If there one 'if necessary' game is needed, it will be played at 11 am with the championship game at 3 pm. If both 'if necessary games are needed, the games will be played at 11 am, 2 pm, and 6 pm.