2023 Baseball Tournament Bracket Released; Tennessee Wesleyan Claims No. 1 Seed
WALESKA, Ga. - The 2023 Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) Baseball Tournament bracket is out, 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 $30 per adult.
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 29-1 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:
- Tennessee Wesleyan (40-7, 29-1 AAC)
- Reinhardt (31-16, 21-8 AAC)*
- Bryan (31-17, 21-8 AAC)*
- Truett McConnell (33-14, 17-10 AAC)
- Union (26-17-1, 15-12 AAC)
- Montreat (26-22, 14-14 AAC)
- Point (22-21-1, 14-15 AAC)
- St. Andrews (20-22, 13-15 AAC)
- Milligan (27-20, 12-17 AAC)
- Columbia International (18-27, 11-18 AAC)
*-Reinhardt earns the No. 2 seed over Bryan since it won the season series 2 games to 1.
Here is the complete tournament schedule:
Tournament Schedule
Tuesday, May 2
Game 1 - No. 7 Point (22-21-1) vs. No. 10 Columbia International (18-27), 10 am
Game 2 - No. 8 St. Andrews (20-22) vs. No. 9 Milligan (27-20), 2 pm
Wednesday, May 3
Game 3 - No. 4 Truett McConnell (33-14) vs. No. 5 Union (26-17-1), 9 am
Game 4 - No. 3 Bryan (31-17) vs. No. 6 Montreat (26-22), 12 pm
Game 5 - No. 2 Reinhardt (31-16) vs. Game 1 Winner, 4 pm
Game 6 - No. 1 Tennessee Wesleyan (40-7) vs. Game 2 Winner, 7 pm
Thursday, May 4
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 5
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 6
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.
