MSC Baseball Tournament Bracket Released

Baseball | Sat, Apr. 23, 2022 at 9:30 PM

2022 MSC Baseball Tournament Bracket

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Mid-South Conference officials released the 2022 MSC Baseball bracket tonight following the completion of the regular season today.

The tournament begins with a best of three series on campus sites next weekend with six teams advancing to Bowling Green Ballpark for the remainder of the championship.

Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) is the tournament’s top seed after capturing the regular-season title. The Lions (34-13, 19-5 in the MSC) earn a direct bid to the final site.

The remaining 10 teams play in five opening-round series with the winners advancing to the six-team double-elimination tournament.

Second-seeded Cumberlands (Ky.)38-12, 18-6) hosts No. 11-seed Tennessee Southern (14-31, 4-19) in the first of five opening-round series.

Third-seeded Thomas More (Ky.) (29-14, 15-7) hosts No. 10-seed Cumberland (Tenn.) (9-39, 6-17) while fourth-seeded Georgetown (Ky.) (28-17, 15-9) hosts No. 9-seed Pikeville (16-30, 6-17).

Cumberland and Pikeville finished the regular season with identical conference records. Pikeville earned the higher seed based on the conference’s second tiebreaker — record against MSC teams beginning with the No. 1 seed, and if still tied proceeding in descending order.

Pikeville beat third-seeded Thomas More once this season while Cumberland lost both times against the Saints. Cumberland and Pikeville did not play this season — the first tiebreaker is head-to-head record — and both teams did not play Freed-Hardeman while both teams suffered three losses to Cumberlands.

Fifth-seeded Bethel (Tenn.) (15-20, 13-10) hosts eighth-seeded Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (23-22, 10-14) while sixth-seeded Campbellsville (Ky.) (20-22, 11-11) hosts No. 7-seed Shawnee State (Ohio) (21-24, 11-13).

The Opening round begins on Friday, April 29 at the campus sites. The final site runs May 5-8 in Bowling Green.