The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced seedings and opening round match-ups for the upcoming 2022 SWAC Baseball Tournament slated to be held May 25-29 at Regions Field in Downtown Birmingham.
Eastern Division Seeding:
No. 1 Alabama State
No. 2 Florida A&M
No. 3 Bethune Cookman
No. 4 Jackson State
Note: Alabama State clinched the Eastern Division top seed after completing the regular season with a 21-8 SWAC Conference record.
Western Division Seeding:
No. 1 Southern
No. 2 Grambling State
No. 3 Prairie View A&M
No. 4 Texas Southern
Note: In the Western Division, Southern gets the top seed after completing the regular season with a 21-9 record in conference play.
Alabama State will face Texas Southern in the opening round of tournament action.
Southern will square off against Jackson State.
Florida A&M will open the tournament against Prairie View A&M.
Grambling State will take on Bethune-Cookman in the first round.
The double-elimination format starts at 9:00 a.m. CST on Wednesday, May 25 – 29. All tournament games will be available live on the SWAC Digital Network. Championship games can be viewed on ESPN3.
Date | Game/Round | Teams | Times |
Wednesday, May 25 | Game 1: Opening Round | #2 East vs. #3 West | 9 a.m. |
Wednesday, May 25 | Game 3: Opening Round | #1 West vs. #4 East | 3 p.m. |
Thursday, May 26 | Game 5: Second Round | Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 3 | 9 a.m. |
Thursday, May 26 | Game 7: Second Round | Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 3 | 3 p.m. |
Friday, May 27 | Game 9: Quarterfinals | Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7 | 9 a.m. |
Friday, May 27 | Game 11: Semifinals | Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9 | 3 p.m. |
Sunday, May 29 | Game 13: Championship | Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12 | 12 p.m. |