Baseball Tournament Pairings Announced

LIMA, Ohio - (Tournament Page) - The seeds and pod assignments for the 2022 Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) have been released. The top six teams in the final season standings qualifed for Pod Play with the two Pods hosted by the top two seeds: top-seeded UNOH and second-seeded Lawrence Tech. The next three seeds required tiebreaking procedures as Cornerstone, Indiana Tech, and Madonna all tied for third in the conference.

Madonna took the No. 3 seed based on head-to-head vs. the tied teams (3-1). Cornerstone was 2-2 for the fourth seed and Indiana Tech 1-3 fell to the fifth seed. Concordia rounded out the six teams qualifying for the tournament.

Pod Play begins May 5 with A featuring Lawrence Tech, Madonna, and Cornerstone. Pod B includes UNOH, Indiana Tech, and Concordia. The two pod winners advance to the championship round for a best of three games at the higher seed.

Pod A - #2 Lawrence Tech, #3 Madonna, #4 Cornerstone (hosted by LTU)

Day 1 – May 5
Game 1: #3 Madonna (15-7, 23-9) vs. #4 Cornerstone (15-7, 23-19)
Game 2: #2 Lawrence Tech (16-6, 26-18) vs. Game 1 loser
Game 3: #2 vs Game 1 winner

Day 2 May 6 (if ALL teams have 1 loss)
Game 4: #4 vs #3
Game 5: #2 vs Game 4 winner

Day 2 May 6 (if one team is eliminated Day 1)
Game 4: 2-0 Team vs 1-1 Team
Game 5: if necessary

May 7 rain date

Pod B - #1 UNOH, #5 Indiana Tech, #6 Concordia (hosted by UNOH)

Day 1- May 5
Game 1: #5 Indiana Tech (15-7, 31-19) vs. #6 Concordia (13-9, 34-18), 9 a.m.
Game 2: #1 UNOH (19-3, 32-11) vs. Game 1 loser, 12:30 p.m.
Game 3: #1 vs Game 1 winner, 4 p.m.

Day 2 May 6 (if ALL teams have 1 loss)
Game 4: #6 vs #5
Game 5: #1 vs Game 4 winner

Day 2 May 6 (if one team is eliminated Day 1)
Game 4: 2-0 Team vs 1-1 Team
Game 5: if necessary