GREENVILLE, S.C. – The schedule for the 2022 Southern Conference Baseball Championship presented by Holston Gases at Fluor Field at the West End has been altered due to anticipated inclement weather across the South Carolina Upstate on Thursday. The tournament will now open with four games Wednesday instead of two games on both Wednesday and Thursday as previously scheduled.
 
No. 5 seed ETSU will now take on No. 8 seed The Citadel at 9 a.m. Wednesday, up from the originally scheduled 3 p.m. slot. Sixth-seeded Western Carolina will face seventh-seeded VMI at 12:30 p.m. instead of the previously announced 7 p.m. game time. Both of those games are single elimination with the winners advancing into double-elimination bracket play later that day on Wednesday.
 
The ETSU/The Citadel winner will face No. 4 seed UNCG at 4 p.m., followed by the WCU/VMI winner against No. 3 seed Samford at approximately 7:30 p.m.
 
Friday's slate of games remains scheduled to begin at 9 a.m., with top-seeded Wofford facing off against the winner of game three followed by No. 2 Mercer (39-16, 12-9) facing off against the winner of game four at 12:30 p.m. before the day eventually concludes with a pair of loser bracket contests at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
 
The remaining teams will compete in a trio of games on Saturday, which are scheduled for 12 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday's championship game is set for noon, with a second game following 40 minutes after the completion of that one, if necessary.
 
All games will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
 
The SoCon reserves the right to make other schedule changes as necessary, including reverting to the original schedule if the weather forecast for Thursday clears.
 
The tournament winner earns the league's automatic bid to a NCAA Baseball Regional. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at this link.
 
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SoCon Baseball Championship presented by Holston Gases
(Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.)
May 25 (Wednesday)
Game 1: #5 ETSU vs. #8 The Citadel, 9:00 a.m. 
Game 2: #6 Western Carolina vs. #7 VMI, 12:30 p.m.
Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs. #4 UNCG, 4:00 p.m.
Game 4: Winner Game 2 vs. #3 Samford, 7:30 p.m.
 
May 26 (Thursday)
No games scheduled (due to inclement weather)
 
May 27 (Friday)
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. #1 Wofford, 9:00 a.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. #2 Mercer, 12:30 p.m.
Game 7: Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 5, 4:00 p.m.
Game 8: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 6, 7:30 p.m. 
 
May 28 (Saturday)
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, Noon
Game 10: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 3:30 p.m. 
Game 11: Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 9, 7:00 p.m.
 
May 29 (Sunday)
Game 12: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11, Noon
Game 13: Game 12 winner vs. Game 12 loser (if necessary), 40 minutes after Game 12