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2023 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament

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2023 Colonial Athletic Association
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatModified Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsUNC Wilmington (7th title)
Winning coachRandy Hood (1st title)
MVPDillon Lifrieri (UNC Wilmington)
2023 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UNC Wilmington ‍y 20 8   .714 31 21   .596
Elon  ‍‍‍ 19 9   .679 32 20   .615
Northeastern ‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 41 12   .774
Charleston  ‍‍‍ 18 12   .600 34 20   .630
Delaware  ‍‍‍ 17 13   .567 29 27   .518
William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 15 15   .500 32 23   .582
Stony Brook  ‍‍‍ 14 16   .467 23 29   .442
Hofstra  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 26 26   .500
North Carolina A&T  ‍‍‍ 11 17   .393 19 28   .404
Towson  ‍‍‍ 7 23   .233 19 37   .339
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 6 22   .214 16 30   .348
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 20, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2023 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament was held at The Ballpark at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, from May 24 through 27. UNC Wilmington won their seventh Colonial Athletic Association baseball championship and third championship in the past five tournaments. With the win, they also earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format[edit]

Continuing the format adopted in 2012, the top six finishers from the regular season will compete in the modified double-elimination tournament.

Bracket[edit]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
5Delaware0
5Delaware71UNC Wilmington3
4College of Charleston43Northeastern5
1UNC Wilmington610
3Northeastern2
6William & Mary02Elon1
3Northeastern6
3Northeastern4
1UNC Wilmington5
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Elon8
4College of Charleston53Northeastern14
5Delaware22Elon10
6William & Mary14College of Charleston5
4College of Charleston2

Schedule[edit]

Game Time* Matchup# Score Notes Reference
Wednesday, May 24
1 12:00pm No. 4 College of Charleston vs No. 5 Delaware 4–7 [4]
2 4:00pm No. 3 Northeastern vs No. 6 William & Mary 6–0 [5]
Thursday, May 25
3 11:00am No. 6 William & Mary vs No. 4 College of Charleston 1–2 William & Mary eliminated [6]
4 3:00pm No. 1 UNC Wilmington vs No. 4 Delaware 3–0 [7]
5 7:00pm No. 2 Elon vs No. 3 Northeastern 1–2 [8]
Friday, May 26
6 9:00am No. 4 College of Charleston vs No. 5 Delaware 5–2 Delaware eliminated [9]
7 12:30pm No. 2 Elon vs. No. 4 College of Charleston 10–5 College of Charleston eliminated [10]
8 4:20pm No. 3 Northeastern vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington 5-6 (10) [11]
Saturday, May 27 no games due to weather[12]
Sunday, May 28
9 1:00pm No. 2 Elon vs No. 3 Northeastern 8–14 Elon eliminated [13]
10 5:00pm No. 3 Northeastern vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington 4–5 UNC Wilmington wins championship [14]
11 Rematch (not necessary)
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "UNCW Holds Off Northeastern, 5-4, To Capture 7th CAA Baseball Championship". caasports.com. May 28, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "2023 CAA Baseball Championship". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "Delaware-Charleston Boxscore". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Conference. May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "W&M-Northeastern Boxscore". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Conference. May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  6. ^ "W&M-Charleston Boxscore". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Conference. May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  7. ^ "Wilmington-Delaware Boxscore". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Conference. May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  8. ^ "Elon-Northeastern Boxscore". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Conference. May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  9. ^ "Charleston-Delaware Boxscore". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Conference. May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  10. ^ "Charleston-Elon Boxscore". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Conference. May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  11. ^ "Northeastern-Wilmington Boxscore". Colonial Athletic Conference. May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  12. ^ "Weather Forces Changes To Remaining Schedule At CAA Baseball Championship". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Conference. May 27, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  13. ^ "Northeastern-Elon Boxscore". Colonial Athletic Conference. May 28, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  14. ^ "Northeastern-Wilmington Boxscore". Colonial Athletic Conference. May 28, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.