KANSAS CITY, Mo. (May 2, 2022) – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) office announced the nine host locations for the 2022 Baseball Opening Round. Paul Demie Mainieri Field will host the Miami Gardens Bracket for the second time in program history, the last time being in 2019.
 
Lewis and Clarke State College in Lewiston, Idaho was given the automatic host as the site for the Avista-NAIA World Series. Here are the official ten sites that will host:
 

Host	Location	Venue
Bellevue (Neb.)	Bellevue, Neb.	Don Roddy Field
Visit Kingsport/AAC	Kingsport, Tenn.	Hunter Wright Stadium
Georgia Gwinnett	Lawrenceville, Ga.	Grizzly Baseball Complex
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	Lewiston, Idaho	Harris Field
St. Thomas (Fla.)	Miami Gardens, Fla.	Paul Demie Mainieri Field at Frank R. Espositio Stadium
Faulkner (Ala.)	Montgomery, Ala.	Harris Field at Ed Chef Stadium
Oklahoma City	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Jim Wade Stadium
Westmont (Calif.)	Santa Barbara, Calif.	Russell Carr Field
LSU-Shreveport	Shreveport, La.	Pilot Field
Taylor (Ind.)	Upland, Ind.	Winterholter Field

 
This gives St. Thomas an automatic berth to the national tournament. The teams that will join the Bobcats will be released on Thursday, May 12 at 5 p.m. eastern time. Opening Round play is set to begin on Monday, May 16 with the winner of the bracket moving on to the Avista-NAIA World Series at Harris Field.
 
Follow the Bobcats as they compete in the Sun Conference Championship Tournament this weekend at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches starting on Thursday, May 5.