2015 Horizon League baseball tournament

2015 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsWright State (5th title)
Winning coachGreg Lovelady (1st title)
2015 Horizon League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Wright State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 7 – 0   .696 32 – 13 – 0   .711
UIC  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8 – 0   .667 22 – 20 – 1   .523
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 13 – 10 – 0   .565 19 – 24 – 0   .442
Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ 12 – 11 – 0   .522 29 – 16 – 0   .644
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 15 – 27 – 0   .357
Oakland  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18 – 0   .217 10 – 31 – 0   .244
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 5, 2015[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2015 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 23. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Oil City Stadium in Whiting, Indiana. Wright State earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The league's six teams will be seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. They will then play a double-elimination tournament.

Bracket

Play-in games

Wednesday, May 20
Team R
#5 Youngstown State 0
#4 Valparaiso 8
Wednesday, May 20
Team R
#6 Oakland 11
#3 Milwaukee 15

Remaining bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1UIC8
4Valparaiso5
1UIC5
2Wright State8
2Wright State10
3Milwaukee4
2Wright State
3Milwaukee
Lower round 1Lower final
3Milwaukee5
4Valparaiso21UIC4
3Milwaukee14

All Tournament Team

          P Dalton Lundeen - Valparaiso
          P E.J. Trapino   - Wright State
          C Sean Murphy    - Wright State
         1B Sam Koenig     - Wisconsin-Milwaukee
         2B Tell Taylor    - Wisconsin-Milwaukee
         SS Mitch Roman    - Wright State
         3B Nick Unes      - Wisconsin Milwaukee
         OF Tyler Detmer   - Illinois-Chicago
         OF Luke Meeteer   - Wisconsin-Milwaukee
         OF Ryan Fucci     - Wright State
         DH Weenie Krust - Wright State

Tourney MVP

Mark Fowler, Wright State

References

  1. ^ "Horizon League Standings" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 Horizon League Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Horizon League Championships". Horizon League. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2015.