2019 Horizon League baseball tournament

2019 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
ChampionsUIC (6th title)
Winning coachMike Dee (5th title)
MVPRyan Hampe (UIC[1])
TelevisionESPN+
2019 Horizon League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Wright State  ‍†‍‍ 22 – 8 – 0   .733 42 – 17 – 0   .712
Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ 18 – 11 – 0   .621 35 – 21 – 1   .623
UIC  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 11 – 0   .621 29 – 23 – 0   .558
Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 15 – 42 – 0   .263
Oakland  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18 – 0   .333 11 – 37 – 0   .229
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20 – 0   .259 13 – 41 – 0   .241
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2019[2]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2019 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 25. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at the home field of the regular season champion. The winner of the tournament, UIC, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Seeding and format

The league's teams were seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The bottom four seeds participated in a play-in round, with winners advancing to a double-elimination tournament also including the top two seeds.

Bracket

Play-In Round

Team R
#6 Youngstown State 3
#3 Milwaukee 12
Team R
#5 Oakland 8
#4 Northern Kentucky 9

Double-Elimination Rounds

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Wright State15
4Northern Kentucky3
1Wright State610
2UIC11
2UIC18
3Milwaukee10
2UIC
3Milwaukee
Lower round 1Lower final
1Wright State9
4Northern Kentucky13Milwaukee10
3Milwaukee9

Conference championship

Horizon League Championship
(3) Milwaukee Panthers vs. (2) UIC Flames
May 25, 2019, 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Nischwitz Stadium in Fairborn, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(3) Milwaukee 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 10 2
(2) UIC 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 X 6 7 0
WP: Nick Oliff (1–0)   LP: Jared Reklaitis (9–5)   Sv: Alex Padilla (7)
Attendance: 174

References

  1. ^ "2019 Horizon League Baseball Championship - Horizon League". horizonleague.org. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Horizon League baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "Horizon League Championships". Horizon League. Retrieved December 9, 2018.