2002 Horizon League Tournament

The 2002 Horizon League baseball tournament was held in Cleveland, OH. #2 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee defeated #1 University of Illinois at Chicago for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Illinois at Chicago	14-5	Mike Dee
2	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	15-8	Jerry Augustine
3	Youngstown State University	11-8	Mike Florak
4	Butler University	11-11	Steve Farley
5	Cleveland State University	11-12	Jay Murphy
6	Wright State University	9-14	Ron Nischwitz
7	University of Detroit Mercy	3-16	Chris Czarnik

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Ill.-Chicago	2
	7	Detroit Mercy	1			1	Ill.-Chicago	3
						3	Youngstown St.	2
	2	Wisc.-Milwaukee	7								1	Ill.-Chicago	0
	5	Cleveland St.	1								2	Wisc.-Milwaukee	9
						2	Wisc.-Milwaukee	8													2	Wisc.-Milwaukee	6	x
						4	Butler	5													1	Ill.-Chicago	3	x
	3	Youngstown St.	0													1	Ill.-Chicago	5
	4	Butler	1								4	Butler	6			4	Butler	3
						7	Detroit Mercy	4			7	Detroit Mercy	1
						5	Cleveland St.	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 22
Game 1	University of Detroit Mercy	3-2	Wright State University	single elimination, Detroit advances
May 23
Game 2	University of Illinois at Chicago	2-1	University of Detroit Mercy
Game 3	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	7-1	Cleveland State University
Game 4	Butler University	1-0	Youngstown State University
May 24
Game 5	University of Detroit Mercy	4-2	Cleveland State University	Cleveland State eliminated
Game 6	University of Illinois at Chicago	3-2	Youngstown State University	Youngstown State eliminated
Game 7	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	8-5	Butler University
May 25
Game 8	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	9-0	University of Illinois at Chicago
Game 9	Butler University	6-1	University of Detroit Mercy	Detroit eliminated
Game 10	University of Illinois at Chicago	5-3	Butler University	Butler eliminated
May 26
Game 11	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	6-3	University of Illinois at Chicago	Wisconsin-Milwaukee advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• P Ryan Gehring, UIC
• P Quinton Oldenburg, Milwaukee
• P Pat Neshek, Butler
• P Geogg Lefeber, Milwaukee
• C John Vanden Berg, Milwaukee
• 1B Dave Pudlosky, Milwaukee
• 2B Jeff Steele, Butler
• 3B
• SS Charlie Reschke, Milwaukee
• OF Curtis Granderson, UIC
• OF Juston Davenport, Detroit
• OF Roger Wechter, Detroit