2003 Horizon League Tournament

The 2003 Horizon League baseball tournament was held in Dayton, OH. #1 University of Illinois at Chicago defeated #2 Butler University for the title. Mike Hughes of Illinois-Chicago was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Illinois at Chicago	15-6	Mike Dee
2	Butler University	16-8	Steve Farley
3	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	13-10	Jerry Augustine
4	Youngstown State University	12-11	Mike Florak
5	Wright State University	10-13	Ron Nischwitz
6	University of Detroit Mercy	8-12	Chris Czarnik
7	Cleveland State University	4-18	Jay Murphy

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Ill.-Chicago	11
	7	Cleveland St.	4			1	Ill.-Chicago	6
						3	Wisc.-Milwaukee	4
	2	Butler	2								1	Ill.-Chicago	9
	5	Wright St.	1								2	Butler	0
						2	Butler	9													1	Ill.-Chicago	2	x
						4	Youngstown St.	6													2	Butler	1	x
	3	Wisc.-Milwaukee	6													2	Butler	7
	4	Youngstown St.	9								4	Youngstown St.	4			7	Cleveland St.	6
						7	Cleveland St.	5			7	Cleveland St.	10
						5	Wright St.	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	Cleveland State University	7-3	University of Detroit Mercy	single elimination, Cleveland State advances
May 22
Game 2	University of Illinois at Chicago	11-4	Cleveland State University
Game 3	Youngstown State University	9-6	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Game 4	Butler University	2-1 (10)	Wright State University
May 23
Game 5	Cleveland State University	5-4	Wright State University	Wright State eliminated
Game 6	University of Illinois at Chicago	6-4	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Wisconsin-Milwaukee eliminated
Game 7	Butler University	9-6	Youngstown State University
May 24
Game 8	University of Illinois at Chicago	9-0	Butler University
Game 9	Cleveland State University	10-4	Youngstown State University	Youngstown State eliminated
Game 10	Butler University	7-6	Cleveland State University	Cleveland State eliminated
May 25
Game 11	University of Illinois at Chicago	2-1	Butler University	Illinois Chicago advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Mike Hughes, UIC
• Jordan DeVoir, UIC
• Ryan Martin, UIC
• Kevin Nelson, UIC
• Jared Lowe, Butler
• Tim Marks, Butler
• Justin McKinley, Butler
• Aaron Phillips, Butler
• Dominic Erney, Cleveland State
• Matt Kaltenbach, Cleveland State
• Ben Smith, Cleveland State