2005 Horizon League Tournament

The 2005 Horizon League baseball tournament was held in Indianapolis, IN. #1 University of Illinois at Chicago defeated #3 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the title. Ryan Zink of Illinois-Chicago was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Illinois at Chicago	14-6	Mike Dee
2	Youngstown State University	10-6	Mike Florak
3	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	12-8	Jerry Augustine
4	Wright State University	11-9	Rob Cooper
5	Cleveland State University	5-15	Jay Murphy
6	Butler University	4-12	Steve Farley

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Ill.-Chicago	5
	4	Wright St.	5			4	Wright St.	4
	5	Cleveland St.	2								1	Ill.-Chicago	4
											2	Youngstown St.	0
						2	Youngstown St.	9
	3	Wisc.-Milwaukee	7			3	Wisc.-Milwaukee	3
	6	Butler	5													1	Ill.-Chicago	4	9
																3	Wisc.-Milwaukee	8	6
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	4	Wright St.	11
	5	Cleveland St.	10								2	Youngstown St.	10
						3	Wisc.-Milwaukee	4			3	Wisc.-Milwaukee	12
						4	Wright St.	0
	5	Cleveland St.	9
	6	Butler	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	Wright State University	5-2	Cleveland State University
Game 2	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	7-5	Butler University
May 26
Game 3	Cleveland State University	9-5	Butler University	Butler eliminated
Game 4	Youngstown State University	9-3 (11)	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Game 5	University of Illinois at Chicago	5-4	Wright State University
May 27
Game 6	Wright State University	11-10	Cleveland State University	Cleveland State eliminated
Game 7	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	4-0	Wright State University	Wright State eliminated
Game 8	University of Illinois at Chicago	4-0	Youngstown State University
May 28
Game 9	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	12-10	Youngstown State University	Youngstown State eliminated
Game 10	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	8-4	University of Illinois at Chicago
May 29
Game 11	University of Illinois at Chicago	9-6	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Illinois Chicago advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• P Ryan Zink, UIC
• P Zach Peterson, UIC
• C Bryan Nolte, UIC
• 1B Blake Kengas, Milwaukee
• 2B Bobby Cash, Cleveland State
• 3B Justin Banks, Youngstown State
• SS Charles Schultz, Youngstown St.
• OF Bart Babineaux, UIC
• OF Mike Goetz, Milwaukee
• OF Joe Nowicki, Milwaukee
• DH Zak Rivera, Milwaukee