2008 Horizon League Tournament

The 2008 Horizon League baseball tournament was held in Niles, OH. #1 University of Illinois at Chicago defeated #5 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the title. Brett Schaefer of Illinois-Chicago was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Illinois at Chicago	17-6	Mike Dee
2	Wright State University	16-6	Rob Cooper
3	Youngstown State University	13-12	Rich Pasquale
4	Cleveland State University	10-13	Kevin Kocks
5	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	11-15	Scott Doffek
6	Valparaiso University	8-13	Tracy Woodson
7	Butler University	7-17	Steve Farley

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Ill.-Chicago	8
	3	Youngstown St.	2			6	Valparaiso	5
	6	Valparaiso	3								1	Ill.-Chicago	7
											5	Wisc.-Milwaukee	5
						2	Wright St.	7
	4	Cleveland St.	7			5	Wisc.-Milwaukee	4
	5	Wisc.-Milwaukee	10													1	Ill.-Chicago	2	16
																5	Wisc.-Milwaukee	7	3
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	2	Wright St.	7
	4	Cleveland St.	4								5	Wisc.-Milwaukee	8
						2	Wright St.	4			6	Valparaiso	3
						6	Valparaiso	13
	3	Youngstown St.	4
	4	Cleveland St.	10

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 20
Game 1	Valparaiso University	6-5	Butler University	single elimination, Valparaiso advances
May 21
Game 2	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	10-7 (14)	Cleveland State University
Game 3	Valparaiso University	3-2	Youngstown State University
May 22
Game 4	Cleveland State University	10-4	Youngstown State University	Youngstown State eliminated
Game 5	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	20-3	Wright State University
Game 6	University of Illinois at Chicago	8-5	Valparaiso University
May 23
Game 7	Wright State University	7-4	Cleveland State University	Cleveland State eliminated
Game 8	Valparaiso University	13-4	Wright State University	Wright State eliminated
Game 9	University of Illinois at Chicago	7-5	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
May 24
Game 10	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	8-3	Valparaiso University	Valparaiso eliminated
Game 11	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	7-2	University of Illinois at Chicago
May 25
Game 12	University of Illinois at Chicago	16-3	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Illinois Chicago advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• P Peter Ifft, UIC
• P Ben McClarey, Milwaukee
• C Kevin Coddington, UIC
• 1B Brett Schaefer, UIC
• 2B Jesse Hart, Milwaukee
• 3B Josh Wallace, Valparaiso
• SS Brett Bivens, Valparaiso
• OF Dan DeBruin, Valparaiso
• OF Troy Vesling, Milwaukee
• OF Steve McGuiggan, UIC
• DH Shawn Wozniak, Milwaukee