2013 Horizon League Tournament

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The 2013 Horizon League baseball tournament was held in Niles, OH. #3 Valparaiso University defeated #4 Wright State University for the title. Karch Kowalczyk of Valparaiso was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 14-7 Scott Doffek
2 University of Illinois at Chicago 13-11 Mike Dee
3 Valparaiso University 13-11 Tracy Woodson
4 Wright State University 9-12 Rob Cooper
5 Youngstown State University 8-16 Steve Gillispie

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  Opening round Opening round Second round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  4 Wright St. 6  
  5 Youngstown St. 3     1 Wisc.-Milwaukee 6  
    4 Wright St. 1    
          1 Wisc.-Milwaukee 4            
            3 Valparaiso 6              
      2 Ill.-Chicago 7           3 Valparaiso 3 x
      3 Valparaiso 8         4 Wright St. 0 x
          1 Wisc.-Milwaukee 6    
        4 Wright St. 5     4 Wright St. 11  
  2 Ill.-Chicago 15     2 Ill.-Chicago 4  
  5 Youngstown St. 5  



Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 22
Game 1 Wright State University 6-3 Youngstown State University
May 23
Game 2 Valparaiso University 8-7 University of Illinois at Chicago
May 24
Game 3 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 6-1 Wright State University
Game 4 University of Illinois at Chicago 15-5 Youngstown State University Youngstown State eliminated
Game 5 Wright State University 5-4 University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois Chicago eliminated
May 25
Game 6 Valparaiso University 6-4 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Game 7 Wright State University 11-6 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wisconsin-Milwaukee eliminated
May 26
Game 8 Valparaiso University 3-0 Wright State University Valparaiso advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • P Karch Kowalczyk,Valparaiso
  • P Dalton Lundeen,Valparaiso
  • C Garrett Gray, Wright State
  • 1B Alex Grunenwald, UIC
  • 2B Michael Porcaro, Milwaukee
  • SS Spencer Mahoney,Valparaiso
  • 3B Joe Betcher, UIC
  • OF Kieston Greene, Wright State
  • OF Chris Manning,Valparaiso
  • OF Alex De La Rosa, UIC
  • DH Andrew Bain,Valparaiso