2015 Horizon League Tournament

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The 2015 Horizon League baseball tournament was held at Oil City Stadium in Whiting, IN. #1 Wright State University defeated #3 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the title. Mark Fowler of Wright State was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 University of Illinois at Chicago 22-8 Mike Dee
2 Wright State University 21-8 Greg Lovelady
3 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 16-13 Scott Doffek
4 Valparaiso University 15-14 Brian Schmack
5 Youngstown State University 9-21 Steve Gillispie
6 Oakland University 5-24 John Musachio

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round   Second Round   Final
                             
  1 Ill.-Chicago 8  
  4 Valparaiso 5    
      1 Ill.-Chicago 4  
      2 Wright St. 8    
  2 Wright St. 10          
  3 Wisc.-Milwaukee 4        
      2 Wright St. 4 17
        3 Wisc.-Milwaukee 5 4
       
    1 Ill.-Chicago 4    
  4 Valparaiso 2     3 Wisc.-Milwaukee 5  
  3 Wisc.-Milwaukee 14  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 20
Game 1 Valparaiso University 8-0 Youngstown State University single elimination, Valparaiso advances
Game 2 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 15-11 Oakland University single elimination, Wisconsin-Milwaukee advances
May 21
Game 3 University of Illinois at Chicago 8-5 Valparaiso University
Game 4 Wright State University 10-4 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Game 5 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 14-2 Valparaiso University Valparaiso eliminated
May 22
Game 6 Wright State University 8-4 University of Illinois at Chicago
Game 7 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 5-4 (12) University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois Chicago eliminated
May 23
Game 8 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 5-4 Wright State University
Game 9 Wright State University 17-4 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wright State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • SP Dalton Lundeen, Valparaiso
  • SP E.J. Trapino, Wright State
  • C Sean Murphy, Wright State
  • 1B Sam Koenig, Milwaukee
  • 2B Tell Taylor, Milwaukee
  • SS Mitch Roman, Wright State
  • 3B Nick Unes, Milwaukee
  • OF Tyler Detmer, UIC
  • OF Luke Meeteer, Milwaukee
  • OF Ryan Fucci, Wright State
  • DH Mark Fowler, Wright State