The 2015 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 23. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Oil City Stadium in Whiting, Indiana. Wright State earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Wright State (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Greg Lovelady (1st title) |
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| Wright State | 16 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .696 | 32 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .711 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 16 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .667 | 22 | – | 20 | – | 1 | .523 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 13 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .565 | 19 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .442 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 12 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .522 | 29 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .644 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 8 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .333 | 15 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 5 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .217 | 10 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .244 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 5, 2015[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding and format
editThe league's six teams will be seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. They will then play a double-elimination tournament.
Bracket
editPlay-in games
edit| Team | R |
|---|---|
| #5 Youngstown State | 0 |
| #4 Valparaiso | 8 |
| Team | R |
|---|---|
| #6 Oakland | 11 |
| #3 Milwaukee | 15 |
Remaining bracket
edit| First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | UIC | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Valparaiso | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1 | UIC | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Wright State | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Wright State | 10 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Milwaukee | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Wright State | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Milwaukee | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Milwaukee | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Valparaiso | 2 | 1 | UIC | 4 | ||||||||
| 3 | Milwaukee | 14 | |||||||||||
All Tournament Team
edit P Dalton Lundeen - Valparaiso
P E.J. Trapino - Wright State
C Sean Murphy - Wright State
1B Sam Koenig - Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2B Tell Taylor - Wisconsin-Milwaukee
SS Mitch Roman - Wright State
3B Nick Unes - Wisconsin Milwaukee
OF Tyler Detmer - Illinois-Chicago
OF Luke Meeteer - Wisconsin-Milwaukee
OF Ryan Fucci - Wright State
DH Weenie Krust - Wright State
Tourney MVP
editMark Fowler, Wright State
References
edit- ^ "Horizon League Standings" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
- ^ "2015 Horizon League Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^ "Horizon League Championships". Horizon League. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2015.