2019 Horizon League Baseball Tournament

The 2019 Horizon League Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–25. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at the home field of the regular season champion. The winner of the tournament, UIC, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

2019 Horizon League
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
ChampionsUIC
Winning coachMike Dee (5th title)
MVPRyan Hampe,, UIC[1]
TelevisionESPN+
2019 Horizon League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Wright State   2280 .733  42170 .712
Milwaukee   18110 .621  35211 .623
UIC  y 18110 .621  29230 .558
Northern Kentucky   12180 .400  15420 .263
Oakland   9180 .333  11370 .229
Youngstown State   7200 .259  13410 .241
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 4, 2019[2]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

The league's teams were seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The bottom four seeds participated in a play-in round, with winners advancing to a double-elimination tournament also including the top two seeds.

Bracket

Play-In Round

TeamR
#6 Youngstown State3
#3 Milwaukee12
TeamR
#5 Oakland8
#4 Northern Kentucky9

Double-Elimination Rounds

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Wright State 15  
4 Northern Kentucky 3  
  1 Wright State 610  
  2 UIC 11  
2 UIC 18
3 Milwaukee 10  
  2 UIC 6
  3 Milwaukee 5
4 Northern Kentucky 1  
3 Milwaukee 9  
  1 Wright State 9
  3 Milwaukee 10  

Conference championship

Horizon League Championship
(3) Milwaukee Panthers vs. (2) UIC Flames
May 25, 2019, 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Nischwitz Stadium in Dayton, Ohio
Team123456789RHE
(3) Milwaukee0102020005102
(2) UIC00023010X670
WP: Nick Oliff (1–0)   LP: Jared Reklaitis (9–5)   Sv: Alex Padilla (7)
Attendance: 174

References

  1. "2019 Horizon League Baseball Championship - Horizon League". horizonleague.org. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  2. "Horizon League baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  3. "Horizon League Championships". Horizon League. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.