Teams | 5 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Valparaiso (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Tracy Woodson (2nd title) |
MVP | Karch Kowalczyk (Valparaiso) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milwaukee | 14 | – | 7 | .667 | 29 | – | 21 | .580 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valparaiso ‡y | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 32 | – | 28 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 27 | – | 28 | .491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wright State | 9 | – | 12 | .429 | 22 | – | 28 | .440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | 14 | – | 41 | .255 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2013 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 2013
Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 25. All five of the league's teams met in the
double-elimination tournament held at
Youngstown State University's
Eastwood Field.
Valparaiso won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the
2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
[2]
[3]
[4]
The league's five teams were seeded one through five based on winning percentage, using conference games only. They then played a double-elimination tournament. [5]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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Milwaukee | 14 | 7 | .667 | – | 1 |
UIC | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.5 | 2 |
Valparaiso | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.5 | 3 |
Wright State | 9 | 12 | .429 | 5 | 4 |
Youngstown State | 8 | 16 | .333 | 7.5 | 5 |
Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Milwaukee | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Wright State | 6 | 4 | Wright State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Youngstown State | 3 | 1 | Milwaukee | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Valparaiso | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | UIC | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Valparaiso | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Valparaiso | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Wright State | 0 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Milwaukee | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Wright State | 5 | 4 | Wright State | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Youngstown State | 5 | 2 | UIC | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | UIC | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [4]
Pos | Name | School |
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P | Dalton Lundeen | Valparaiso |
P | Karch Kowalczyk | Valparaiso |
C | Garrett Gray | Wright State |
1B | Alex Grunenwald | UIC |
2B | Michael Pocaro | 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 |
Karch Kowalczyk was named Tournament Most Valuable Players. Kowalczyk was a pitcher for Valparaiso. [4]