Teams | 6 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Youngstown State (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Steve Gillispie (1st title) |
MVP | Phil Lipari (Youngstown State) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wright State † | 25 | – | 4 | .862 | 34 | – | 19 | .642 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | 25 | – | 28 | .472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valparaiso | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 25 | – | 28 | .472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milwaukee | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 21 | – | 28 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 7 | – | 17 | .292 | 12 | – | 33 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 6 | – | 17 | .261 | 15 | – | 36 | .294 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 24, 2014 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 2014
Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 24. All six of the league's teams met in the
double-elimination tournament held at
Kapco Park on the campus of
Concordia University Wisconsin in
Milwaukee.
Youngstown State won the tournament for the second time, earning the conference's automatic bid to the
2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
[2]
[3]
The league's six teams were seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. They then played a double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds (top-seeded Wright State and UIC) earning a single bye. [4]
Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
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Wright State | 25 | 4 | .862 | – | 1 |
UIC | 17 | 13 | .567 | 8.5 | 2 |
Valparaiso | 12 | 12 | .500 | 10.5 | 3 |
Milwaukee | 10 | 14 | .417 | 12.5 | 4 |
Oakland | 7 | 17 | .292 | 15.5 | 5 |
Youngstown State | 6 | 17 | .261 | 16 | 6 |
Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Wright State | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Valparaiso | 3 | 6 | Youngstown State | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Youngstown State | 7 | 6 | Youngstown State | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Milwaukee | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | UIC | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Milwaukee | 4 | 4 | Milwaukee | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Oakland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Youngstown State | 5 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Wright State | 4 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Wright State | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Valparaiso | 0 | 4 | Milwaukee | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Valparaiso | 1 | 1 | Wright State | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Oakland | 0 | 2 | UIC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Valparaiso | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Youngstown State second baseman Phil Lipari, one of five Penguins selected, was named Most Valuable Player.
Pos. | Name | Team |
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P | Andrew Elliott | Wright State |
P | Jeremy Quinlan | Youngstown State |
C | Josh White | Youngstown State |
1B | Andrew Bynum | Valparaiso |
2B | Phil Lipari | Youngstown State |
SS | Shane Willoughby | Youngstown State |
3B | Matt Sullivan | Youngstown State |
OF | Robby Enslen | Oakland |
OF | Ryan Solberg | Milwaukee |
OF | Jeff Limbaugh | Wright State |
DH | Pat Wilson | Milwaukee |