2013 Horizon League Baseball Tournament

The 2013 Horizon League Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–25. 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]

2013 Horizon League
Baseball Tournament

Teams	5
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Eastwood Field Youngstown, OH
Champions	Valparaiso (2nd title)
Winning coach	Tracy Woodson (2nd title)
MVP	Karch Kowalczyk, Valparaiso

2013 Horizon League baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
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
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

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
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

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
Winner's Bracket
	4	Wright State	6			1	Milwaukee	6
	5	Youngstown State	3			4	Wright State	1
											1	Milwaukee	4
											3	Valparaiso	6
						2	UIC	7
						3	Valparaiso	8
																					3	Valparaiso	3	—
Loser's Bracket																					4	Wright State	0	—
						5	Youngstown State	5
						2	UIC	15
											4	Wright State	5
											2	UIC	4
																1	Milwaukee	6
																4	Wright State	11

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Pos	Name	School
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

Most Valuable Player

Karch Kowalczyk was named Tournament Most Valuable Players. Kowalczyk was a pitcher for Valparaiso.[4]

References

1. "2013 Horizon League Baseball Standings" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
2. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
3. "2013 Horizon League Baseball Championship" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
4. "Lundeen, Kowalczyk Pitch Valpo to Second Straight Baseball Tile". horizonleague.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
5. "Valparaiso picked to win 2013 Horizon League baseball title". Horizon League. February 13, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2013.