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2019 Horizon League baseball tournament

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2019 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
ChampionsUIC (6th title)
Winning coachMike Dee (5th title)
MVPRyan Hampe (UIC[1])
TelevisionESPN+
2019 Horizon League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Wright State  ‍‍‍ 22 8 0   .733 42 17 0   .712
Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ 18 11 0   .621 35 21 1   .623
UIC  ‍‍y 18 11 0   .621 29 23 0   .558
Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 12 18 0   .400 15 42 0   .263
Oakland  ‍‍‍ 9 18 0   .333 11 37 0   .229
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 7 20 0   .259 13 41 0   .241
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2019[2]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2019 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 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]

Seeding and format

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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

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Play-In Round

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Team R
#6 Youngstown State 3
#3 Milwaukee 12
Team R
#5 Oakland 8
#4 Northern Kentucky 9

Double-Elimination Rounds

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First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Wright State15
4Northern Kentucky3
1Wright State610
2UIC11
2UIC18
3Milwaukee10
2UIC
3Milwaukee
Lower round 1Lower final
1Wright State9
4Northern Kentucky13Milwaukee10
3Milwaukee9

Conference championship

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Horizon League Championship
(3) Milwaukee Panthers vs. (2) UIC Flames
May 25, 2019, 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Nischwitz Stadium in Fairborn, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(3) Milwaukee 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 10 2
(2) UIC 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 X 6 7 0
WP: Nick Oliff (1–0)   LP: Jared Reklaitis (9–5)   Sv: Alex Padilla (7)
Attendance: 174

References

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  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.