2012 Horizon League Baseball Tournament

2012 Horizon League
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2012
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Les Miller Field
Chicago, IL
Champions Valparaiso (1st title)
Winning coach Tracy Woodson (1st title)
MVP Mark Johnson (Valparaiso)
Horizon League
Baseball Tournament
«2011  2013»
2012 Horizon League baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Valparaiso †‡y 22 – 8   .733     35 – 25   .583
Wright State 20 – 10   .667     37 – 21   .638
Milwaukee 18 – 11   .621     27 – 27   .500
UIC 12 – 17   .414     23 – 33   .411
Butler 10 – 20   .333     22 – 34   .393
Youngstown State 7 – 23   .233     11 – 44   .200
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2012 Horizon League Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–27. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at UIC's Les Miller Field. Top seeded Valparaiso won their first Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The league's six teams are seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Valparaiso 22 8 .733
–
1
Wright State 20 10 .667
2
2
Milwaukee 18 11 .621
3.5
3
UIC 12 17 .414
9.5
4
Butler 10 20 .333
12
5
Youngstown State 7 23 .233
15
6

Results

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4  UIC 10     2  Wright State 9  
  5  Butler 1     4  UIC 19    
      4  UIC 3              
      1  Valparaiso 4              
  3  Milwaukee 4     1  Valparaiso 16          
  6  Youngstown State 8     6  Youngstown State 3        
        1  Valparaiso 3 14
Loser's Bracket       4  UIC 4 5
  3  Milwaukee 19        
  5  Butler 2          
      3  Milwaukee 1        
      2  Wright State 2          
            2  Wright State 4              
          6  Youngstown State 5              
      4  UIC 5    
    6  Youngstown State 0  

[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

POS Name School
P Blake Aquadro Youngstown State
P Tyler Deetjen Valparaiso
C Corey Davis Wright State
1B Alex Grunenwald UIC
2B Tanner Vavra Valparaiso
SS Spencer Mahoney Valparaiso
3B Joe Betcher UIC
OF Jonathan Capasso Milwaukee
OF Mark Johnson Valparaiso
OF Alex De LaRosa UIC
U John Loeffler Valparaiso

Most Valuable Player

Mark Johnson was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. Johnson was an outfielder for Valparaiso.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012-13 Horizon League All Sports Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 140. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Valparaiso Wins Baseball Championship". Horizon League. May 27, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ "2012 Horizon League Baseball Championship" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Retrieved 2012-06-02.