2010 Horizon League baseball tournament

2010 Horizon League
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	U.S. Steel Yard Gary, IN
Champions	Milwaukee  (4th title)
Winning coach	Scott Doffek  (1st title)
MVP	Chad Pierce (Milwaukee)
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2010 Horizon League baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wright State  ‍‍‍	17	–	6		.739			31	–	25		.554
Milwaukee  ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	8		.680			33	–	26		.559
UIC  ‍‍‍	15	–	9		.625			24	–	30		.444
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍	9	–	10		.474			24	–	32		.429
Butler  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			21	–	29		.420
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍	9	–	17		.346			22	–	34		.393
Cleveland State  ‍‍‍	5	–	20		.200			12	–	43		.218
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 30, 2010 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2010 Horizon League baseball tournament took place from May 27 through 30, near the close of the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball season. The top six of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Indiana. ^[2] Second seeded Milwaukee won their fourth Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Seeding

The league's six teams are seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. ^[1]

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Wright State	17	6	.739	—	1
Milwaukee	17	8	.680	1	2
UIC	15	9	.625	2.5	3
Valparaiso	9	10	.474	6	4
Butler	11	13	.458	6.5	5
Youngstown State	9	17	.346	9.5	6
Cleveland State	5	20	.200	13	—

Results

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Final
						1	Wright State	10
	3	UIC	4			6	Youngstown State	8
	6	Youngstown State	8								1	Wright State	1
											2	Milwaukee	0
						2	Milwaukee	3
	4	Valparaiso	7			4	Valparaiso	1
	5	Butler	3
																					1	Wright State	7	3
																					2	Milwaukee	14	6
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
																2	Milwaukee	3
											4	Valparaiso	10			4	Valparaiso	1
						6	Youngstown State	1			3	UIC	5
	3	UIC	7			3	UIC	4
	5	Butler	0

^[1]

All-Tournament Team

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

POS	Name	School
P	Casey Henn	Wright State
	Chad Pierce	Milwaukee
C	Gerald Ogrinc	Wright State
1B	Ben Long	Milwaukee
2B	Aaron Fields	Wright State
3B	C.J. Morris	Youngstown State
SS	Dan Buchholz	Milwaukee
OF	Steve McGuiggan	UIC
	Kyle Gaedele	Valparaiso
	Steven Scoby	Valparaiso
DH	Sam Sivilotti	Milwaukee

Most Valuable Player

Chad Pierce was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. Pierce was a pitcher for Milwaukee. ^[3]

References

1. 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 145. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
2. "2010 Horizon League Baseball Championship to be played at U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Ind". Horizon League. May 12, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
3. 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 15. Retrieved March 17, 2019.