2017 Horizon League baseball tournament

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2017 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions UIC  (5th title)
Winning coachMike Dee (5th title)
MVP David Cronin (UIC)
2017 Horizon League baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UIC  y228 .7333917 .696
Wright State  219 .7003821 .644
Northern Kentucky  1713 .5672533 .431
Valparaiso  1315 .4642429 .453
Oakland  1119 .3671740 .298
Milwaukee  1018 .3572232 .407
Youngstown State  921 .3001540 .273
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 27 at Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium in Chicago, home to conference regular-season champion UIC. The top six finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament. UIC won the tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [1] [2]

Contents

Seeding and format

The league's teams were seeded 1 through 7 based on winning percentage in conference play. The last-place team did not qualify for the tournament, and the remaining six teams played a double-elimination tournament.

Bracket

Play-in games

Team R
#6 Milwaukee5
#3 Northern Kentucky11
Team R
#5 Oakland6
#4 Valparaiso4

Remaining Bracket

First roundSemifinalsFinals
5Oakland0
1UIC8
2Wright State1
1UIC4
3Northern Kentucky2
2Wright State12
1UIC
2Wright State
Lower round 1Lower final
5Oakland4
5Oakland122Wright State12
3Northern Kentucky5

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References

  1. "UIC Crowned #HLBase Champions" (Press release). Horizon League. May 24, 2017. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  2. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.