2025 Horizon League baseball tournament

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2025 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Wright State  (12th title)
Winning coach Alex Sogard  (4th title)
MVP Patrick Fultz (Wright State)
Television ESPN+
2025 Horizon League baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Wright State  ‍†‍‡‍y25–5 .83340–21 .656
Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍18–12 .60031–25 .554
Milwaukee  ‍‍‍16–13 .55224–35 .407
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍11–19 .36715–42 .263
Oakland  ‍‍‍10–20 .33319–41 .317
Purdue Fort Wayne  ‍‍‍9–20 .31011–42 .208
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 1, 2025 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Horizon League baseball tournament will be held from May 21 through 24 at Nischwitz Stadium in Fairborn, Ohio. [2] All six teams in the league competed in the double-elimination tournament. Wright State won the tournament for the fourth time in five years, and league leading 11th time overall, to earn the Horizon League's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [3]

Contents

Seeding and format

All of the league's six teams qualify for the double-elimination tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record. The top two seeds receive a single bye.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Wright State 255.833—1
Northern Kentucky 1812.60072
Milwaukee 1613.5528.53
Youngstown State 1119.367144
Oakland 1020.333155
Purdue Fort Wayne 920.31015.56

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Wright State 8
3 Milwaukee 155Oakland2
6 Purdue Fort Wayne 41Wright State6
3Milwaukee12
3Milwaukee8
4 Youngstown State 22 Northern Kentucky 6
5 Oakland 13
3Milwaukee40
1Wright State132
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Wright State18
5Oakland82Northern Kentucky1
4Youngstown State182Northern Kentucky10
6Purdue Fort Wayne85Oakland2210
4Youngstown State13

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreNotesReference
Wednesday, May 21
111:00 amNo. 6 Purdue Fort Wayne vs No. 3 Milwaukee4−15
23:00 pmNo. 5 Oakland vs No. 4 Youngstown State13−2
37:00 pmNo. 6 Purdue Fort Wayne vs No. 4 Youngstown State5−13Purdue Fort Wayne Eliminated
Thursday, May 22
411:00 amNo. 5 Oakland vs No. 1 Wright State2−8
53:00 pmNo. 3 Milwaukee vs No. 2 Northern Kentucky8−6
67:00 pmNo. 4 Youngstown State vs No. 5 Oakland18−22 (F/10)Youngstown State Eliminated
Friday, May 23
711:00 amNo. 1 Wright State vs No. 3 Milwaukee6−12
83:00 pmNo. 5 Oakland vs No. 2 Northern Kentucky8−10Oakland Eliminated
97:00 pmNo. 2 Northern Kentucky vs No. 1 Wright State1−18Northern Kentucky Eliminated
Saturday, May 24
1012:00 pmNo. 3 Milwaukee vs No. 1 Wright State4−13
114:00 pmNo. 3 Milwaukee vs No. 1 Wright State0−2

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos.PlayerSchool
PChet LaxWright State
Garrett PetersWright State
Hunter PidekOakland
CBoston SmithWright State
1BNathan BeckleyYoungstown State
2BTyler BickersMilwaukee
3BPatrick FultzWright State
SSLuke ArnoldWright State
OFBrayden KurigerYoungstown State
John LauingerOakland
Q PhillipsMilwaukee
DHCharlie MarionMilwaukee

All-Tournament Team

Patrick Fultz was named Tournament MVP. Fultz was a third baseman for Wright State. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "2025 Baseball Standings". horizonleague.org. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  2. ↑ Steven Wright (May 21, 2025). "Wright State set to host league tournament". Xenia Daily Gazette . Xenia, Ohio . Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Horizon League Baseball Championship 2025". Horizon League. Horizon League. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
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