2013 Horizon League baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2013 Horizon League
baseball tournamentTeams| 5

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Format| Double-elimination
Finals site|

* Eastwood Field
* Youngstown, OH

Champions| Valparaiso (2nd title)
Winning coach| Tracy Woodson (2nd title)
MVP| Karch Kowalczyk (Valparaiso)

* ← 2012
* baseball tournament
* 2014 →

2013 Horizon League baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Milwaukee ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 7 |  | .667 |  |  | 29 | - | 21 |  | .580
Valparaiso ‍‍‡‍y | 13 | - | 11 |  | .542 |  |  | 32 | - | 28 |  | .533
UIC ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 11 |  | .542 |  |  | 27 | - | 28 |  | .491
Wright State ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 12 |  | .429 |  |  | 22 | - | 28 |  | .440
Youngstown State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 16 |  | .333 |  |  | 14 | - | 41 |  | .255
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2013[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 25. All five of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Youngstown State University's Eastwood Field. Valparaiso won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3][4]

## Seeding and format

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The league's five teams were seeded one through five based on winning percentage, using conference games only. They then played a double-elimination tournament.[5]

Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed

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Milwaukee | 14 | 7 | .667 | – | 1
UIC | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.5 | 2
Valparaiso | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.5 | 3
Wright State | 9 | 12 | .429 | 5 | 4
Youngstown State | 8 | 16 | .333 | 7.5 | 5

## Bracket

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | | | | Final
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| | 1| Milwaukee| 6
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| 4| Wright State| 6| 4| Wright State| 1| | |
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| 5| Youngstown State| 3| | 1| Milwaukee| 4|
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| | | | 3| Valparaiso| 6| | | | |
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| | 2| UIC| 7| |
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| | | 3| Valparaiso| 8| |
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| 3| Valparaiso| 3| —
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| | | 4| Wright State| 0| —
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| Lower round 1| Lower round 2| Lower round 3| Lower final|
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| | 1| Milwaukee| 6
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| | 4| Wright State| 5| | | 4| Wright State| 11| |
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| | 5| Youngstown State| 5| | | 2| UIC| 4| | |
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| | | | | 2| UIC| 15| | |
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## All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Pos | Name | School

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P | Dalton Lundeen | Valparaiso
P | Karch Kowalczyk | Valparaiso
C | Garrett Gray | Wright State
1B | Alex Grunenwald | UIC
2B | Michael Pocaro | Milwaukee
SS | Spencer Mahoney | Valparaiso
3B | Joe Betcher | UIC
OF | Kieston Greene | Wright State
OF | Chris Manning | Valparaiso
OF | Alex De La Rosa | UIC
DH | Andrew Bain | Valparaiso

### Most Valuable Player

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Karch Kowalczyk was named Tournament Most Valuable Players. Kowalczyk was a pitcher for Valparaiso.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "2013 Horizon League Baseball Standings" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
2. ^ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
3. ^ "2013 Horizon League Baseball Championship" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
4. ^ a b c "Lundeen, Kowalczyk Pitch Valpo to Second Straight Baseball Tile". horizonleague.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
5. ^ "Valparaiso picked to win 2013 Horizon League baseball title". Horizon League. February 13, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

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