2018 Horizon League baseball tournament
Teams | 6 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Champions | Wright State (6th title) |
Television | ESPN+ |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wright State | 16 | – | 5 | .762 | 28 | – | 13 | .683 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 23 | – | 14 | .622 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milwaukee | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 22 | .405 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 12 | – | 27 | .308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 12 | – | 29 | .293 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Kentucky | 7 | – | 14 | .333 | 12 | – | 29 | .293 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
‡ – Tournament champion As of April 30, 2018[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 2018 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 26. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at the home field of the regular season champion, which was Wright State. The winner of the tournament earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]
Seeding and format
The league's teams were seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The bottom four seeds participated in a play-in round, with winners advancing to a double-elimination tournament also including the top two seeds.
Bracket
Play-In Round
Team | R |
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#6 Northern Kentucky | 1 |
#3 Milwaukee | 13 |
Team | R |
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#5 Youngstown State | 4 |
#4 Oakland | 1 |
Double-Elimination Rounds
First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
1 | Wright State | 11 | |||||||||||
5 | Youngstown State | 1 | |||||||||||
1 | Wright State | 10 | |||||||||||
2 | UIC | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | Milwaukee | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | UIC | 6 | |||||||||||
1 | Wright State | ||||||||||||
2 | UIC | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
2 | UIC | 10 | |||||||||||
5 | Youngstown State | 1 | 3 | Milwaukee | 2 | ||||||||
3 | Milwaukee | 3 | |||||||||||
References
- ^ "2018 Baseball Standings". Horizon League. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ "Horizon League Championships". Horizon League. Retrieved May 12, 2018.