2012 Horizon League Tournament

The 2012 Horizon League baseball tournament was held at Les Miller Field in Chicago, IL. #1 Valparaiso University defeated #4 University of Illinois at Chicago for the title. Mark Johnson of Valparaiso was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Valparaiso University	22-8	Tracy Woodson
2	Wright State University	10-10	Rob Cooper
3	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	18-11	Scott Doffek
4	University of Illinois at Chicago	12-17	Mike Dee
5	Butler University	10-20	Steve Farley
6	Youngstown State University	7-23	Rich Pasquale

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Valparaiso	16
	3	Wisc.-Milwaukee	4			6	Youngstown St.	3
	6	Youngstown St.	8								1	Valparaiso	4
											4	Ill.-Chicago	3
						2	Wright St.	9
	4	Ill.-Chicago	10			4	Ill.-Chicago	19
	5	Butler	1													1	Valparaiso	3	14
																4	Ill.-Chicago	4	5
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	2	Wright St.	2
	3	Wisc.-Milwaukee	1								4	Ill.-Chicago	5
						6	Youngstown St.	5			6	Youngstown St.	0
						2	Wright St.	4
	3	Wisc.-Milwaukee	19
	5	Butler	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 23
Game 1	University of Illinois at Chicago	10-1	Butler University
Game 2	Youngstown State University	8-4	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
May 24
Game 3	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	19-2	Butler University	Butler eliminated
Game 4	University of Illinois at Chicago	19-9	Wright State University
Game 5	Valparaiso University	16-3	Youngstown State University
May 25
Game 6	Wright State University	2-1 (12)	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Wisconsin-Milwaukee eliminated
Game 7	Youngstown State University	5-4	Wright State University	Wright State eliminated
Game 8	Valparaiso University	4-3	University of Illinois at Chicago
May 26
Game 9	University of Illinois at Chicago	5-0	Youngstown State University	Youngstown State eliminated
Game 10	University of Illinois at Chicago	4-3	Valparaiso University
May 27
Game 11	Valparaiso University	14-5	University of Illinois at Chicago	Valparaiso advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• P Blake Aquadro,Youngstown State
• P Tyler Deetjen,Valparaiso
• C Corey Davis, Wright State
• 1B Alex Grunenwald, UIC
• 2B Tanner Vavra,Valparaiso
• SS Spencer Mahoney,Valparaiso
• 3B Joe Betcher, UIC
• OF Jonathan Capasso, Milwaukee
• OF Mark Johnson,Valparaiso
• OF Alex De LaRosa, UIC