2017 Horizon League Tournament

The 2017 Horizon League baseball tournament was held at Les Miller Field in Chicago, IL. #1 University of Illinois at Chicago defeated #2 Wright State University for the title. David Cronin of Illinois-Chicago was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Illinois at Chicago	22-8	Mike Dee
2	Wright State University	21-9	Jeff Mercer
3	Northern Kentucky University	17-13	Todd Asalon
4	Valparaiso University	13-15	Brian Schmack
5	Oakland University	11-19	Jacke Healey & Colin Kaline
6	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	10-18	Scott Doffek

First Round single elimination			Second Round			Third Round			Finals

			1	Ill.-Chicago	8
4	Valparaiso	4	5	Oakland	0
5	Oakland	6				1	Ill.-Chicago	4
						2	Wright St.	1
			2	Wright St.	12
3	Northern Kentucky	11	3	Northern Kentucky	2
6	UW-Milwaukee	5							1	Ill.-Chicago	4	x
									2	Wright St.	2	x
			Losers Bracket 2			Losers Bracket 3

						2	Wright St.	12
			5	Oakland	12	5	Oakland	4
			3	Northern Kentucky	5

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 24
Game 1	Oakland University	6-4	Valparaiso University	single elimination, Oakland advances
Game 2	Northern Kentucky University	11-5	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	single elimination, Northern Kentucky advances
May 25
Game 3	University of Illinois at Chicago	8-0	Oakland University
Game 4	Wright State University	12-2	Northern Kentucky University
Game 5	Oakland University	12-5	Northern Kentucky University	Northern Kentucky eliminated
May 26
Game 6	University of Illinois at Chicago	4-1	Wright State University
Game 7	Wright State University	12-4	Oakland University	Oakland eliminated
May 27
Game 8	University of Illinois at Chicago	4-2	Wright State University	Illinois Chicago advances to NCAA tournament