2010 Horizon League baseball tournament
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Milwaukee (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Scott Doffek (1st title) |
| MVP | Chad Pierce (Milwaukee) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wright State | 17 | – | 6 | .739 | 31 | – | 25 | .554 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee ‡y | 17 | – | 8 | .680 | 33 | – | 26 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 24 | – | 30 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 9 | – | 10 | .474 | 24 | – | 32 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | 21 | – | 29 | .420 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 9 | – | 17 | .346 | 22 | – | 34 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 5 | – | 20 | .200 | 12 | – | 43 | .218 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 30, 2010[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2010 Horizon League baseball tournament took place from May 27 through 30, near the close of the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball season. The top six of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Indiana.[2] Second seeded Milwaukee won their fourth Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding
The league's six teams are seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only.[1]
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright State | 17 | 6 | .739 | — | 1 |
| Milwaukee | 17 | 8 | .680 | 1 | 2 |
| UIC | 15 | 9 | .625 | 2.5 | 3 |
| Valparaiso | 9 | 10 | .474 | 6 | 4 |
| Butler | 11 | 13 | .458 | 6.5 | 5 |
| Youngstown State | 9 | 17 | .346 | 9.5 | 6 |
| Cleveland State | 5 | 20 | .200 | 13 | — |
Results
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Wright State | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UIC | 4 | 6 | Youngstown State | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Youngstown State | 8 | 1 | Wright State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Valparaiso | 7 | 4 | Valparaiso | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Butler | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Wright State | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee | 14 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Valparaiso | 10 | 4 | Valparaiso | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Youngstown State | 1 | 3 | UIC | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UIC | 7 | 3 | UIC | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Butler | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
| POS | Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| P | Casey Henn | Wright State |
| Chad Pierce | Milwaukee | |
| C | Gerald Ogrinc | Wright State |
| 1B | Ben Long | Milwaukee |
| 2B | Aaron Fields | Wright State |
| 3B | C.J. Morris | Youngstown State |
| SS | Dan Buchholz | Milwaukee |
| OF | Steve McGuiggan | UIC |
| Kyle Gaedele | Valparaiso | |
| Steven Scoby | Valparaiso | |
| DH | Sam Sivilotti | Milwaukee |
Most Valuable Player
Chad Pierce was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. Pierce was a pitcher for Milwaukee.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 145. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
- ↑ "2010 Horizon League Baseball Championship to be played at U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Ind". Horizon League. May 12, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
- 1 2 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 15. Retrieved March 17, 2019.