The 2009 Horizon League baseball tournament took place from May 19 through 23, near the close of the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. All seven of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at The Pipe Yard in Lorain, Ohio. Third seeded won their third Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The league's seven teams are seeded one through seven based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The bottom two seeds play a single elimination opening round, with the winner advancing to the double-elimination rounds. The top two seeds receive a single bye. Team W L PCT GB Seed 17 6 — 1 14 9 3 2 14 12 4.5 3 12 11 5 4 12 13 6 5 10 14 7.5 6 6 20 12.5 7
Results Opening round
Double-elimination rounds
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. POS Name School P Alex Kaminsky Wright State Mike Kool UIC C Garrett Gray Wright State 1B Jeff Mercer Wright State 2B Tony Altavilla UIC 3B Andy Leonard UIC SS R.J. Gundolff Wright State OF Ryan Ashe Wright State John Rosinski UIC Kory Twede Wright State DH Brett Schaefer UIC
Most Valuable Player Kory Twede was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. Twede was an outfielder for Wright State who finished 12-for-22 (.545) with two doubles, two home runs, four runs, and nine RBI in five games.
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