The upsets continued on a day that saw No. 1 UIC become the first team eliminated from the Horizon League softball tournament before the Cleveland State-Loyola elimination game was postponed in the top of the fifth inning and scheduled to resume on Friday morning at 11 a.m. ET.

Wright State and Youngstown State picked up wins in the first round of the Horizon League softball tournament on Wednesday afternoon at Flames Field on the campus of UIC.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Oakland University has accepted an invitation to join the Horizon League. Oakland will officially join the league on July 1, 2013, in time for the 2013-14 academic year.  The university’s board of trustees voted Tuesday to accept the invitation.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Cleveland State senior first baseman Dara Toman was named the Horizon League Softball Player of the Year, marking the third time in four years a Cleveland State player has collected the award. League co-champion UIC placed five players on the All-League First Team, in voting of the League’s coaches.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Wright State sophomore Michael Timm and Valparaiso junior Karch Kowalczyk have been named Horizon League Baseball Players of the Week for the period of April 29-May 5.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Green Bay freshman outfielder Marissa Michalkiewicz (Appleton, Wis./East) has been named Horizon League Softball Player of the Week, while Valparaiso freshman Taylor Weissenhofer (Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport Township) has earned Horizon League Softball Pitcher of the Week honors, for the week of April 29-May 5.

On the final day of the Horizon League Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Eastern Michigan University's Rynearson Stadium, Loyola rallied to win the women's title while Milwaukee carried a commanding lead to the men's championship.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Horizon League Softball Tournament will have a Windy City feel, as UIC and Loyola  matched each other with identical 16-5 conference records to share the Horizon League championship. By virtue of its season series victory, the Flames will host the conference tournament, which runs May 8-11.

Several records were broken on the second day of the Horizon League Outdoor Track and Field Championships, including both multi-event records falling to Milwaukee athletes.

Valparaiso, Milwaukee and Loyola all notched individual victories on Friday during the first day of competition at the Horizon League Outdoor Track and Field Championships inside Eastern Michigan University's Rynearson Stadium.