Horizon League News

A collection of Horizon League releases and blog entries.

Detroit Wraps-Up Men's Golf Season At NCAA Central Regional

Release Horizon League · May 23, 2005

May 23, 2005

Final Results

South Bend, Ind. - Freshman Mark Sommerfeld led the Titans at the NCAA Central Regional as the Detroit men's golf squad ended their season Saturday in South Bend, Ind.

Bracket Set for 2005 Horizon League Baseball Championship

Release Horizon League · May 23, 2005

May 23, 2005

Horizon League Baseball Championship Page

The field is set for the 2005 Horizon League Baseball Championship, which will begin this Wednesday, May 25, at Victory Field in downtown Indianapolis.

Regular-season champion University of Illinois at Chicago (35-18-1, 14-6 Horizon League) enters the championship as the No. 1 seed for the fourth straight year and is aiming for its second tournament title in three years. The Flames, who are riding a five-game winning streak, have been idle since blanking the University of Toledo 3-0 May 17.

Defending tournament champion Youngstown State University (28-25, 10-6) moved into second place ahead of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (22-29, 12-8) by winning three of four games from the Panthers this past weekend. Both the second-seed Penguins and top-seed Flames will receive byes to Thursday's second round.

Saturday's Results Finalize Bracket for 2005 Horizon League Baseball Championship

Release Horizon League · May 22, 2005

May 22, 2005

Saturday's results finalized the bracket for the 2005 Horizon League Baseball Championship, which will begin this Wednesday, May 25, at Victory Field in downtown Indianapolis. UIC, which won its fourth straight regular-season title, is the No. 1 seed and will receive a first-round bye, along with No. 2 seed and defending tourney champion Youngstown State. Wednesday's action will include No. 4 Wright State against No. 5 Cleveland State at 11 a.m. Indiana Time, followed by No. 3 UW-Milwaukee versus No. 6 Butler at 3 p.m.

Youngstown State 1, UW-Milwaukee 0
Youngstown State 5, UW-Milwaukee 4

NILES, Ohio -- Brent Parks hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth to tie the score and added another in the eighth to give Youngstown State a doubleheader sweep of UW-Milwaukee and a first-round bye in next week's Horizon League Tournament.

Parks capped a four-run comeback in YSU's 5-4 win in game two while sophomore Andy Svitak threw a two-hit shutout in a 1-0 victory in game one.

With the win, the Penguins (28-24 overall, 10-5 Horizon League) clinched second-place in the final Horizon League standings - their best finish in four years in the league. UW-Milwaukee (21-29, 11-8) will finish third in the league standings and will play Wright State in the first round of the tournament on Wednesday. YSU will play its first game on Thursday at 4 p.m. EST.

Svitak threw his first career shutout and struck out a career-high eight hitters in leading YSU to a 1-0 victory. The righty did not allow a hit until there was one out in the fifth, and UWM's only two hits were bloop singles to left. The Panthers did not get a runner past first base in the game.

The Penguins got the only run they needed in the first inning when Justin Banks singled home Brandon Caipen for an unearned run. Caipen hit a one-out single to left and advanced to third when first baseman Ross McCoy mishandled an Erich Diedrich grounder. Banks then stepped up and ripped the first pitch up the middle to bring in Caipen for the game's only run.

UW-Milwaukee got the leadoff runner on in the seventh when Joe Nowicki singled, but Svitak induced three-straight flyouts to center to end the game.

Rick Cavaini allowed only four hits in six innings and struck out four in a losing effort in game one.

In game two, the Panthers got two runs on two hits off YSU starter Eric Shaffer as Rob Brockel hit a sacrifice fly and Jesse Hart hit an RBI single.

YSU got to within one with a run in the second as Banks scored on a Charles Schultz groundout, but UWM answered with two runs in the top of the third on an RBI double from Brooks Graff and a sacrifice fly from Hart.

Shaffer, Kevin Libeg and Wells did not allow another run for the rest of the game, and the Penguins steadily chipped away at the lead with a run in the third, one in the fourth and another in the sixth to tie the score at 4-4 and send the game to extra innings.

J.D. Hannan tripled with one out in the third and scored on a sacrifice fly from Caipen, and Schultz singled home Banks in the fourth to bring the Penguins to within one at 4-3.

Dustin Thomas got the rally started in the sixth with a one-out double inside the bag at third, and Schultz followed with a single to put runners at the corners. Brockel came in and hit Miek Turjanica with a 1-0 pitch to load the bases, and Parks hit a pinch-hit sacrifice fly to shallow right to bring in Thomas to tie the score.

The Panthers put a runner on third with one out in the seventh but were turned away empty. Steve Sanfilippo hit a leadoff double to left center and advanced on a Nick Goetz sacrifice bunt. Libeg then got pinch hitter Zak Rivera to ground out to shortstop with the infield drawn in, and Turjanica made a game-saving diving stop toward the first baseline and beat Nowicki to the bag to end the inning.

Thomas was hit by a 1-0 offering to leadoff the eighth, and pinch runner Sean Lucas advanced to second on a Schulz sacrifice. Turjanica then hit a rocket up the middle that ricocheted off Brockel to put runners at the corners. Parks then hit a liner to left and Lucas raced home with the game-winner.

Wells got the win for the Penguins, retiring the only batter he faced in the eighth.

Phillips and Schultz finished with two hits apiece in game two while Graff had two hits for the UWM.

Cleveland State 14, Butler 6

UW-Milwaukee Upends Youngstown State on Final Day of Baseball Regular Season

Release Horizon League · May 22, 2005

May 22, 2005

UW-Milwaukee 12, Youngstown State 7

NILES, Ohio -- Junior Zak Rivera went 5-for-6 with two home runs, two doubles and six RBIs to lead the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee baseball team to a 12-7 win over Youngstown State Sunday afternoon in Niles, Ohio. The Panthers (22-29, 12-8 Horizon) avoided a sweep at the hands of the Penguins (28-25, 10-6 Horizon), who won the first three games of the series.

The hits came early and often for UWM, as it scored in eight of the nine innings and slugged out 17 hits on the day. Joining Rivera in the hit parade was junior Mike Goetz who collected three hits and senior Charlie Reschke, junior Joe Nowicki and freshman Jesse Hart who finished with two hits apiece.

Rivera got the Panthers out to a 3-0 lead with a solo home run in the first inning and a two-run single in the second. After allowing a pair of runs in the second inning, Milwaukee pushed its lead back up to three at 5-2 with a single run in both the third and fourth innings.

UW-Green Bay's Softball Season Ends With Losses To DePaul And Oregon State

Release Horizon League · May 22, 2005

May 22, 2005

DePaul Boxscore
Oregon State Boxscore

Madison, Wis. - The UW-Green Bay softball team posted the most significant win in team history Friday night in the NCAA regional, but the Phoenix was unable to keep its Cinderella ambitions alive in the tournament with a 4-0 loss to No. 23 DePaul and a 5-0 setback to No. 6 Oregon State Saturday afternoon. The Phoenix season ends at 27-18, highlighted by a league tournament championship and an NCAA regional win over sixth-ranked OSU in the first ever NCAA tournament appearance for UW-Green Bay.

The Beavers dished out their revenge Saturday, eliminating the Phoenix less than 24 hours after Green Bay knocked the regional favorite into the loser's bracket. The teams were locked in a scoreless tie through four innings when an OSU sacrifice fly off Phoenix starter Kristin Kosobucki lit the scoreboard for a 1-0 lead. The remainder of the scoring came in the sixth courtesy of a Kelly Peterson grand slam off Phoenix relief pitcher Stephanie Hansen, who struck out Peterson with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh the night before to seal Green Bay's upset win.

PHOENIX STUNS SIXTH-RANKED OREGON STATE, 1-0, IN NCAA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT REGIONAL

Release Horizon League · May 21, 2005

May 21, 2005

Live Stats

Box Score

Madison, Wis. - UW-Green Bay made the most of its first-ever NCAA softball tournament appearance in a thrilling 1-0 victory over the eighth-seeded Oregon State Beavers Friday night at the Goodman Diamond. The win was the first ever for Green Bay over a ranked opponent, and it came in the biggest game in school history.

Cleveland State, Youngstown State Post Key League Baseball Wins Friday

Release Horizon League · May 21, 2005

May 21, 2005

Wright State 4, Ball State 2
Wright State 5, Ball State 4

FAIRBORN, OH - On a cool Friday evening at Nischwitz Stadium, the Wright State baseball team closed out their home schedule with two victories over Ball State, taking game one 4-2 and then taking the nightcap 5-4.

The first game was started on Thursday evening and suspended due to the inclement weather in the Miami Valley; the game was stopped with Ball State holding a 2-0 advantage in the second inning.

When the game was restarted the next day, it was all WSU. The Green and Gold banged out ten hits and scored four runs. The Raiders manufactured a run in the second when Brian Shoup led the inning off with a walk and scored on a Paul Majestic RBI double.

The Raiders tied the game in the fourth when Amin Abusaleh smashed his fifth home run of the season down the left field line. With the game knotted at 2-2, Justin Wilson reached on a single and Travis Migliorini doubled into the right-center field gap to score Wilson and give the Raiders a 3-2 lead.

The Raiders tacked on their fourth run in the sixth, courtesy of Majestic's second RBI double of the contest. On the game Wilson, Abusaleh and Majestic all collected two hits and Migliorini chipped in an RBI.

Chris Snyder picked up his fifth victory of the season, allowing two runs on four hits and striking out seven batters. Joe Smith came on in the eighth to throw 1.2 innings, striking out two batters, and picking up his seventh save.

In game two, the Raiders fell behind 1-0 in the top of the third inning before taking the lead in their half of the inning. In the inning the Raiders had two runners on base, with two outs, when Shoup delivered his team high seventh home run of the year, a towering 390 foot shot into the lights at Nischwitz Stadium.

The Cardinals answered with three of their own in the fifth to take a 4-3 lead and knock out Raider starter Ross Vagedes. Vagedes threw five innings in the no-decision, striking out five batters and allowing four runs on six hits.

The Raiders would not give up, however, scoring a single run in the fifth on an RBI single from John Kopilchack, and in the sixth on a Shoup single. On the game, Shoup was two-for-four with four RBI and a run scored. Driving in the other Raider RBI was Kopilchack who singled and reached on an error in the game. Abusaleh also collected two hits and scored twice for the Raiders.

Cleveland State 7, Butler 6
Cleveland State 11, Butler 7

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio - A clear and sunny afternoon provided the ideal setting for a couple of Viking wins, as Cleveland State claimed a pair of victories over Butler at Forest Hill Park on Friday (May 2). CSU battled back from three runs down in game one to pull off a 7-6 win before holding on for an 11-7 decision in game two after jumping to a 9-0 first inning lead.

The wins push the Vikings to 12-34 on the season and 4-15 in the Horizon League, while Butler falls to 19-32 overall and 4-11 in conference play. A win by CSU on Saturday (May 21) would tie the Vikings with the Bulldogs for fifth place at a .250 winning percentage, but Cleveland State would earn the higher seed with the three head-to-head wins this weekend as the tie-breaker.

The Vikings dipped into their reserves for the two starting pitchers, sending sophomore Ryan Dukovich to the mound in game one for his first career start and penciling in Kolin Kelly in game two for his first appearance since 2003.

In game one, Butler jumped out to an early lead off solo home runs by Stephen Gill in the second and Alex Rinearson in the third before tallying a third run in the fourth on an RBI groundout by Tony Barnes.

As they had done so often in their wins this season, Cleveland State took advantage of a big inning in the fifth, notching five runs on three hits for a 5-3 lead. CSU loaded the bases with one out and plated one run on a sacrifice fly by Bobby Cash. A walk to Gary Ball reloaded the bases before Steve Chinn drew a 3-2 walk to push across another run.

Mike Ochwat followed with a bases-clearing triple to the gap in right center to give the Vikings a two-run cushion.

Butler would respond in the sixth, taking advantage of some wildness by the CSU pitching to plate three runs and reclaim the lead at 6-5. The Vikings answered quickly in the bottom of the frame, however, as Dominic Erney led off with his ninth home run of the season before Marc Sikora came around on an RBI double by Jeff Katlen.

The Bulldogs made things interesting in the seventh, loading the bases with two down before Katlen, pitching in relief of Dukovich, worked the final out.

Butler held CSU to five hits in the game, but the Vikings made each one of them count. Erney and Sikora each tallied a pair of runs, while Ochwat tallied three RBI. Katlen picked up his first-career win to move to 1-4 on the year, while Josh Vollmer fell to 1-2 after giving up the lead in relief.

Game two began as though it would be a laugher, as the Viking tagged Butler starter Bryan Bokowy for nine runs, all of them unearned, in a strange first inning.

Following a lead-off triple by Chinn, Bokowy struck out Ochwat swinging on a ball in the dirt, but the catcher threw the ball away in an attempt to put him out at first to send Ochwat to second and Chinn home. Katlen followed and struck out swinging as well, but reached first as the ball got away from the catcher for a wild pitch.

The Vikings did not let the opportunity go to waste, as CSU sent 12 batters to the plate for three two-out hits, capped by a two-run home run by Ochwat in his second at bat of the inning.

The large lead seemed in jeopardy later in the game, however, as Butler got to Kelly for two runs in the second and five in the fourth to close the gap to two runs. CSU got a huge boost from Carmen DeChristofaro, who entered the game with two down in the fourth and silenced the Bulldog bats over the final three innings, setting down the last 10 hitters in a row.

Meanwhile, the Vikings added some insurance runs on an RBI double by Erney in the fifth and an RBI double by Cash in the sixth.

Kelly notched his first career win to move to 1-0 on the season, while Bokowy was tagged for the loss despite not allowing a single earned run. Cash went 2-for-4 on in the game with three RBI and a run scored.

Erney's fifth-inning double was the 224th hit of his career, jumping him past Mark Zofka for third most in school history.

Saturday's game will be the second time in two seasons that the Vikings have battled Butler in a winner-take-all game for a tournament seeding. Last year, CSU and Butler went down the their final game of the season to decide the No. 2 seed in the Horizon League Tournament, with Butler edging the Vikings in the final game.

CSU got the better of the Bulldogs in the tournament, however, claiming a 2-1 win to advance.

Youngstown State 9, UW-Milwaukee 1

Detroit Men's Golf Completes First Round At NCAA Regional

Release Horizon League · May 20, 2005

May 20, 2005

South Bend, Ind. - The Titans men's golf team got their opening round in at the NCAA Central Regional hosted by Notre Dame Thursday before darkness suspended play. Three Titans, led by Kyler Murphy (right) are at +5.

Murphy is joined by senior Mitch Starr and freshman Mark Summerfeld with a scores of 75 for the first round. As a team the Titans shot a total of 304.

UW-Milwaukee Splits with IPFW in Wednesday Baseball Doubleheader

Release Horizon League · May 19, 2005

May 19, 2005

IPFW 6, UW-Milwaukee 4
UW-Milwaukee 5, IPFW 4

MILWAUKEE-Junior Joe Nowicki hit a bases loaded single in the bottom of the seventh inning of game two to help the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee baseball team to a doubleheader split against IPFW Wednesday night at Henry Aaron Field. The Panthers (21-26) took game two, 5-4, after falling to the Mastodons (24-24), 6-4, in game one.

In the seventh inning of game two, with the score knotted at 4-4, senior Steve Sanfilippo doubled to left center to lead off the inning. Junior Mike Goetz was intentionally walked and both runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt by junior Jeremy Wilson. Another intentional walk, this time to junior Zak Rivera, loaded the bases with one out. Nowicki followed with a single to the gap in right center, scoring Sanfilippo with the winning run.

Sophomore Mike Rauwerdink pitched five scoreless innings in the start, working out of jams in the second, third and fourth innings to strand eight Mastodon base runners. The Sheboygan native struck out three and scattered five hits and three walks on the day. Juniors Korey Keller and Jed Dolske each allowed two runs, including a pair of sacrifice flies off Dolske in the seventh inning to tie the game at 4-4. Dolske (2-1) picked up the win in relief after his first blown save in nine attempts.

Horizon League Baseball Championship Still Up for Grabs in Final Weekend of Regular Season

Release Horizon League · May 19, 2005

May 19, 2005

Entering the final weekend of the collegiate baseball regular-season, two teams are vying for the right to be called the "2005 Horizon League Baseball Regular-Season Champions."

The University of Illinois at Chicago (34-18-1), the three-time defending regular-season champion, currently owns the top spot with a 14-6 League record after finishing its conference schedule last weekend with a four-game sweep of then-League leading Youngstown State University.

Second-place University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (21-26), however, controls its own destiny with an 11-5 League mark heading into a four-game weekend set at Youngstown State. The Panthers and Penguins will play a single game Friday, a doubleheader Saturday and another single game Sunday at Eastwood Field in Niles. A Panthers sweep would garner UWM the outright regular-season title. Three wins would result in a co-championship with UW-Milwaukee earning the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Horizon League Championship by virtue of a 3-1 record versus Wright State University, compared to UIC's 1-3 mark against the Raiders.

The Flames, who will conclude the regular season Thursday with a non-conference home game against Indiana University-Purdue University/Fort Wayne (IPFW), can finish no worse than second and have clinched a bye in the first round of the tournament.

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