Less than 48 hours after being eliminated by Youngstown State in the Horizon League baseball tournament, Purdue Fort Wayne announced its dropping  baseball and softball over budget cuts.

The school announced $6 million in budgets and baseball and softball make up about $1 million.

Athletic Director Kelley Hartley Hutton says, "it's one of the saddest days in my 25 years as a Mastadon."

Budget challenges across the university, in combination with a turbulent NCAA landscape, led to the need for an honest assessment of the long-term viability of multiple programs, Hartley Hutton said. The decision to eliminate baseball and softball was made following this evaluation

The move puts the Horizon League is a predicament for next year,  They now have five schools that play baseball and six is needed to have an automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament.

Northern Illinois is joining the conference July 1, 2026 and does play baseball.