2016 Big East Conference Tournament

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The 2016 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, MD. #1 Xavier University defeated #2 Creighton University for the title. Daniel Rizzie of Xavier was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Xavier University 14-4 Scott Googins
2 Creighton University 13-5 Ed Servais
3 Seton Hall University 10-8 Rob Sheppard
4 St. John's University 9-9 Ed Blankmeyer

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round   Second Round   Final
                             
  1 Xavier 9  
  4 St. John's 8    
      1 Xavier 5  
      2 Creighton 3    
  2 Creighton 6          
  3 Seton Hall 5        
      1 Xavier 8 x
        2 Creighton 7 x
       
    2 Creighton 4    
  4 St. John's 4     4 St. John's 3  
  3 Seton Hall 1  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 26
Game 1 Xavier University 9-8 St. John's University
Game 2 Creighton University 6-5 Seton Hall University
May 27
Game 3 St. John's University 4-1 Seton Hall University Seton Hall eliminated
Game 4 Xavier University 5-3 Creighton University
May 28
Game 5 Creighton University 4-3 St. John's University St. John's eliminated
May 29
Game 6 Xavier University 8-7 Creighton University Xavier advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Ryan McAuliffe, St. John’s, RHP
  • Garrett Schilling, Xavier, RHP
  • John Valente, St. John’s, 1B
  • Harrison Crawford, Creighton, 3B
  • Joe Gellenbeck, Xavier, 1B
  • Andre Jernigan, Xavier, SS
  • Matt Fallon, Xavier, OF
  • Daniel Woodrow, Creighton, OF
  • Kevin Connolly, Creighton
  • Daniel Rizzie, Xavier, C
  • Matt Gandy, Creighton, DH