UConn baseball beats Xavier, 11-2, deals with Creighton for Big East
UConn baseball kept its season going, and kept alive its wish for the Big East champion, with an 11-2 success over Xavier in Mason, Ohio on Friday.
Ryan Daniels, the conference player of the year, continued his torrid season for the Huskies with three hits, consisting of a two-RBI double and a solo home run. UConn (38-20) staved off elimination for the second day in a row, and now can win the tournament Saturday, however should beat top-seeded Creighton two times.
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That will be a high order, as the Bluejays had the day off Friday, while UConn, which lost to Xavier in the very first game on Wednesday,
has already played 3 games in 3 days. However the Huskies have gotten a few of their finest pitching of the season. Charlie West pitched into the seventh inning, turning a 10-1 lead over to the bullpen. Sean Finn pitched the last 2 2/3 innings, permitting no hits, striking out 6.
UConn’s expect an NCAA quote stay on less than strong ground, unless they record the Big East’s automatic bid. Coming into the day, UConn was 40th in RPI, and among the major bracket projectors, Baseball America had them among the first four out of the field of 64, D1Baseball had them amongst the last 4 in. A win over Xavier, which was 35th to begin the day, had to assist.
Creighton and UConn shared the regular-season title, but the Bluejays won a head-to-head series on Omaha in April.
The Huskies scored 3 in the 3rd, one in the 4th and six in the fifth. Rob Rispoli had 2 hits and 3 RBI, and Tyler Minick had 3 hits, as ever player in the lineup got at least one hit.
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Central wins: In the NEC Competition in Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Central Connecticut rallied with 3 runs in the 6th to beat No. 2 Wagner, 8-3, and advance in the winners’ bracket. Kyle Gordon’s two-run double in the sixth was a definitive blow, and Brady Short and Chris Brown likewise knocked in 2 as Blue Devils coach Charlie Hickey got his 799th profession success. Vincent Borghese (6 1/3 innings) and Wyatt Cameron dealt with the pitching. Central plays top seed LIU Saturday at 3 p.m. in the winner’s bracket. … In the MAAC at Pomona, N.Y., Fairfield and Quinnipiac lived, while Spiritual Heart played Marist late Friday to attempt to join them. Fairfield beat Sacred Heart, 13-3, Thursday.
Originally Released: May 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM EDT