NEW YORK – Both BIG EAST Baseball teams had their 2017 seasons come to end this weekend, during the regional rounds of the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Xavier advanced to the NCAA Regional Final for the second time in as many years, losing to host-school Louisville. St. John’s saw its NCAA run end on Saturday afternoon in the first elimination game of the Clemson Regional.
Xavier, the BIG EAST tournament champion, lost to No. 1 seed Louisville, 8-7, in the Louisville Regional Final at Jim Patterson Stadium on Sunday night. The Musketeers (34-27) shutout No. 2 seed Oklahoma earlier in the day, 11-0.