If you needed a better example of what exactly BIG EAST baseball brings to the table, I don’t know where you’d find it. This game had everything that you could ever hope for, from mind numbing mistakes, to out-of-this-world dong hangings, to lockdown relief pitching.
In the end, Xavier was the victor, because when the month of May rolls around the Musketeers become an unbeatable force of fury. An offensive avalanche that cannot be quelled. A sordid example of relishing in a conference tournament, even though they languished in the regular season - doing just a bit better than the bottom feeders.