ABERDEEN, Md. – It was a dramatic ending to the 2016 BIG EAST Baseball Championship presented by Jeep as Xavier reliever Garrett Schilling faced Daniel Woodrow with two outs and the tying run on second base in the ninth. BIG EAST Player of the Year Andre Jernigan threw Woodrow out at first base to give Xavier the 8-7 victory over Creighton and the tournament title, the second title for the Musketeers in three years.
Xavier catcher Daniel Rizzie went 5-for-5 on Sunday with a run scored and and two RBI. The tournament’s Jack Kaiser Most Outstanding Player went 8-for-14 with four runs, two doubles and six RBI over the four-day event, held at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium.