UConn baseball ran up against a red-hot Xavier offense on Friday night, falling 7-2 in the opening game of the weekend series for the first time this year.
The Huskies now sit 14-2 in the Big East, just three games up on Creighton, who won vs. Butler earlier in the day.
UConn outhit Xavier in the first five innings and Austin Peterson pitched a very solid game, but the Musketeers came up in the clutch, which made for the difference on the night.
“They were very efficient with their offense, the runners that they got, they seemed to score,” head coach Jim Penders said postgame.