MASON, Ohio - No. 2 seeded Xavier baseball took down the top-seeded UConn Huskies in the winner's bracket of the 2023 BIG EAST Championship, advancing to the title game on Saturday with a 10-2 win at Prasco Park. The Musketeers moved to 36-22 overall, adding to the second-highest win total in program history, with the 2009 team's 39-21 record standing as the school record.
Xavier got on the board in the first inning, with a lead-off walk from , a single for and a walk for loading the bases with no outs. hit a single up the middle to score a pair of runs and a sac fly from scored a third run to make it a 3-0 lead after the top of the first.