CINCINNATI - Xavier used a big seventh inning to take control of the first game of the BIG EAST Championship series, scoring five runs in the frame to take the 5-4 win and force game seven to decided the conference title at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio.
The two teams were scoreless until the seventh inning when back-to-back Musketeer homers, a two-run shot from followed immediately by a solo shot for , put the Musketeers in front. Xavier added two more runs in the inning on an 2-RBI singles from to take a 5-0 lead.