2016 Big East Conference Tournament

The 2016 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, MD. #1 Xavier University defeated #2 Creighton University for the title. Daniel Rizzie of Xavier was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Xavier University	14-4	Scott Googins
2	Creighton University	13-5	Ed Servais
3	Seton Hall University	10-8	Rob Sheppard
4	St. John's University	9-9	Ed Blankmeyer

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Xavier	9
	4	St. John's	8
						1	Xavier	5
						2	Creighton	3
	2	Creighton	6
	3	Seton Hall	5
											1	Xavier	8	x
											2	Creighton	7	x
						2	Creighton	4
	4	St. John's	4			4	St. John's	3
	3	Seton Hall	1

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 26
Game 1	Xavier University	9-8	St. John's University
Game 2	Creighton University	6-5	Seton Hall University
May 27
Game 3	St. John's University	4-1	Seton Hall University	Seton Hall eliminated
Game 4	Xavier University	5-3	Creighton University
May 28
Game 5	Creighton University	4-3	St. John's University	St. John's eliminated
May 29
Game 6	Xavier University	8-7	Creighton University	Xavier advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Ryan McAuliffe, St. John’s, RHP
• Garrett Schilling, Xavier, RHP
• John Valente, St. John’s, 1B
• Harrison Crawford, Creighton, 3B
• Joe Gellenbeck, Xavier, 1B
• Andre Jernigan, Xavier, SS
• Matt Fallon, Xavier, OF
• Daniel Woodrow, Creighton, OF
• Kevin Connolly, Creighton
• Daniel Rizzie, Xavier, C
• Matt Gandy, Creighton, DH