2026 Big East Conference Tournament

The 2026 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held May 21-24 at Prasco Park in Mason, OH. #1 St. John's University defeated #4 Creighton University for the title. Rocco Gump of Creighton was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	St. John's University	15-6	Mike Hampton
2	University of Connecticut	15-6	Jim Penders
3	Xavier University	15-6	Billy O’Conner
4	Creighton University	13-8	Mark Kingston

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	St. John's	4
	4	Creighton	2
						1	St. John's	17
						3	Xavier	6
	2	UConn	1
	3	Xavier	5
											1	St. John's	5	x
											4	Creighton	3	x
						3	Xavier	4
	4	Creighton	7			4	Creighton	7
	2	UConn	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	St. John's University	4-2	Creighton University
Game 2	Xavier University	5-1	University of Connecticut
Game 3	Creighton University	7-4	University of Connecticut	UConn eliminated
May 23
Game 4	St. John's University	17-6	Xavier University
Game 5	Creighton University	7-4	Xavier University	Xavier eliminated
May 24
Game 6	St. John's University	5-3	Creighton University	St. John's advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Jackson Marshall, UConn, So. INF
• Connor Capece, Creighton, Jr., C
• Rocco Gump, Creighton, Gr., INF
• Shea Wendt, Creighton, Jr., RHP
• Will Cowan, St. John’s, So., DH
• Shaun McMillan, St. John’s, So., INF
• Liam O’Leary, St. John’s, Jr., RHP
• Jayder Raifstanger, St. John’s, Jr., INF
• Lewis Rodriguez, St. John’s, Jr., OF
• Ryan Piech, Xavier, Jr., RHP
• Jorge Valdes, Xavier, So., OF

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