ABERDEEN, Md. – One ticket was punched on Friday to the Championship Final – regular season title winner Xavier. On Saturday, Creighton and St. John’s will square off in a 3 p.m. elimination game to determine who will face the Musketeers on Sunday and who will be sent home from the 2016 BIG EAST Baseball Championship presented by Jeep at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium.
No. 2 Creighton won the series against fourth-seeded St. John’s 2-1. The one loss however denied the Bluejays a share of the regular season title. Last year in Omaha, site of the 2015 BIG EAST Championship, St.