Mason, Ohio -- The Creighton Baseball team dropped a battle with Connecticut in the winner's bracket at the BIG EAST Tournament on Saturday, May 28 by a score of 7-1.
The loss dropped the Bluejays to 31-17 on the season, while Connecticut climbed to 45-13. Creighton immediately moves into the elimination bracket and will face Xavier in a game scheduled to begin no earlier than 5:30 pm (CT).
The Huskies grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first with three consecutive two-out singles, the latter coming from catcher Matt Donlan. Creighton got out of the frame with a heads up move by Bluejay catcher Hogan Helligso faked a throw to second and caught Ben Huber off third base.