Xavier to Co-Host BIG EAST Baseball Tournament at Prasco Park through 2022

CINCINNATI – The 2020 BIG EAST Baseball Championship presented by Jeep will be co-hosted by Xavier baseball at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio during Memorial Day Weekend. The BIG EAST announced last spring that Prasco Park would serve as host through 2022, extending the partnership, which began in 2018, through five years. Xavier will remain the co-host of the annual postseason tournament.

2020 TOURNAMENT

DATES: May 21-24, 2020
FIELD: Prasco Park
LOCATION: Mason, Ohio (Map)

Game 1
Thursday May 21 @ 2:30 PM

Game 2 - Montgomery Inn Night
Thursday May 21 @ 6:30 PM

Game 3
Friday May 22 @ 2:30 PM

Game 4 - LaRosa's Night
Friday May 22 @ 6:30 PM

Game 5 - Prasco Ninja Warrior
Saturday May 23 @ 2:30 PM

Game 6 - Hero Night
Sunday May 24 @ 1:00 PM

Game 7- If Necessary
Sunday May 24 @ 4:00 PM

There will be no charge for admission or concessions for BIG EAST Championship fans in attendance.

Sunday's Championship series games of 2020 BIG EAST Championship will air on FS2. All other games will be available to stream on the BIG EAST Digital Network.

VENUE INFORMATION

Prasco Park has a total seating capacity of 1,250, plus standing room space. Located on the campus of Prasco Laboratories, the park opened on June 19, 2008 and has become one of the premier amateur baseball destinations in America.

Last year, Prasco Park hosted the BIG EAST Championships for the second-straight year with Creighton topping Xavier in the championship to clinch the title and the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

ABOUT BIG EAST BASEBALL

Seven of the 10 BIG EAST full-time members sponsor baseball as a NCAA Division I sport: Butler, Creighton, Georgetown, St. John's, Seton Hall, Villanova and Xavier.

In 2019, Xavier was joined by Creighton, Seton Hall and St. John's in the BIG EAST Championships in Mason, Ohio.

The BIG EAST began sponsoring baseball as a championship sport in 1985.

PAST CHAMPIONSHIP VENUES

Prasco Park is the ninth location to host the BIG EAST baseball tournament, and only the second ballpark to host the BIG EAST Baseball Championship not on the East Coast. TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, home of the 2014 and 2016 championships, is the other.

PAST SITES
1985-95 | Muzzy Field (Bristol, Conn.)
1996-98 | Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium (Norwich, Conn.)
1999-2005 | Waterfront Park (Trenton, N.J.)
2006 | Bright House Field (Clearwater, Fla.)
2007 | Key Span Park (Brooklyn, N.Y)
2008-13 | Bright House Field (Clearwater, Fla.)
2014 | MCU Park (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
2015 | TD Ameritrade Park (Omaha, Neb.)
2016 | Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium (Aberdeen, Md.)
2017 | TD Ameritrade Park (Omaha, Neb.)
2018-19 | Prasco Park (Mason, Ohio)

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