Baseball Heads to Prasco Park for 2025 BIG EAST Tournament

Wednesday, May 21

Mason, OH

6:30 PM

Xavier University

UConn (BIG EAST Tournament)

Baseball Heads to Prasco Park for 2025 BIG EAST Tournament

05.20.25 | Baseball

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No. 3 seeded Musketeers open play against No. 2 seed UConn on Wednesday at 6:30 PM

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI – Xavier baseball travels north to Mason, Ohio, to take part in the 2025 BIG EAST Baseball Championship, Presented by Jeep. The tournament gets underway on Wednesday, May 21, with the No. 3 seeded Musketeers taking on the No. 2 seeded UConn Huskies at approximately 6:30 p.m., following the game between Creighton and St. John's, scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

The first five games of the BIG EAST Tournament will be live streamed on FloCollege, with the Championship Game 6 scheduled to be broadcast on FS2. The if-necessary Game 7 will be broadcast on FS1.

Xavier finished BIG EAST play at 14-7 to earn the No. 3 seed in this weekend's tournament. Creighton and UConn both finished league play at 17-4, with the Bluejays earning the No. 1 seed in the tournament by winning the head-to-head series, 2-1. St. John's earned the No. 4 seed with a 13-8 record in conference play.

The Musketeers are making their ninth appearance in the four-team BIG EAST Tournament since joining the conference, including earning a spot in the event in every season it has been held since 2019.

The Musketeers are 31-25 overall, winning 30-plus games for a fourth-straight season, and are currently ranked in the Top 40 of the RPI, with a Top-5 Non Conference Strength of Schedule.

2025 BIG EAST Tournament BRACKET

XAVIER NOTES

RHP Ben Weber has made 17 appearances, including a 11 starts, with a team-high 81.0 innings pitched. He's posted a 3.56 ERA and a WHIP of 1.32, best among Xavier's qualified pitchers, and has a team-high six wins for the season.
RHP Ryan Piech has made a team-high 13 starts so far this season and collecting a team-leading 63 strikeouts in 56.2 innings of work, holding opposing batters to a .174 average at the plate.
RHP Logan Schmidt has made 18 appearances, including nine starts for the Musketeers, collecting 57 strikeouts to just 20 walks through 63.2 innings of work, with a WHIP of 1.34 for the season.
2B Nolan Tucker leads the Musketeers with a .352 average at the plate, with 10 doubles, two triples and three home runs among his 56 hits for the season, scoring 38 runs so far.
1B Connor Misch is batting .328 with 60 hits, a team-high, and 44 walks for the season. He has a team-best .490 on-base percentage, driving in 44 RBI and scoring 37 runs.
OF Carter Hendrickson has 20 hits for extra bases among his 59 hits for the season, with 13 doubles and seven home runs. Hendrickson has also gotten aboard with 39 walks and has come around to score 49 runs.
SS Jake Lambdin has 53 hits to go with a team-high 48 walks, coming around to score a team-leading 51 runs.
OF Clay Burdette has 21 hits for extra bases on the season among his 55 hits for the season, including 11 home runs, with a .518 slugging percentage. He's driven in 39 RBI and scored 42 runs for the season.
DH Isaac Wachsmann has a team-high 27 hits for extra bases, leading the team with 14 doubles to go with a team high 12 home runs, driving in a team-leading 48 RBI.
Xavier has 86 stolen bases on the season with Hendrickson leading the way with 18 (19-20), Lambdin is 14-15, Clay Burdette has 13 (13-14), OF Aedan Anderson stands at 11 of 12, and Nolan Tucker has 10 (10-12).

ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS

After helping Xavier to the No. 3 seed in the 2025 BIG EAST Tournament, five Musketeers earned All-BIG EAST honors, the league office announced on Tuesday. Connor Misch earned All-BIG EAST First Team Honors, while Ryan Piech, Logan Schmidt, Nolan Tucker and Ben Weber all earned a spot on the league's Second Team.
Connor Misch, a junior from Dyer, Ind., was the league's First Team Selection at first base. Misch has started in all 56 games this season for the Musketeers, with a .328 average at the plate for the season, with 60 hits, a team-high, and 44 walks for the season, driving in 44 RBI and scoring 37 runs.
In conference play, Misch leads the league with a .448 average at the plate through 21 games. Of his 60 hits for the season, 30 have come against conference opponents, including three of his four home runs. Misch, who also leads the conference with a .581 on-base percentage in BIG EAST play, has driven in a team-high 25 RBI against BIG EAST opponents.
This is Misch's second all-conference selection, also earning a spot on the 2024 All-BIG EAST Second Team. He was also the Preseason All-BIG EAST selection at first base prior to this season.
Ryan Piech, a red-shirt freshman from Aurora, Ohio, earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST Second Team as a starting pitcher, making a team-high 13 starts so far this season and collecting a team-leading 63 strikeouts in 56.2 innings of work, holding opposing batters to a .174 average at the plate.
The righty made six starts in league play, posting a 2.60 ERA through 27.2 innings of work, the fourth best among qualified pitchers in the BIG EAST. He's only allowed eight earned runs in conference action and collected 31 strikeouts against conference opponents. In BIG EAST play, he's held opposing batters to a .135 average at the plate, best among qualifying pitchers in the conference.
This is the first all-conference honor of Piech's career.
Logan Schmidt, a senior from Orange Park, Fla., earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST Second Team as a starting pitcher after making 18 appearances, including nine starts for the Musketeers, collecting 57 strikeouts to just 20 walks through 63.2 innings of work, with a WHIP of 1.34 for the season.
The right-hander made five starts in conference play, allowing just 12 earned runs in 33.1 innings pitched against conference opponents. In BIG EAST play, Schmidt has 29 strikeouts to just six walks and leads the Musketeers in league play with a WHIP of 0.91. In BIG EAST play, Schmidt has held opposing batters to a .197 average at the plate.
This is the second all-conference honor of Schmidt's career, also earning 2023 All-Sun-Lakes Conference Second Team honors while at St. John's River State College.
Nolan Tucker, a graduate student from Cedar Lake, Ind., was selected to the All-BIG EAST Second Team at second base. He's played in 49 games this season, making 40 starts, and leads the Musketeers with a .352 average at the plate.
Tucker has a .375 average through 21 BIG EAST games, which ranks 10^th among the league's players. He has 30 hits against conference opponents, matching Misch for team high in BIG EAST play, and has 23 runs scored in league play, matching Carter Hendrickson to lead the Musketeers.
This is Tucker's second all-conference selection of his career, earning 2022 All-MVC First Team honors while at Valpo.
Ben Weber, a junior from St. Paul, Minn., was an All-BIG EAST Second Team selection at starting pitcher, has made 17 appearances, including a 11 starts, with a team-high 81.0 innings pitched. He's posted a 3.56 ERA and a WHIP of 1.32, best among Xavier's qualified pitchers, and has a team-high six wins for the season.
The right-handed pitcher made seven starts in BIG EAST play, with a 3.98 ERA through 43.0 innings pitched in league competition, tied for second-most innings pitched among conference pitchers. In BIG EAST games, he's collected 20 strikeouts and has a WHIP of 1.47. His four wins in BIG EAST play match for the most among conference pitchers.
This is the first all-conference honor of Weber's career.

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RETURNING MUSKETEERS

Xavier returns 10 players who appeared in the lineup last season, including eight who played in at least a third of Xavier's games. The returnees accounted for 307 of the Musketeers' 531 total hits last season, including over 67 percent of Xavier's home runs (62 of 92). The returning Musketeers drove in 195 RBI last season and scored nearly 60 percent of Xavier's runs (216 of 363).
Aedan Anderson, a Preseason All-BIG EAST selection in the outfield, played in 55 games last season, starting 42 in the outfield. He batted .271 overall, with 46 hits and a team-high 44 runs scored. Among his hits were 26 for extra bases, including a BIG EAST-leading 18 home runs. He posted a .641 slugging percentage for the season, trailing only teammate Isaac Wachsmann among league players. He also led the Musketeers with 35 walks on the season.
Connor Misch, the league's selection to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team at designated hitter, played in 46 games last season, making 40 starts and earning a spot on the All-BIG EAST second team. He batted .268 for the season overall finishing with 41 hits and 27 runs scored. He had 19 hits for extra bases, with 11 doubles and eight home runs.
Luke Hammond, the Preseason All-BIG EAST selection at third base, started at third in all 56 games he played in last season. He batted .290 overall for 2024, collecting 64 hits and scoring 43 runs, both marks ranking second on the team. Among his 64 hits were 25 for extra bases, including 14 doubles and 11 home runs, posting a .502 slugging percentage on the season. He also had 26 walks for the season.
Isaac Wachsmann played in 28 games last season, starting in 27, despite dealing with a mid-season injury. He batted .330, the best average among Xavier's everyday players, finishing with 31 hits, including 10 home runs, drove in 20 RBI, and scored 21 runs. Wachsmann also led Xavier's everyday players in slugging percentage (.691) and on-base percentage (.434). He was picked as the 2025 BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year by D1Baseball.com.
Carter Hendrickson started in 42 of the 49 games he played in, collecting 50 hits, including 19 for extra bases. He drove in 18 RBI and came around to score 37 runs. His .303 batting average and .407 on-base percentage ranked second among Xavier's everyday players. Hendrickson led the team in doubles with 15 and was second on the team in stolen bases with 12, the most among the returning Musketeers.
Hayden Christiansen played in 52 games in 2024, starting in 44. He totaled 53 hits, including 15 for extra bases, drove in 34 RBI, and scored 24 runs. His .288 average at the plate was fourth best among Xavier's everyday players.
Jake Lambdin played in 21 games as a position player, collecting 11 hits, including two extra-base hits, nine RBI, and nine runs scored. He finished with nine walks and went 2-2 on stolen base attempts.
Tyler Stack started at designated hitter in 12 of the 19 games he played in last season. He finished his freshman season with nine hits, including three for extra bases, drove in six RBI and scored six runs.

XAVIER BULLPEN

The Musketeers' bullpen returns nine who made an appearance last season, including five who pitched at least 15.0 innings. Xavier also returns a pair who missed all of 2024 due to injury, graduate student Jared Gadd and sophomore Ryan Piech.
Jake Hooker appeared in 11 games and started in one in 2024 before an injury brought his season to an end in mid-April. He posted a 2.20 ERA through 16.1 innings pitched and tallied 16 strike outs. Hooker finished his shortened freshman season with a pair of saves.
Nick Boyle made 19 appearances, including eight starts in 2024. In 46.1 innings of work had a 6.02 ERA and held opposing batters to a .256 batting average, the second best among Xavier's starters. Boyle finished with 58 strikeouts, the most among returning Musketeers.
Luke Hoskins made a team-high 15 starts last season, leading the team in innings pitched with 70.1. He posted an ERA of 6.78 and finished the season with 49 strikeouts to just 15 walks, the fewest bases on balls allowed among Xavier's regular starters.
Logan Schmidt made 16 appearances for the Musketeers in 2024, starting in 11 games. He had a 7.01 ERA and collected 52 strikeouts in 68.0 innings of work, second most innings pitched on the team. He finished the season with five wins, matching the team high for 2024.
Jake Lambdin made 17 appearances on the mound in 2024, compiling a 3.43 ERA in 21.0 innings of work. He finished with 26 strikeouts and 15 walks and held opposing batters to a .171 batting average. Lambdin collected three saves and had a W-L record of 2-0.

2025 schedule

The Musketeers face teams from 10 conferences outside of BIG EAST play, as well as Pac-12 member Oregon State, which is competing as an independent in baseball this season.
Nine of the teams on Xavier's schedule played in last season's NCAA Tournament, including four teams that advanced to Super Regionals and two teams that took part in the College World Series, including defending National Champions Tennessee.
The Musketeers played the first 21 games of the season on the road, traveling to six different states before hosting Ball State at Hayden Field on March 21.
Six of Xavier's non-conference opponents are ranked in Preseason Polls, including four squads that earned top 15 rankings from NCBWA: No. 2 Tennessee, No. 4 LSU, No. 7 Oregon State and No. 14 Vanderbilt.

PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST SELECTIONS

Three Musketeers, Luke Hammond, Connor Misch and Aedan Anderson, where selected to the 2025 Preseason Baseball All-BIG EAST Team, as voted on by the coaches.
Luke Hammond, a senior from Cincinnati, Ohio, was picked to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team at third base. Hammond started at third in all 56 games he played in last season. He batted .290 overall for 2024, collecting 64 hits and scoring 43 runs, both marks ranking second on the team. Among his 64 hits were 25 for extra bases, including 14 doubles and 11 home runs, posting a .502 slugging percentage on the season. He also had 26 walks for the season.
In BIG EAST play, Hammond batted .292 through 21 games, finishing with 26 hits and a team-high matching 18 runs scored against league opponents. He drove in 15 of his 36 RBI in conference action. Hammond was named to the CSC Academic All-District Team following the season.
Connor Misch, a junior from Dyer, Ind., was the league's selection to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team at DH. He played in 46 games last season, making 40 starts. He batted .268 for the season overall finishing with 41 hits and 27 runs scored. He had 19 hits for extra bases, with 11 doubles and eight home runs.
In 19 games played in BIG EAST play, Misch had a .315 average at the plate with 23 hits and 16 runs scored. Eleven of his extra base hits came against league opponents, including six home runs, third most among league players. Of his 23 RBI on the season, 14 came in BIG EAST action. Misch was named to the 2024 All-BIG EAST Second Team following the regular season.
Aedan Anderson, a senior from Laguna Niguel, Calif., was named a Preseason All-BIG EAST selection in the outfield. Anderson played in 55 games last season, starting 42 in the outfield. He batted .271 overall, with 46 hits and a team-high 44 runs scored. Among his hits were 26 for extra bases, including a BIG EAST-leading 18 home runs. He posted a .641 slugging percentage for the season, trailing only teammate Isaac Wachsmann among league players. He also led the Musketeers with 35 walks on the season.
Anderson made 20 starts in BIG EAST play, finishing with a .267 average at the plate. Thirteen of his 20 hits in conference play went for extra bases including a team-high eight home runs against league foes. He led the Musketeers in conference play with 17 walks and matched Hammond for team-high with 18 runs scored. He also led the Musketeers with 22 runs batted in during league play, third most among BIG EAST players. His 17 walks in conference play led the league.

BIG (EAST) SUCCESS

Xavier is coming off a 2024 season where the Musketeers posted 30 wins for a third-straight year, going 30-27 overall with a 12-9 record in BIG EAST play to earn the No. 4 seed the BIG EAST Tournament. Xavier opened the league tournament with a win over No. 1 seed UConn before falling to St. John's and Georgetown.
The Musketeers have made the four-team BIG EAST Tournament eight times since joining the conference in 2013, including every season the event has been held since 2019.
Xavier has advanced to the conference championship series seven times in the Musketeers' eight trips to the league tournament, claiming the tournament championship four times (2014, 2016, 2017, 2023) and finishing runners up three times (2019, 2021, 2022). Xavier also won the regular season title in 2016.

XU TO HOST THE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT

The 2025 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 four-team tournament opens on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 and is scheduled to run through Saturday, May 24, 2025.
The BIG EAST announced in 2023 that Prasco Park would extend the partnership, which began in 2018, with Xavier remaining the co-host of the annual postseason tournament through 2028.

BIG EAST PRESEASON POLL

Preseason Player of the Year
Maddix Dalena, 1B, Jr., UConn

Preseason Pitcher of the Year
Ian Cooke, RHP, Sr., UConn ^

Preseason All-BIG EAST Team*
C – Owen Carapellotti, Georgetown
1B – Maddix Dalena, UConn
2B – Kyle Hess, Creighton
3B – Tyler Minick, UConn
3B – Luke Hammond, Xavier
SS – Bryan Padilla, UConn
SS – Luke Orbon, St. John's
DH – Connor Misch, Xavier
OF – Jack Moroknek, Butler
OF – Caleb Shpur, UConn
OF – Nolan Sailors, Creighton ^
OF – Kavi Caster, Georgetown
OF – Jackson Tucker, St. John's
OF – Aedan Anderson, Xavier
SP – Ian Cooke, UConn ^
SP – Dominic Cancellieri, Creighton
SP – Andrew Williams, Georgetown
SP – Evan Chaffee, St. John's
SP – Ryan Reich, Seton Hall ^
RP – Brady Afthim, UConn
RP – Louis Marinaro, St. John's

^ - denotes unanimous selection
* due to a tie in voting, there are extra members on the preseason all-conference team.

BIG EAST Baseball Preseason Poll
First place votes in ( )
1. UConn (7) – 49
2. Xavier – 38
3. St. John's (1) – 37
4. Creighton – 30
5. Georgetown – 25
6. Seton Hall – 24
7. Villanova – 12
8. Butler – 9