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Xavier baseball earns No. 3 seed in Big East Conference Tournament at Prasco Park

Xavier University's baseball team is headed back to the Big East Conference Tournament on Thursday, May 26, at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio.
Xavier University's baseball team is headed back to the Big East Conference Tournament on Thursday, May 26, at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio.

Xavier University's baseball team is back in the Big East Conference Tournament next week at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio.

The top four teams in the final Big East regular-season standings qualify for the conference, where the double-elimination tournament champion earns the automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament.

Connecticut (43-12, 16-4 Big East) is the No. 1 seed. Creighton (29-16, 14-5) is the No. 2 seed. Xavier (30-25, 12-8) is the No. 3 seed, and Georgetown (31-21, 10-10) is the No. 4 seed.

Conference tournament action starts on Thursday with UConn and Georgetown at 2:30 p.m., followed by Xavier and Creighton at 6:30 p.m.

It's the Musketeers' third straight appearance in the conference tournament.

2022 Big East baseball championship schedule

Thursday, May 26

Game 1: 2:30 p.m.

Game 2: 6:30 p.m.

Friday, May 27

Game 3: 2:30 p.m.

Game 4: 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 28

Game 5: 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 29

Game 6: Noon

Game 7: 3:30 p.m.*

*If necessary

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Xavier baseball's back in the Big East Conference Tournament