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No. 15 HookC Battles Creighton For First Place
5/5/2022 7:05:00 PM | Baseball
STORRS, Conn. - The No. 15 UConn baseball team (37-8, 11-1 BIG EAST) face Creighton (25-12, 10-2 BIG EAST) in a three-game series at Elliot Ballpark beginning on Friday, May 6 at 3:05 p.m. All three games can be viewed on FloSports with Saturday's game also on CW20 in Connecticut.
Weather has been a factor already this weekend with the series opener being moved up to 3:05 p.m. There is a possibility that Saturday's contest will get push back a couple hours from the 1:05 p.m. start. That will be determined after Friday's series opener.
Despite the weather, the weekend pits the top two teams in the BIG EAST with the Huskies winning the 2021 BIG EAST regular season and tournament titles and Creighton hoisting the 2019 regular season and tournament crowns.
The Huskies are riding a six-game win streak into the weekend after posting a 5-0 week last week that featured a three-game road sweep at Butler.
Creighton is coming off a series win at Xavier last weekend in a back-and-forth series between the Bluejays and Musketeers.
The Bluejays make their first-ever trip to Elliot Ballpark with the program's only facing one time in program history. The Huskies defeated Creighton 2-0 in an intense BIG EAST winner's bracket game that feautured 13 strikeouts from Ben Casparius in seven shutout innings and a home run from Kyler Fedko.
Due to UConn graduation on Saturday and Sunday, please plan to arrive early as there will be heavy traffic on the UConn campus.
