St. John's University Athletics
Thursday, May 8
Villanova, Pa. (Villanova Softball Complex)
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Top-Seeded St. John’s Falls to Fourth-Seeded Creighton in BIG EAST Tournament, 5-3
5/8/2025 3:24:00 PM | Softball
The Red Storm will resume tournament play tomorrow at 3 p.m.
VILLANOVA, Pa. – The top-seeded St. John's softball team (39-16-1, 19-5 BIG EAST) fell in its BIG EAST Tournament second-round matchup to fourth-seeded Creighton, 5-3, on Thursday afternoon at the Villanova Softball Complex.
Jess Bianco tied the St. John's single-season program record for hits, tallying her 73rd knock of the year with a single to right field in the bottom of the first. The center fielder also came around to score her 54th run of the season, growing her program record.
Anese Thompson and Cassidy Stouffer paced the offense with two hits apiece, including a pair of RBI singles. Stouffer now has 27 RBIs, while Thompson has batted in 24 on the year.
Ana Serafinko recorded her 13th RBI to round out the scoring for the Johnnies. The two-way player also drew the start in the circle, giving up five runs (four earned) on seven hits while striking out four batters in six innings of work.
After Serafinko kicked off the contest with a 1-2-3 frame, the Red Storm put two runners on right away with a Bianco single and London Jarrard reaching on error. An out later, Thompson went the other way, driving an RBI single into right field, 1-0. Serafinko tacked on another with an RBI groundout before Stouffer drove a long base hit off the wall in center field to give the Red Storm a 3-0 lead after the first inning of play.
Creighton (29-23, 15-9 BIG EAST) threatened to respond in the top of the second, generating its first hit and a walk to put a runner in scoring position. Serafinko got out of the jam, recording her second punchout to maintain St. John's three-run edge.
In the top of the third, the Blue Jays got a pair of runs back on a Lily West RBI groundout and a Kaelan Schultz double to right-center, 3-2.
Elanna Lysiak and Stouffer pieced together a pair of base hits in the home half of the third, but Creighton's starter Kenzie Schopfer managed to record the third out and keep the Red Storm's advantage to one run.
Serafinko settled back in on the rubber in the top of the fourth, striking out a pair while working around a one-out single to bring her total to four punchouts in the contest, 3-2.
The Blue Jays took the lead in the top of the sixth, plating three runs after the frame was started with a Schultz solo home run to center, 5-3.
In the seventh, Schopfer closed out the game for the Blue Jays, sealing the 5-3 victory to advance in the winner's bracket of the tournament.
St. John's will continue tournament play at 3 p.m. tomorrow, with its opponent still to be determined based on today's results.
Jess Bianco tied the St. John's single-season program record for hits, tallying her 73rd knock of the year with a single to right field in the bottom of the first. The center fielder also came around to score her 54th run of the season, growing her program record.
Anese Thompson and Cassidy Stouffer paced the offense with two hits apiece, including a pair of RBI singles. Stouffer now has 27 RBIs, while Thompson has batted in 24 on the year.
Ana Serafinko recorded her 13th RBI to round out the scoring for the Johnnies. The two-way player also drew the start in the circle, giving up five runs (four earned) on seven hits while striking out four batters in six innings of work.
After Serafinko kicked off the contest with a 1-2-3 frame, the Red Storm put two runners on right away with a Bianco single and London Jarrard reaching on error. An out later, Thompson went the other way, driving an RBI single into right field, 1-0. Serafinko tacked on another with an RBI groundout before Stouffer drove a long base hit off the wall in center field to give the Red Storm a 3-0 lead after the first inning of play.
Creighton (29-23, 15-9 BIG EAST) threatened to respond in the top of the second, generating its first hit and a walk to put a runner in scoring position. Serafinko got out of the jam, recording her second punchout to maintain St. John's three-run edge.
In the top of the third, the Blue Jays got a pair of runs back on a Lily West RBI groundout and a Kaelan Schultz double to right-center, 3-2.
Elanna Lysiak and Stouffer pieced together a pair of base hits in the home half of the third, but Creighton's starter Kenzie Schopfer managed to record the third out and keep the Red Storm's advantage to one run.
Serafinko settled back in on the rubber in the top of the fourth, striking out a pair while working around a one-out single to bring her total to four punchouts in the contest, 3-2.
The Blue Jays took the lead in the top of the sixth, plating three runs after the frame was started with a Schultz solo home run to center, 5-3.
In the seventh, Schopfer closed out the game for the Blue Jays, sealing the 5-3 victory to advance in the winner's bracket of the tournament.
St. John's will continue tournament play at 3 p.m. tomorrow, with its opponent still to be determined based on today's results.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kenzie Schopfer (9-6)
L: Serafinko, Ana (19-9)
Batting:
2B: Kaelan Schultz 1
HR: Kaelan Schultz 1
RBI: Lily West 1 ; Kaelan Schultz 2 ; Erika Perez 1 ; Avery Barnard 1
SH: Ashten Pierson 1 ; Ella Dalton 1 ; Hannah Poole 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sydra Seville 1 ; Kaelan Schultz 1 ; Reese Ramos 1 ; Ella Dalton 1 ; Lynn Davis 1
Batting:
RBI: Thompson, Anese 1 ; Serafinko, Ana 1 ; Stouffer, Cassidy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bianco, Jess 1 ; Jarrard, London 1 ; Thompson, Anese 1
HBP: Casto, Natalie 1
Game Leaders
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Players Mentioned
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