The baseball team of St. John’s University opens 2025 season with Doubleheader against Liberty – QNS

The reigning Big East Champions St. John’s baseball team will begin its campaign from 2025 against Liberty Flames in Liberty Baseball Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia, on Friday, February 14th.

The campaign begins at 12 p.m., with the second game for a start at 4 p.m. due to adjustments to the expected bad weather.

The first game and Sunday competition on Friday, which takes place for a start from 1 p.m., will be available for the streaming of ESPN+, while the second game on Friday is broadcast with a only audio feed. Fans can also follow live statistics via redstormsports.com.

The Johnnies have a remarkable 2024 season in which they conquered their tenth Big East tournament championship, a conference record, and for the 38th time in the program history a berth for the NCAA tournament. St. John’s achieved an impressive 38-18-1 overall record and was second in the Big East with a 14: 7 mark.

Under the guidance of the Big East coach of the year, Mike Hampton, the Red Storm swept the conference tournament and defeated Georgetown in the opening round in a dramatic way with 11: 9 and defeated Xavier with 8: 7 the following day. Big East Championship with a 4-2 victory against Georgetown.

The Johnnies NCAA run continued when they were selected to take part in the Charlottesville regionally. In an exciting game they defeated Penn 10: 9 in additional innings and marked their 67th victory in the NCAA tournament. Anthony Brienza’s Walk-Off-Rbi-Single in the 12th Inning ensured the decisive blow in victory.

St. John’s Pitching rod was dominant in 2024 and had a 4.35 ERA with four closings to 17th in the nation. The team’s pitching depth was emphasized by three pitchers with six or more victories and four top 10 Big East-Hurler in the ERA.

The Johnnies were selected for 2025 to take third place in the Big East trainer survey, the highest pre-season ranking since 2020. Four player-Jackson Tucker, Luke Orbon, Evan Chaffee and Louis Marinaro had places in space -Big pre-season is East Team, most of the programs of the program since 2019.

Chaffee, who will take the hill as the Johnnies season opening starter, had an outstanding season 2024 and recorded a 3-1 record with 55 strikeouts over 70.1 Inning. Orbon returns as the team after he reduced .271/.367/.427 with 52 goals, 38 runs and 33 RBIs in 2024.

Tucker, a dynamic midfielder, contributed an average of 0.293, a team leading 55 runs and 21 stolen bases last year. Brienza, who started his last season in Queens, scored an average of 0.282 and 55 goals last season.

Marinaro returns as a lockdown reliever after ending the 2024 season with a 6: 3 record, an ERA of 3.38 and 58 strikes in 48 Innerings.

The series of this weekend will mark the 15th meeting between St. John’s and Liberty. The Red Storm swept the flames in its last series 2018 in the Jack Kaiser Stadium.

Liberty has had a 24-34 season and occurs under the leadership of the new head coach Bradley Lecroy 2025. The flames want to recover after an 11:13 degree in their opening season in the USA.

The right-handed Pitcher Ben Blair, a selection of the pre-season all-Conference USA selection, will anchor the pitching employee for Liberty after a promising freshman season.

After the opening series against Liberty, St. John’s, based on Jamaica In Queens from February 21 to 23, after Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a three-game set against Wake Forest will travel.