The St. John Vianney Seminary Brooklyn Bridegrooms won the final whiffle ball playoff game of the annual tournament hosted by St. John Vianney Seminary May 9.

The fourth-floor returning Bridegrooms defeated the third-floor returning Chicago Orphans 1-0 during the sixth and final inning of the game.

The Bridegrooms’ coach junior Jacob Degele said the seminarians host the game in order to connect with other students on campus. They “wanted to bring a lot of non-seminarian students to the game … because as [those] who showed up today noticed, we have a lot of fun as seminarians playing whiffle ball games, and we’re totally normal guys.”

Each floor of the St. John Vianney Seminary is divided into two teams: returning men and new men. The teams play eight regular-season games and then engage in bracket play in two playoff games.

The seminarians also play football in the fall, basketball in the winter and whiffle ball in the spring as a way to interact with other university students and demonstrate God’s glory in their actions. They also aim to present themselves as normal, approachable students and men.

Natalie Hall can be reached at hall0224@stthomas.edu.