11/1/2012 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Head Coach Stuart Lake and the Charleston Southern baseball team announces the release of their 2013 season schedule.
"We are very excited about the schedule we have put together for the 2013 season," commented Lake, who enters his fifth season leading the Buccaneer baseball program. "The nonconference portion of the schedule, highlighted by trips to Clemson and South Carolina and a home date with Ohio State, is difficult and will surely prepare our team for the rigors of Big South Conference play. The schedule was also put together in hopes of reducing missed class time for our players. By scheduling 30 games at home at CSU Ballpark, we were able to accomplish this while also giving our fans plenty of opportunities to see us play."
Season-tickets for all 30 home games are currently on sale. For
more information on season-tickets, click here.
The Buccaneers will open the season with a nine-game home stand
including a three-game series to start the year on Friday, February
15 and single games against cross-town rivals College of Charleston
on Tuesday, February 19 and The Citadel on Wednesday, February
27.
The Bucs non-conference schedule will continue after the initial
nine-game home stand with a weekend, road trip to Jacksonville at
the start of March for two games with North Florida and one against
Jacksonville State. On Tuesday, March 12, the Bucs will welcome the
Ohio State Buckeyes down from Big 10 country for a single game at
CSU Ballpark starting at 2 p.m. CSU will then hit the road the
following Wednesday and travel to Clemson to take on the
ACC-juggernaut Tigers.
The back-to-back games against Ohio State and Clemson lead right
into Big South play on March 15. The Bucs will travel to Lynchburg,
Virginia to battle the Liberty Flames in a three game series. Games
at UNC-Wilmington and a three-game series with The Citadel will
follow the Bucs' Big South opener with Liberty from March 20 to
24.
CSU will continue in their Big South schedule with a series at home
against UNC-Asheville. The Bucs and Bulldogs will play a single
game on Friday, March 29 and a double-header on Saturday starting
at 11:30 a.m. Following the Asheville series, the Bucs will head to
Columbia to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks. South Carolina is
not the defending National Champions for the first time in three
seasons after losing to Arizona in the College World Series last
year.
Following the game with the Gamecocks, a three-game series at
Gardner-Webb (April 5-7) and a three-game set at home with VMI
(April 12-14) will sandwich around single games at home against
Georgia Southern and a road game against USC-Upstate.
The Bucs will meet Savannah State for the second time of the season
on Wednesday, April 17 in Savannah, Georgia followed by a Big South
series at home with Presbyterian. The final four conference
weekends will be away at Winthrop (May 3-5), on the road at Radford
(May 10-12) and at back to the friendly confines of CSU Ballpark to
finish out the regular season against Coastal Carolina from
Thursday, May 16 to Saturday, May 18. Mid-week games in the final
month of the season include games at Georgia Southern (Wednesday,
May 1), home against Savannah State (Tuesday, May 7) and home
against USC-Upstate (May 8).
The Big South Tournament will be held in Lynchburg, Virginia from
May 21 to May 25. Regionals will begin May 31 to June 2. Super
Regionals from June 6 to June 8, then the College World Series from
Omaha, Nebraska will start June 15 and end on June 26.
Season
tickets for all CSU home games are now on sale.
