2017 Open Dates

 

2017 Weekends

 

Feb. 17-19

 

Lexington County: one team to join Morehead State, Ohio and Butler in Lexington, South Carolina, at new Lexington County Baseball Stadium, 3-game guarantee, also offer great hotel rates & restaurant packages. Contact B.J. Belville at bj@lcrac.com or 803-359-4048.

 

Virginia Tech: 3 or 4-game road series or tournament. Contact director of operations Austin Hartsook at hartsook@vt.edu.

 

Austin Peay: one team to complete 4-team tournament. Contact head coach Travis Janssen at janssent@apsu.edu.

 

CSU Bakersfield: home-and-home series. Contact head coach Bob Macaluso at rmacaluso@csub.edu or 781-710-3228.

 

Feb. 24-26

 

Fairfield: 3-game road series, guarantee needed. Contact assistant coach Mike Cole at mcole1@fairfield.edu or 203-814-4360.

 

UT Rio Grande Valley: one team needed four 3-team tournament in beautiful and always sunny South Texas, guaranteed 4 games each. Contact assistant coach Shawn Redd at 469-223-5232 or shawn.redd01@utrgv.edu.

 

Virginia Tech: 3 or 4-game road series or tournament. Contact director of operations Austin Hartsook at hartsook@vt.edu.

 

Kansas State: interested in starting on road for home-and-home with return trip to Manhattan in 2018. Contact director of operations Justin Tadtman at 785-532-3926 or jtadtman@kstatesports.com.

 

Wagner: road series with good guarantee. Contact head coach Jim Carone at 718-390-3154 or jim.carone@wagner.edu.

 

St. John's: Feb. 24-27, looking to play in Carolinas, Georgia area for start of spring break, guarantee needed. Contact head coach Ed Blankmeyer atblankmee@stjohns.edu.

 

Longwood: 3-game home series with guarantee. Contact head coach Ryan Mau atmaurc@longwood.edu or 434-395-2843.

 

Louisville: home series with great guarantee available. Contact director of operations Brian Mundorf at 502-852-1217 or brianm@gocards.com.

 

Grambling State: home or away for good guarantee. All midweek dates available as well. Contact assistant coach Davin Pierre at 504-615-5320 orpierred@gram.edu.

 

March 3-5

 

Cox Diamond Invitational: Pensacola (Fla.) Sports Association Event, 4-team round-robin tournament, all games at award-winning Blue Wahoos Stadium at Vince Whibb's Community Maritime Park, home of Pensacola Blue Wahoos, Double-A affiliate of Cincinnati Reds, 2012 & 2013 Stadium of the Year, opportunity for compensation based on ability to impact attendance, potential for select games to be nationally televised on Cox Sports Television. Contact event manager Jason Libbert at jlibbert@pensacolasports.com or 850-434-2800.

 

Southern Illinois-Edwardsville: March 2-4, 2018, home or road series. Contact head

Canisius: Contact head coach Mike McRae at 716-888-8485 ormcraem@canisius.edu.

 

Virginia Tech: 3 or 4-game home series on turf field with great guarantee available. Contact director of operations Austin Hartsook athartsook@vt.edu.

 

Oklahoma: home series, as good a guarantee that is out there will be offered. Contact head coach Pete Hughes at pete.hughes@ou.edu.

 

Wagner: road series with good guarantee. Contact head coach Jim Carone at 718-390-3154 or jim.carone@wagner.edu.

 

Yale: 3 or 4-game series with guarantee if possible. Contact associate head coach Tucker Frawley at tucker.frawley@yale.edu or 203-745-6243.

 

New Mexico State: 3 or 4-game home series with good guarantee available, opening to playing on the road for good guarantee as well. Contact assistant coach Joel Mangrum at mangrum@nmsu.edu or 575-635-9319.

 

March 10-12

 

UL Lafayette: home series in brand new stadium with turf, $10,000 plus postgame meals. Contact associate head coach Anthony Babineaux at 337-654-6930 or ragincajun16@cox-internet.com.

 

Appalachian State: 3-game series, home or road, guarantee needed for road series. Contact assistant coach Justin Aspegren ataspegrenjl@appstate.edu.

 

Loyola Marymount: home or away series with guarantee, or home/home series for future dates. Contact director of operations Matt Florer atmatthew.florer@lmu.edu.

 

UT Arlington: 3-game series. Contact head coach Darin Thomas at 817-875-7835.

 

Oklahoma: home or away series; as good a guarantee that is out there will be offered. Contact head coach Pete Hughes at pete.hughes@ou.edu.

 

Pepperdine: 3-game home series with guarantee or return visit in a future year. Contact assistant coach Cooper Fouts at 702-812-9519 orchristopher.fouts@pepperdine.edu.

 

Saint Louis: home series with guarantee or possible return trip for home-and-home. Contact head coach Darin Hendrickson at dhendri3@slu.edu or 314-977-3172.

 

St. John's: 3-game series, guarantee needed. Contact head coach Ed Blankmeyer atblankmee@stjohns.edu.

 

Arkansas State: home series, can provide rooms plus a couple meals as guarantee. Contact assistant coach Noah Sanders at 870-476-6184 ornsanders@astate.edu.

 

Delaware State: home series. Contact head coach JP Blandin atjblandin@desu.edu or (cell) 302-423-1767.

 

March 17-19

  

Canisius: Contact head coach Mike McRae at 716-888-8485 ormcraem@canisius.edu.

 

Evansville: home series with guarantee or possible home/home in future. Contact head coach Wes Carroll at wc2@evansville.edu or 812-488-2059.

 

Pepperdine: 3-game home series with guarantee or return visit in a future year. Contact assistant coach Cooper Fouts at 702-812-9519 orchristopher.fouts@pepperdine.edu.

 

St. John's: 3-game series, away need guarantee, if home can offer nice guarantee or can do home-and-away. Contact head coach Ed Blankmeyer atblankmee@stjohns.edu.

 

Lipscomb: March 16-18, 3-game home series for guarantee. Contact director of operations Brian Ryman at brian.ryman@lipscomb.edu or 615-715-4952.

 

Long Beach State: home series, will offer guarantee. Contact assistant coach Greg Bergeron at gregory.bergeron@csulb.edu.

 

March 24-26

 

Canisius: Contact head coach Mike McRae at 716-888-8485 ormcraem@canisius.edu.

 

Evansville: home series with guarantee or possible home/home in future. Contact head coach Wes Carroll at wc2@evansville.edu or 812-488-2059.

 

UC Santa Barbara: home/home, home series with guarantee. Contact assistant coach Neil Walton at neil.walton@athletics.ucsb.edu.

 

St. John's: 3-game series, away need guarantee, if home can offer nice guarantee or can do home-and-away. Contact head coach Ed Blankmeyer atblankmee@stjohns.edu.

 

March 31-April 2

 

Bethune-Cookman: home or road series. Contact assistant coach Barrett Shaft at shaftb@cookman.edu.

 

Liberty: home series with great guarantee available. Contact assistant coach Garrett Quinn at 434-238-7905 or gquinn@liberty.edu.

 

St. John's: 3-game series, away need guarantee, if home can offer nice guarantee or can do home-and-away. Contact head coach Ed Blankmeyer atblankmee@stjohns.edu.

 

Longwood: 3-game home series with guarantee. Contact head coach Ryan Mau atmaurc@longwood.edu or 434-395-2843.

 

Winthrop: 3-game home series with guarantee or willing to play on the road. Contact head coach Tom Riginos at riginost@winthrop.edu or 864-903-9796.

 

April 7-9

  

Incarnate Word: will go anywhere, set up home-and-home, or pay guarantee. Contact associate head coach Chase Tidwell at 210-216-7100 orctidwell@uiwtx.edu.

 

April 14-16 (Easter Weekend)

 

William & Mary: home series with guarantee available or open to consider road series. Contact head coach Brian Murphy at bpmurphy@wm.edu or 757-221-3492.

 

April 21-23

  

Grambling State: home/away. All midweek dates available as well. Contact assistant coach Davin Pierre at 504-615-5320 orpierred@gram.edu.

 

April 28-30

  

Radford: home series, will provide guarantee or can travel with substantial guarantee. Contact head coach Joe Raccuia atjraccuia@radford.edu.

 

Louisville: home series with great guarantee available. Contact director of operations Brian Mundorf at 502-852-1217 or brianm@gocards.com.

 

Georgia Tech: home series with generous guarantee available. Contact head coach Danny Hall at dhall@athletics.gatech.edu.

 

May 5-7

 

Virginia Tech: May 6-7, 2-3 home games on Saturday & Sunday due to finals, great guarantee available. Contact director of operations Austin Hartsook athartsook@vt.edu.

 

Oklahoma State: must be home series due to finals, good guarantee available. Contact director of operations Heath Holliday atheath.holliday@okstate.edu.

 

Lipscomb: home series with guarantee, need to play in Nashville due to finals. Contact director of operations Brian Ryman atbrian.ryman@lipscomb.edu.

 

NJIT: May 6-7, home series or local home-and-home during finals. Contact head coach Brian Guiliana at brian.a.guiliana@njit.edu or 973-596-5827.

 

May 12-14

 

Delaware State: May 12-13, home series. Contact head coach JP Blandin atjblandin@desu.edu or (cell) 302-423-1767.

 

May 19-21

 

May 26-28

 

 

Snowbird Baseball Classic:Feb. and March 2017 and 2018 Spring Trip to play in Port Charlotte, Fla. We are currently scheduling for spring trip for 2017 and 2018. For additional information please contact tournament director Steve Partington atsteve@snowbirdbaseball.com ormaria@snowbirdbaseball.com or 614-306-5155. Please inquire for teams that are currently committed.

 

Hoover Metropolitan Stadium: have open weekends in Feb. & March for weekend round-robin tournament and also open dates available for midweek dates in Hoover, Ala., at current home of SEC Baseball Tournament, no rental fee and we offer field prep for every game and during game. Contact facility manager James Young at 205-739-7362 or youngj@ci.hoover.al.us.

 

Cocoa Expo Sports Center: Feb. & March, brand new facility in Cocoa, Fla., $50 million renovations, 7 tifgrand bermuda grass professionally lit fields, 5,000-seat stadium, on-site housing available with buffet-style meals. Contact Scott Norwood or Jesse Hoover at 321-639-3976 or admin@cocoaexpo.com.

 

Lexington County Baseball Stadium: 2016, 2017, 2018: Looking for college teams to play in newly-constructed collegiate baseball stadium in Lexington, South Carolina. Have open weekends in Feb. & March for weekend round robin tournaments & also open dates available for midweek games. This is a brand new facility that will play host to the Lexington County Blowfish of the Coastal Plain League. We offer great hotel rates, restaurant discounts along with comp rooms for coaches. There is no rental fee & we offer a possibility on a split gate for teams playing at the stadium. Contact B.J. Belville at bj@lcrac.com or 803-359-4048 x240 for additional information.

 

Perfect Game: Feb. & March weekends, round-robin events at PG Park South at LakePoint Sports in Emerson, Ga. Facility is brand new with eight all-turf fields with LED Musco lighting, trackman will be on every field. Contact Kevin Herlihy at 678-447-4760 or kevin@perfectgame.org.

 

2017 Midweek Dates

 

Mississippi State: midweek dates: March 7, 8, 14, 15. Contact director of operations Lee VanHorn at clv45@msstate.edu or 662-417-9999.

 

Grambling State: All midweek dates available as well. Contact assistant coach Davin Pierre at 504-615-5320 or pierred@gram.edu.

 

February

 

Houston: Feb. 21, home game. Contact director of player development Ryan Shotzberger at uhbaseball@uh.edu.

 

UT Rio Grande Valley: Feb. 28. Contact assistant coach Shawn Redd at 469-223-5232 or shawn.redd01@utrgv.edu.

 

Austin Peay: Feb. 28. Contact head coach Travis Janssen atjanssent@apsu.edu.

 

Arkansas-Pine Bluff: Feb. 28-March 1, midweek home series or single game either day, willing to travel for good guarantee. Contact assistant coach Jon Tatum at tatumj@uapb.edu or 601-260-2157.

 

The Citadel: Feb. 28 or March 1. Contact assistant coach Britt Reames atwreames1@citadel.edu or 843-754-4327.

 

UT Rio Grande Valley: Feb. 28, home-and-home preferred, guarantee available. Contact assistant coach Shawn Redd at shawn.redd01@utrgv.edu.

 

March

 

West Virginia: March 7-8 and March 14-15, great guarantee available, brand new stadium with all turf. Contact head coach Randy Mazey atrandy.mazey@mail.wvu.edu.

 

Florida Atlantic: March 14-15, home series, can help with guarantee. Contact head coach John McCormack at jmccorma@fau.edu.

 

Stephen F. Austin: March 7. Contact assistant coach Michael Haynes athaynesjm@sfasu.edu or 936-645-6925.

 

Canisius: March 14 & 15 in the Carolinas/Virginia area. Contact head coach Mike McRae at 716-888-8485 or mcraem@canisius.edu.

 

Austin Peay: March 1, 7, 14, 15. Contact head coach Travis Janssen atjanssent@apsu.edu.

 

Arkansas-Pine Bluff: March 1, 2017, midweek home series or single game either day, willing to travel for good guarantee. Contact assistant coach Jon Tatum at tatumj@uapb.edu or 601-260-2157.

 

Ole Miss: March 29, home game. Contact director of operations Marc MacMillan at mjmacmil@olemiss.edu.

 

The Citadel: Feb. 28 or March 1. Contact assistant coach Britt Reames atwreames1@citadel.edu or 843-754-4327.

 

Stetson: March 7 & 8, home games with guarantee. Contact associate head coach Mark Leavitt at mleavitt@stetson.edu or 386-822-8122.

 

Gardner-Webb: March 7, 8; March 14, 15; looking for home games. Contact head coach Rusty Stroupe at rstroupe@gardner-webb.edu.

 

UT Rio Grande Valley: March 14 or 15, home-and-home preferred, guarantee available. Contact assistant coach Shawn Redd atshawn.redd01@utrgv.edu.

 

April

 

UT Rio Grande Valley: April 25. Contact assistant coach Shawn Redd at 469-223-5232 or shawn.redd01@utrgv.edu.

 

Stephen F. Austin: April 11. Contact assistant coach Michael Haynes athaynesjm@sfasu.edu or 936-645-6925.

 

The Citadel: April 18 or 19. Contact assistant coach Britt Reames atwreames1@citadel.edu or 843-754-4327.

 

UT Rio Grande Valley: April 11 and 25, home-and-home preferred, guarantee available. Contact assistant coach Shawn Redd atshawn.redd01@utrgv.edu.

 

May

 

UT Rio Grande Valley: May 16. Contact assistant coach Shawn Redd at 469-223-5232 or shawn.redd01@utrgv.edu.

 

Charleston Southern: May 18-19, home or away series. Contact assistant coach Chris Brown at 954-629-3844 or cbrown@csuniv.edu.

 

Stephen F. Austin: May 2. Contact assistant coach Michael Haynes at haynesjm@sfasu.edu or 936-645-6925.

 

The Citadel: May 2, May 9 or 10, May 16 or 17. Contact assistant coach Britt Reames at wreames1@citadel.edu or 843-754-4327.

 

UT Rio Grande Valley: May 16, home-and-home preferred, guarantee available. Contact assistant coach Shawn Redd atshawn.redd01@utrgv.edu.