Saint Leo baseball head coach Rick O’ Dette has announced the team’s 50-game schedule for 2019, which includes 26 home contests at Thomas B. Southard Stadium.
First pitch for the 2019 season is scheduled for 1 p.m., Feb. 2, as the Lions host Alabama-Huntsville (UAH) for a three-game opening weekend series. Saint Leo will play a total of eight home series and two standalone nonconference contests. Following UAH, Lee (Feb. 8-9), Valdosta State (Feb. 19), Lynn (Feb. 22-23), Tiffin (March 8-10), Purdue Northwest (March 12), Tampa (March 15-16), Palm Beach Atlantic (March 29-30), Florida Tech (April 18-19) and Florida Southern (May 2-3) will all visit Saint Leo.
The Lions’ first road test will come Feb. 16-17, as Saint Leo travels to 2018 NCAA National Championship Runner-up Columbus State for a three-game set. Lynn marks the team’s first Sunshine State Conference (SSC) opponent on Feb. 22-23 at home, while Barry is the first road SSC opponent the following weekend, March 1-2.
The Lions posted a 38-11 record in O’ Dette’s first season at the helm and now look to break into the NCAA postseason in year two with a schedule that features four opponents ranked in the final National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association Top-25 poll.
Saint Leo baseball 2019 home schedule
Feb. 2: Alabama-Huntsville (doubleheader, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.)
Feb. 3: Alabama-Huntsville (1 p.m.)
Feb. 8: Lee (6 p.m.)
Feb. 9: Lee (doubleheader, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.)
Feb. 19: Valdosta State (5 p.m.)
Feb. 22: Lynn (6 p.m.)
Feb. 23: Lynn (doubleheader, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.)
March 8: Tiffin (6 p.m.)
March 9: Tiffin (3 p.m.)
March 10: Tiffin (1 p.m.)
March 12: Purdue Northwest (6 p.m.)
March 15: Tampa (6 p.m.)
March 16: Tampa (doubleheader, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.)
March 29: Palm Beach Atlantic (6 p.m.)
March 30: Palm Beach Atlantic (doubleheader, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.)
April 18: Florida Tech (6 p.m.)
April 19: Florida Tech (doubleheader, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.)
May 2: Florida Southern (6 p.m.)
May 3: Florida Southern (doubleheader, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.)
