Baseball Announces 2020 Schedule

PITTSBURGH – Second-year head coach Mike Bell announced the University of Pittsburgh Baseball 2020 schedule on Thursday. The Panthers play a 56-game regular season with 25 home games.

Playing 10 weekend series in the traditionally tough ACC Conference, the Panthers face off against three conference champions and seven other teams who made the NCAA Regionals, including a Florida State squad that made the College World Series and two fellow league opponents that reached the super regionals (Duke and North Carolina).

"We're extremely excited and look forward to the challenges of our 2020 schedule," Bell said. "We truly believe our quality of non-conference opponents and competition from the ACC will provide a great challenge for our student-athletes. This schedule will not only challenge them, but prepare them to compete for championships."

FLEX SEASON TICKETS
Flex season ticket packages are now on sale. In each package, fans receive a total of 25 tickets, which can be used for any game (note: admission to doubleheaders requires a single ticket). Tickets can be used traditionally (one ticket for each game) or in any combination (multiple tickets at specific games). Purchase tickets here.

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A Month in the Sunshine State: Snowbird Classic (Indiana State, Saint Joseph's, Ohio State, Iowa – Feb. 14-16), Eastern Michigan (Feb. 21-23) and RussMatt Central Florida Invitational (Lehigh and Central Connecticut State – Feb 28-March 1)

The Panthers play their first 11 games in Florida. On the opening weekend season, Pitt heads to Port Charlotte for the Snowbird Classic with a game each against Indiana State (ranked 23rd in the 2019 final RPI rankings), St. Joseph's and the reigning Big Ten Tournament Champions, Ohio State. The Panthers head to Sanford the next two weekends for a three-game series versus Eastern Michigan and then the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational for two games against both Lehigh and Central Connecticut State, the 2019 NEC Tournament Champions.

Local Rivals Home and Away: Penn State (March 24 and April 7) and West Virginia (March 31 and May 12)

Pitt resumes its local rivalries with two games each against local foes, Penn State and West Virginia (18th in the 2019 RPI's). The Panthers host the Nittany Lions first and head to State College two weeks later. The Backyard Brawl closes out the month of March in Pittsburgh with a return trip to Morgantown, W.V. in the last week of the regular season.

Home ACC Series: Virginia (March 13-15), Florida State (March 20-22), Boston College (April 9-11), Georgia Tech (April 17-19) and Duke (May 14-16)

Virginia, Georgia Tech and Duke are the three ACC Coastal Division members coming to Pittsburgh. In the Atlantic Division, Florida State makes its second-ever trip to Oakland along with familiar conference-foe Boston College. The Blue Devils serve as the final opponent for the Panthers in the regular season.

Road ACC Series: Miami (March 6-8), Notre Dame (March 27-29), Clemson (April 3-5), Virginia Tech (May 1-3) and North Carolina (May 8-10)

The Panthers head down to Florida for the fourth straight weekend of the season to face the Hurricanes and play at Clemson for the second time in program history. Pitt faces the Irish and Tigers in back-to-back weekends and then do the same to begin May with trips to Blacksburg, Va. and Chapel Hill, N.C.

Weekday Home Matchups: Youngstown State (March 3 and 25), Kent State (March 18) and Oakland (May 5-6)

For weekday nonconference matchups, Pitt plays five games against three regional teams at home. The home lid-lifter comes against Youngstown State with another matchup against the school later in March. Kent State serves as the middle game of a seven-game homestand. Oakland will stay in Pittsburgh overnight for a two-game series.

Weekday Road Matchups: South Florida (March 10), Kent State (April 15) and Youngstown State (April 28)

During Spring Break, Pitt will take advantage of the time off from school with a weekday matchup at South Florida after playing at Miami. The Panthers then complete the home-and-away series against the Penguins and Golden Flashes.

Bye Weekend: James Madison (April 24-26)
For its ACC bye weekend, Pitt hosts James Madison for a three-game series for the second all-time meeting between the Panthers and Dukes.

ACC Tournament: May 19-24
The ACC Tournament moves to BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte, N.C. The top-12 teams are split into four pools with each team playing two games in four days. The four teams to win their pools advance to the semifinals with the championship game the following day.

NCAA Tournament: May 29-June 24
NCAA Regional action gets underway the following week. NCAA Super Regionals are scheduled for June 5-8 as the College World Series takes place at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb., June 13-24.

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