SEATTLE – A year after finishing second in the Pac-12, winning 41 games and earning a trip to the NCAA Regionals for the first time in 10 years, Washington Huskies baseball ushers in a new era with 28 homes games at Husky Ballpark. In all, the Huskies are scheduled to play 56 games, featuring 17 against seven teams that participated in the 2014 NCAA tournament, including three that advanced to the Super Regionals.
Washington will open the year with eight games on the road. The Huskies first stop is to Stockton, Calif. to play four games against Pacific, Friday, Feb. 13 through Monday ,Feb. 16.
The team quickly turns around to play four games in the Pac-12/Big-12 Tournament in Surprise, Ariz. Washington opens against 2014 NCAA-participant Kansas on Friday, Feb. 20. They then face Oklahoma and Kansas State before closing the four-day tournament against 2014 Super Regional host Oklahoma State on Monday.
After their two-week road trip, the Huskies come home for a nine-game stretch at Husky Ballpark. The home opener is Wednesday, Feb. 25 against Portland. North Dakota visits next for a weekend series, Feb. 27-March 1, which includes a double header on Saturday. The next weekend, WCC tournament champion Pepperdine comes to Seattle for three games. The Waves, who lost in the 2014 NCAA Super Regionals at TCU, take on the Huskies, March 6-8.
Washington hosts Seatlte U in the first of three games between the two city rivals before the Huskies usher in their Pac-12 schedule. UW will host the Redhawks Tuesday, March 10 and also faces Seattle U twice at Bellevue’s Bannerwood Park on Tuesday, April 14 and April 21.
The Huskies will start Pac-12 play on the road for the second-consecutive year. They open in Los Angeles against UCLA, March 13-15.
UW will play at Portland in a single game Tuesday, March 17 before hosting its first Pac-12 contest of the year March 20-22 against California.
After two non-conference games on the road against Gonzaga, March 24-25, Washington returns to Seattle to host USC, March 27-29.
The Huskies then hit the road for 11 of 14 games including a seven to open up the stretch. They take on 2014 NCAA Super Regional participant Stanford (April 2-4) first before traveling to the Palouse to take on rival Washington State, April 10-12. UW hosts Arizona State for three games, April 17-19, which is nestled between two games against Seattle U in Bellevue, before heading to Eugene for three games against Oregon, April 24-26.
The Dawgs will host Washington State in a rare non-conference game Tuesday, April 28 before playing a weekend series against Oregon State, May 1-3.
The Huskies take their final road trip of the regular season, playing in Tucson against Arizona, May 8-10, before wrapping up the regular season with six games at Husky Ballpark. Washington will host Cal State Northridge, May 15-17, before closing the Pac-12 season against Utah. The Utes will be the last Pac-12 team to see renovated Husky Ballpark for the first time, taking in the sites May 22-24.
NCAA Regionals will take place May 29-31 and NCAA Super Regionals will be held June 5-7. The 2014 College World Series starts Saturday, June 13.
