Ball State’s baseball team, under the direction of head coach Rich Maloney, has announced its 2015 schedule.
“We are excited about the upcoming season and competing against so many outstanding programs,” Maloney said. “Our non-conference schedule will be foreboding in playing UNC-Wilmington, Kentucky, Elon, Coastal Carolina, West Virginia, Dartmouth, Illinois twice, Indiana, Purdue twice, Northwestern and Maine. All of those programs have recently won their conference, played in NCAA tournament or have a storied tradition. We are doing this in hopes of preparing our team for the 27 game grind of MAC play. This is part of the journey to try and take our program to the next level.”
The Cardinals will open up at the Buffalo Wild Wings Battle at the Beach in Wilmington, N.C., Feb. 13-15, in a tournament with teams yet to be decided. Ball State will follow that tournament up with the Country Inn and Suites Elon Invitational in Elon, N.C., and the Chanticleer Classic in Myrtle Beach, S. C.
For a second straight year, Ball State will compete in the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla., March 4-8 with Maine, Northwestern, Indiana and one team to be announced.
Indiana, which finished the 2014 season ranked 20th in the nation, will also visit Muncie, Ind., May 12, in a single game at Ball Diamond. Big Ten Conference foe Purdue will visit Ball Diamond March 25, and the Cardinals will travel to West Lafayette, Ind., April 22.
Once returning to the Midwest, the Cardinals will play at Dayton March 13-15, followed by the home opener vs. Rutgers March 18.
Ball State will open the MAC season March 20-22 at Bowling Green and open the home conference slate March 27-29 vs. Buffalo at Ball Diamond.
The Cardinals are scheduled to end the regular season at home vs. Northern Illinois May 14-16, with the MAC Tournament slated for May 20-24 in Avon, Ohio.
Under the direction of Maloney, Ball State completed last season with a 37-18 overall record, a 22-4 mark in MAC play and won the MAC Regular Season Championship.
2015 Ball State Baseball Schedule
