NEW YORK – Columbia baseball head coach Brett Boretti has unveiled the 2016 schedule for the three-time defending Ivy League Champion Lions. Columbia opens the slate with a four-game series at Jacksonville from Mar. 4-6 in Florida.
The 42-game slate features nine home dates, beginning with a non-conference game against Connecticut on Mar. 25.
After the trip to NLCS MVP Daniel Murphy’s alma mater, the Lions head west for their spring break trip. The voyage begins with a four-game set at Pepperdine (Mar. 11-14), fresh off an NCAA Tournament appearance. Two contests at San Diego (Mar. 15-16) will follow and Columbia will close out the week with four matchups at Long Beach State (Mar. 17-20).
Columbia returns to the Northeast to face Army on Mar. 23 before their home-opener against the Huskies. The next day, the Lions make a trip to Storrs for a doubleheader.
The Ivy League title defense begins with interdivision play against Yale (Apr. 2) and Brown (Apr. 3) in the friendly confines of Robertson Field at Satow Stadium. St. John’s, the defending BIG EAST Champions, wrap up the five-game home stand with a visit on April 6.
The Lions will then hit the road for a pair of weekends, finishing up their tour of the Rolfe Division at Harvard (Apr. 9) and Dartmouth (Apr. 10). Columbia begins Gehrig Division play the following weekend at Cornell for four games (Apr. 16 & 17).
A midweek twin-bill against Fordham on Apr. 20 precedes Princeton coming to town (Apr. 23 & 24) and the Lions will face Rutgers on Apr. 26 to conclude non-conference play.
The regular season wraps up with a home-and-home doubleheader against Penn. Columbia heads to Philadelphia on Apr. 30 and returns to Robertson Field for two more games against the Quakers on May 1.
The Ivy League Championship Series is slated to begin on May 7 at the higher seed’s home ballpark.
2016 Columbia Baseball Schedule (PDF)
