SPARTANBURG, SC – Wofford College announced the 2017 baseball schedule today, with 19 of the first 25 games of the season at home. A three-game road series against Villanova and trips to Clemson and South Carolina are also on the slate for head coach Todd Interdonato and his squad.
The Terriers will play a total of 56 games, including 28 contests at Russell C. King Field on the Wofford campus. Southern Conference home series will be played against Furman, VMI, Samford, and Mercer. League road series include trips to Western Carolina, The Citadel, UNC Greensboro, and East Tennessee State. The team will play 26 road games, along with a pair of neutral site games at Fluor Field in Greenville and in Lexington, S.C.
“This will be one of our most challenging schedules in recent memory simply for the fact we are playing so many games away from home,” said head coach Todd Interdonato. “We view each season as an opportunity to continue the progress our overall program. This year’s team will be asked to show growth as a program by being competitive on the road. We are excited about adding new opponents in new locations as well as continuing great partnerships with teams we’ve played in the past.”
Last season, Wofford posted a 30-28 overall record. The Terriers reached the 30 win mark for the third straight year and secured a 12-12 Southern Conference mark. In 2017, the team returns a total of 25 players from last season, with ten freshmen joining the squad.
The season begins on Friday, February 17, at Florida A&M for a three-game series. It will mark the first time opening the season on the road since 2005. A road game at Presbyterian College will be played on February 22. The next two weekends are tournaments co-hosted by Wofford and USC Upstate. The Terriers will face James Madison, Georgetown and UNC Asheville in the first tournament (February 24-26). On February 28, the Terriers will visit Clemson before taking on Pittsburgh, Wright State and USC Upstate the second tournament (March 3-5).
A series of games against LaSalle, Longwood, Monmouth and USC Upstate will run from March 7 to March 15. Beginning on March 17, the Terriers will host Yale for a four-game weekend series. Following a home game against Winthrop, Wofford will begin Southern Conference play at King Field with a weekend series against Furman (March 24-26). The Terriers will then play Presbyterian College at Fluor Field on March 29.
During spring break, Wofford will play a weekend series at Villanova beginning on March 31. The trip will also include a single game at Navy on April 4 before returning home for a SoCon series against VMI on April 7-9.
A five-game road trip begins at UNC Asheville on April 11, followed by a three-game weekend series at UNC Greensboro, and a trip to Winthrop on April 19. A home SoCon series against Samford will be April 21-23. Wofford will face Charleston Southern in Lexington, S.C. on April 25.
The Terriers will close out the season with eleven of the final 14 games on the road, beginning at East Tennessee State (April 28-30). A trip to South Carolina on May 3 will be followed by a series at Western Carolina (May 5-7). After a short trip to USC Upstate on May 10, Wofford will return to King Field for a series against Mercer (May 12, 14) to complete the home slate. A series at The Citadel (May 18-20) will wrap up the regular season.
The Southern Conference Tournament will be held from May 23-28 at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina. All dates are subject to change.
