BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Samford head baseball coach Casey Dunn unveiled the team’s 2018 schedule Monday as the Bulldogs’ upcoming slate features 32 home games and challenging non-conference road tests against Rice, Virginia and UCF. Samford will also boast home-and-home matchups with in-state foes Alabama, Auburn, UAB, Troy, Jacksonville State and Alabama State.
Samford will play a majority of its games in Birmingham this season and boasts home non-conference series’ against Harvard, Georgia State, Alabama A&M and SIUE. Additionally, the Bulldogs will play host to defending Southern Conference regular-season champion Mercer, ETSU, Wofford and VMI in league action.
This season, Samford will open its slate with key games against Rice, Virginia and UCF at the 2018 UCF Tournament to be held in Orlando. Florida. The Bulldogs then return to Birmingham for a six-game homestand featuring contests against Jacksonville State, Harvard and Alabama.
In SoCon play this season, Samford will travel to play three-game series’ against Furman, The Citadel, UNCG and Western Carolina.
The 2018 SoCon Tournament will be held May 22-27, in Greenville, South Carolina, at Fluor Field at the West End.
