WEST POINT, N.Y. –Army baseball head coach Jim Foster announced the team’s 2020 schedule on Monday. Action will open up for the Black Knights on Feb. 14 at Duke.
The 2020 slate will feature 11 games against teams that participated in the NCAA tournament and 10 games against Power 5 opponents.
“We have put together a very challenging but balanced schedule for the 2020 season,” said Foster. “It will give us every opportunity to get better and contend for another Patriot League Championship. Every year we want to play a great schedule against the best opponents we can find. Our only goal is to become the best team we can possibly become in all areas and this schedule allows us to do that. I am proud of the work we have put in thus far and look forward to preparing for the 2020 season when the team gets back to school.”
Army will have challenging road series at Duke and Texas A&M to open the year. Following the series at Texas A&M, the Black Knights will play four total games against Air Force and Campbell in Fayetteville, N.C., which is located near Ft. Bragg.
Following a week in Charlotte, N.C. where Army will play five different opponents, it will next head to Ft. Myers, Fla. For a three-game series with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. After a midweek road game at St. John’s, the Black Knights will open its home schedule and Patriot League play with Holy Cross on March 21.
On March 28, Army will head to Bucknell for a doubleheader and will follow that up with a doubleheader at Navy on March 29. The Black Knights will have home midweek games in back-to-back weeks, which includes a March 7 doubleheader against Manhattan.
Army, in conjunction with the Philadelphia Phillies, will play Navy on Friday, April 10 at 7 p.m., followed by a doubleheader on Saturday, April 11 beginning at 1 p.m. at Citizens Bank Park. Ticket information will be announced at a later date.
The next home weekend series for the Black Knights will begin on April 18, a three-game slate with Bucknell. Foster also added two games against 2019 NCAA Tournament participant UConn this year. Army will play the Huskies at home on April 22 and at UConn on April 29.
Following back-to-back home doubleheaders vs. Lehigh and Lafayette on May 2 and 3, Army will close out the regular season at Hartford on May 5 and at Villanova on May 6.
