2013 Schedule
The Alabama State University baseball team released its 2013 baseball schedule, a 54-game regular season slate which includes 27 home contests at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex.
A three-game series at the 2012 NCAA Champion Arizona Wildcats highlights this year's for the Hornets, who will also compete in the Major League Baseball Urban Invitational for the second consecutive year. Alabama State will also play home-and-home matchups with Troy, UAB, South Alabama, Jacksonville State, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, and Mercer, and a pair of contests at Auburn. Alabama State will host Chicago State (in the Feb. 15 season opener) and IPFW (Indiana Purdue-Fort Wayne) among its home schedule.
“Our schedule will be challenging once again,” second-year head coach
Mervyl Melendez said. “We want our players to be challenged and play their best every game. Playing against the best teams in the nation will upgrade the level of play of our team and will get us closer to our team goals.”
The three-game series against Chicago State is part of a four-game homestand for Alabama State, which also includes a home game against Mercer. The Hornets will then play at South Alabama before the three-game series in the MLB Invitational in Houston, Texas. Alabama State will end February with home games against Troy and Kennesaw State.
The Hornets will open their 24-game Southwestern Athletic Conference schedule on the road at Alcorn State March 2-3, before playing Jacksonville State on consecutive nights March 5-6. The second game against the Gamecocks opens a five-game homestand which includes the SWAC home-opening series against archrival Alabama A&M, and a mid-week game against South Alabama. After playing at Jackson State and Auburn, Alabama State will host weekend series against IPFW and Mississippi Valley State, sandwiched around road games at Kennesaw State and Georgia State.
The Hornets open April with midweek games at Troy and vs. Georgia State before beginning the second half of SWAC play hosting Alcorn State. Alabama State will then play five consecutive contests on the road, with games at Mercer and Auburn before a three-game set at Alabama A&M. The Hornets will then play its final home games of the season during a six-game homestand with a pair of games against Florida A&M, a conference series against Jackson State, and a single game versus UAB.
Alabama State will end the regular season on a seven-game trip starting at UAB prior to the weekend series at Arizona, followed by the final SWAC series at Mississippi Valley State.
The SWAC Tournament is set for May 15-19.
