2019 Baseball Schedule

ROCK HILL, SC—Winthrop Baseball Head Coach Tom Riginos has released the Eagles' schedule for the upcoming 2019 season, which begins with a three-game series against Toledo at the Winthrop Ballpark on Feb. 15-17. 

The non-conference slate is highlighted by a three-game road series against Florida (Mar. 1-3), which finished 3^rd in the Baseball America Top 25. The Eagles will also have midweek contests at South Carolina on Feb. 19, at Clemson on Apr. 23, and at North Carolina on May 7. Winthrop will compete against Davidson at BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte, NC on Mar. 13 as a part of the Charlotte Knights Collegiate Series.

North Carolina finished fourth in the Baseball America Top 25 while South Carolina was 16^th, and Clemson 19^th. North Carolina and Florida are coming off College World Series appearances while Clemson, Campbell and South Carolina also participated in an NCAA Regional in 2018.

Coach Riginos is very excited about the 2019 schedule and once again feels it will challenge his team. "We have put together a very competitive schedule that will challenge our team each time we take the field."

The conference schedule that awaits the Eagles consists of four home series against Charleston Southern (Mar. 15-17), High Point (Apr. 5-7), Gardner-Webb (Apr. 18-20), and Campbell (May 10-12).  The Big South schedule also holds five road series against Longwood (Mar. 22-24), Radford (Mar. 29-31), UNC Asheville (Apr. 12-14), Presbyterian College (May 3-5), and the regular season finale against USC Upstate (May 16-18).  The Big South Tournament will be contested May 21-25 in Fayetteville, NC.

"Once again our Big South Conference schedule will be challenging with all the parity we have in the conference," said Riginos, "and we look forward to competing for the championship and the league's automatic bid to an NCAA Regional."

Six of the opponents in 2019 finished last season ranked in the Top 50 in scoring as Florida finished 12^th followed by North Carolina (13^th), Clemson (27^th), Wofford (35^th), South Carolina (38^th) and Bryant (48^th). Florida was second in the country in home runs with 100 and Clemson was 3^rd with 98 followed by South Carolina (12^th), Davidson (37^th), High Point (41^st) and North Carolina (48^th).

Winthrop is coming off a 25-31 season, with a 15-12 mark in conference play as it finished 4^th. The Eagles return six of the top eight hitters from a season ago for an offense that average 4.7 runs per game. The pitching staff returns three of its four starters for a staff that was fourth in the league with a 4.81 ERA and second for fewest walks allowed.

Season tickets will go on sale in mid-to-late January. For more information on Winthrop baseball visit www.winthropeagles.com and click on baseball page or follow on twitter @WinthropBasebal as well as Instagram (Winthropbaseball).