Marshall University Athletics
Baseball Releases 2003 Schedule
8/21/2002 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Baseball Releases 2003 Schedule
8/21/2002
HUNTINGTON, W. Va.? Marshall University head baseball coach Dave Piepenbrink has announced the schedule for the 2003 campaign. The Thundering Herd opens the season Feb. 14 in Macon, GA, versus head coach and Marshall alumnus Barry Myers? Mercer University Bears.
Marshall will participate in two regular season tournaments this season. The College of Charleston will play host to Marshall, Charleston Southern University and George Mason University from Feb. 21-23 in Charleston, SC. The University of Alabama at Birmingham will welcome the Herd from Feb. 28-March 2, along with the University of Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University.
Some notable road contests for Marshall include a trip to Raleigh, NC, from March 7-9 to battle the Atlantic Coast Conference?s North Carolina State University Wolfpack in their brand new baseball facility. Marshall also makes a one-game stop on March 18 in Lexington, KY, to play the Wildcats of Kentucky.
Marshall opens up Mid-American Conference play on March 28 when Western Michigan University travels to Huntington for a four-game series. The Herd will play at Ohio University on April 4, and return to Huntington for a double-header on April 5 versus the Bobcats before finishing out the series on April 6 in Athens. The defending MAC champions and NCAA Regional participants Kent State University will make an appearance at University Heights for a four-game series from April 18-20.
The MAC tournament will take place from May 21-24 at a site yet to be determined followed by NCAA play, which commences on May 30.
| Date | Opponent | Location | Time | |
| Feb 14 | at Mercer | Macon, GA | 4:00 p.m. | |
| Feb 15 | at Mercer | Macon, GA | 2:00 p.m. | |
| Feb 16 | at Mercer | Macon, GA | 1:30 p.m. | |
| Feb 21 | at College of Charleston$ | Charleston, SC | 5:00 p.m. | |
| Feb 22 | at Charleston Southern$ | Charleston, SC | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Feb 23 | vs. George Mason$ | Charleston, SC | 11:00 a.m. | |
| Feb 28-Mar 2 | at UAB Tournament | Birmingham, AL | TBA | |
| Mar 5 | Concord | Huntington, WV | 2:00 p.m. | |
| Mar 7 | at NC State | Raleigh, NC | TBA | |
| Mar 8 | at NC State | Raleigh, NC | TBA | |
| Mar 9 | at NC State | Raleigh, NC | TBA | |
| Mar 12 | at W. Va. State# | Institute, WV | 1:00 p.m. | |
| Mar 18 | at Kentucky | Lexington, KY | TBA | |
| Mar 20 | Youngstown State | Huntington, WV | 2:00 p.m. | |
| Mar 23 | Drexel | Huntington, WV | 3:00 p.m. | |
| Mar 24 | Drexel | Huntington, WV | 3:00 p.m. | |
| Mar 25 | Drexel | Huntington, WV | 1:00 p.m. | |
| Mar 28 | WESTERN MICHIGAN | Huntington, WV | 3:00 p.m. | |
| Mar 29 | WESTERN MICHIGAN# | Huntington, WV | 1:00 p.m. | |
| Mar 30 | WESTERN MICHIGAN | Huntington, WV | 1:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 1 | Morehead State | Huntington, WV | 3:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 4 | at OHIO | Athens, OH | 3:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 5 | at OHIO# | Athens, OH | 1:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 6 | at OHIO | Athens, OH | 1:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 9 | Rio Grande | Huntington, WV | 3:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 11 | at BUFFALO | Buffalo, NY | 3:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 12 | at BUFFALO# | Buffalo, NY | 1:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 13 | at BUFFALO | Buffalo, NY | 1:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 15 | at Morehead State | Morehead, KY | 6:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 18 | KENT STATE | Huntington, WV | 3:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 19 | KENT STATE# | Huntington, WV | 1:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 20 | KENT STATE | Huntington, WV | 1:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 22 | at Eastern Kentucky | Richmond, KY | 3:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 25 | at BOWLING GREEN | Bowling Green, OH | 3:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 26 | at BOWLING GREEN# | Bowling Green, OH | 1:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 27 | at BOWLING GREEN | Bowling Green, OH | 1:00 p.m. | |
| Apr 29 | Eastern Kentucky | Huntington, WV | 3:00 p.m. | |
| May 2 | at MIAMI | Oxford, OH | 3:00 p.m. | |
| May 3 | at MIAMI# | Oxford, OH | 1:00 p.m. | |
| May 4 | at MIAMI | Oxford, OH | 1:00 p.m. | |
| May 9 | AKRON | Huntington, WV | 3:00 p.m. | |
| May 10 | AKRON# | Huntington, WV | 1:00 p.m. | |
| May 11 | AKRON | Huntington, WV | 1:00 p.m. | |
| May 16 | at Youngstown State# | Youngstown, OH | TBA | |
| May 17 | at Youngstown State | Youngstown, OH | TBA | |
| May 21-May 24 | at MAC TOURNAMENT | TBA | TBA | |
| May 30-Jun 1 | at NCAA Regionals | TBA | TBA | |
| Jun 6-Jun 8 | at NCAA Super Regionals | TBA | TBA | |
| Jun 13-Jun 21 | at NCAA World Series | Omaha, NE | TBA | |
| ? | ? | |||
| All home games listed in bold. Conference games listed in ALL CAPS. | ||||
| $ College of Charleston Tournament | ||||
| # Doubleheader | ? | |||




