Baseball: WVU Announces 2008 Schedule
November 20, 2007 11:59 AM | General
November 20, 2007
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.– West Virginia University baseball coach Greg Van Zant today announced the 2008 baseball schedule.
The 58-game schedule is highlighted by 37 home contests including playing host to College World Series contender and BIG EAST foe, Louisville.
The 2008 season is set to begin on Friday, Feb. 22, when the squad travels to Winston-Salem, N.C., to face Akron before hosting the annual Baseball at the Beach Tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb. 29-March 2.
“We think it’s an excellent schedule to challenge our team,” comments Van Zant. “We have one of the largest home schedules in school history. We have five conference series at home and just four on the road, and we’re excited about that. We have some marquee teams coming into Morgantown. Every game is a big game for us and we’re excited to start playing in a couple months.”
The Mountaineers return five starters in the field and two starting pitchers from last season's 29-22 squad, along with a recruiting class of 13 new signees.
The team will host Duquesne in its home opener on March 4, at Hawley Field at 3:00. WVU will open BIG EAST play on March 20, at home when the Mountaineers host Pittsburgh in a three game series.
| Day | Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| Fri | Feb 22 | vs. Akron (Winston-Salem, N.C.) | 3 pm |
| Sat | Feb 23 | vs. Akron (2) (Winston-Salem, N.C.) | Noon |
| Sun | Feb 24 | vs. Akron (Winston-Salem, N.C.) | Noon |
| Fri | Feb 29 | vs. George Mason (Conway, S.C.) | 2 pm |
| Sat | Mar 1 | vs. Marshall (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) | Noon |
| Sat | Mar 1 | at Coastal Carolina | 4 pm |
| Sun | Mar 2 | vs. Western Carolina (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) | 10:30 am |
| Tue | Mar 4 | Duquesne | 3 pm |
| Fri | Mar 7 | Valparaiso | 3 pm |
| Sat | Mar 8 | Valparaiso (2) | 1 pm |
| Sun | Mar 9 | Valparaiso | 1 pm |
| Tue | Mar 11 | St. Bonaventure | 5 pm |
| Wed | Mar 12 | St. Bonaventure | 2 pm |
| Fri | Mar 14 | Iona | 3 pm |
| Sat | Mar 15 | Iona (2) | 1 pm |
| Sun | Mar 16 | Iona | 1 pm |
| Tue | Mar 18 | Canisius (2) | 1 pm |
| Thu | Mar 20 | Pitt | 5 pm |
| Fri | Mar 21 | Pitt | 1 pm |
| Sat | Mar 22 | Pitt | 1 pm |
| Mon | Mar 24 | Coppin State | 2 pm |
| Tue | mar 25 | Morehead State (2) | 1 pm |
| Fri | Mar 28 | at Rutgers | 3:30 pm |
| Sat | Mar 29 | at Rutgers | 1 pm |
| Sun | Mar 30 | at Rutgers | 1 pm |
| Tue | Apr 1 | Maryland Eastern Shore (2) | 1 pm |
| Fri | Apr 4 | USF | 7:05 pm |
| Sat | Apr 5 | USF | 3 pm |
| Sun | Apr 6 | USF | 1 pm |
| Wed | Apr 9 | Ohio | 7:05 pm |
| Fri | Apr 11 | at Seton Hall | 6 pm |
| Sat | Apr 12 | at Seton Hall | 1 pm |
| Sun | Apr 13 | at Seton Hall | Noon |
| Tue | Apr 15 | Duquesne | 4 pm |
| Fri | Apr 18 | Notre Dame | 7:05 pm |
| Sat | Apr 19 | Notre Dame | 3 pm |
| Sun | Apr 20 | Notre Dame | 1 pm |
| Tue | Apr 22 | at Duquesne | 4 pm |
| Fri | Apr 25 | Connecticut | 7:05 pm |
| Sat | Apr 26 | Connecticut | 3 pm |
| Sun | Apr 27 | Connecticut | 1 pm |
| Tue | Apr 29 | Maryland | 4 pm |
| Fri | May 2 | at St. John's | 6 pm |
| Sat | May 3 | at St. John's | 1 pm |
| Sun | May 4 | at St. John's | Noon |
| Sat | May 10 | Louisville (2) | 3 pm |
| Sun | May 11 | Louisville | 1 pm |
| Mon | May 12 | Youngstown State | 7:05 pm |
| Thu | May 15 | at Cincinnati | 6;30 pm |
| Fri | May 16 | at Cincinnati | 6:30 pm |
| Sat | May 17 | at Cincinnati | 1 pm |
| Tue-Sat | M 20-23 | Big East Tournament | TBA |
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