Indiana State University Athletics

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Indiana State head coach Mitch Hannahs released the teams' 2019 schedule Wednesday afternoon. The Sycamores will be challenged with one of the toughest slates in the country, including 15 games against Big 10 opponents as well as 15 games against NCAA Tournament participants from a year ago.
 
QUICK HITS
• 56 games (plus two fall games)
• 19 games at Bob Warn Field
• 15 games against 2018 NCAA Tournament teams
                  • Dallas Baptist, Jacksonville, Indiana, Missouri State, Purdue, UNC Wilmington, Vanderbilt
• 15 games against Big 10 teams
                  • Three series against Michigan, Michigan State, Rutgers
                  • Home-and-Homes with Indiana, Purdue, Illinois
• Midweek games at home with Purdue, Indiana, Illinois, Ball State
• Midweek road games at Indiana, Purdue, Illinois, Vanderbilt
• Feb. 15 season opener at Jacksonville
• Mar. 1 home opener against Austin Peay
• Mar. 29 Missouri Valley Conference opener at Missouri State
• Missouri Valley Conference home opener vs. Valparaiso
• MVC home series with Valpo, Southern Illinois and Bradley
• MVC road series at Missouri State, Evansville, Illinois State and Dallas Baptist
• MVC Tournament hosted by Illinois State begins May 21 in Normal
 

Date	Opponent	Location	Note
Feb. 15-17	at Jacksonville	Jacksonville, Fla.	Series tied at one; last meeting in 1989 regional in Starkville, Miss.
Feb. 22	at UNC Wilmington	Wilmington, N.C.	Took 2-of-3 in North Carolina in 2014
Feb. 23	vs Marshall	Wilmington, N.C.	Will be first meeting between the two programs
Feb. 24	vs Iona	Wilmington, N.C.	Will be first meeting between the two programs
Feb. 26-27	at Western Carolina	Cullowhee, N.C.	ISU leads series 1-0; last meeting in 1989
Mar. 1-3	vs Austin Peay	Terre Haute, Ind.	First home series of the season
Mar. 5	at Indiana	Bloomington, Ind.	First game of a home-and-home
Mar. 8-10	at Mercer	Macon, Ga.	A four-game series; last met in 2013
Mar. 13	vs Purdue	Terre Haute, Ind.	First game of a home-and-home
Mar. 15-17	vs The Citadel	Terre Haute, Ind.	A return series after playing in Charleston, S.C. a year ago
Mar. 19	vs Indiana	Terre Haute, Ind.	Schools separated by 60 miles
Mar. 22-24	vs. Rutgers	Fort Myers, Fla.	A four-game series in Fort Myers, Fla.
Mar. 26	vs Illinois	Terre Haute, Ind.	Illini make their first trip to Bob Warn Field since 2012
Mar. 29-31	at Missouri State	Springfield, Mo.	Missouri Valley Conference opener
Apr. 3	at Purdue	West Lafayette, Ind.	Split series a year ago; ISU leads series 40-31-2
Apr. 5-7	at Michigan State	East Lansing, Mich.	First game against Michigan State in 20 years
Apr. 9-10	at Michigan	Ann Arbor, Mich.	First meeting with Wolverines since 1986 Midwest Regional; ISU won 7-1
Apr. 12-14	vs Valparaiso	Terre Haute, Ind.	First home series with Valpo as an MVC member
Apr. 16	at Vanderbilt	Nashville, Tenn.	Second-straight year playing a midweek at Vanderbilt
Apr. 19-21	at Evansville	Evansville, Ind.	Sycamores lead series 105-64
Apr. 23	vs Ball State	Terre Haute, Ind.	Final home midweek game of the season
Apr. 26-28	vs Southern Illinois	Terre Haute, Ind.	Walked off SIU twice in 2018 MVC Tournament
1-May	at Illinois	Champaign, Ill.	First trip to Illinois since 2014
May 3-5	at Illinois State	Normal, Ill.	Redbirds won series in Terre Haute, 2-1 in 2018
May 10-12	at Dallas Baptist	Dallas, Texas	One of four nationally ranked teams ISU faced in 2018
May 16-18	vs Bradley	Terre Haute, Ind.	Average low/high temperature over series in Peoria in 2018 was 22/41
May 21-25	MVC Tournament	Normal, Ill.	All-time MVC Tournament Record: 69-61
May 31-June 3	NCAA Regional	Campus Sites	Last NCAA Regional came in 2014
June 7-10	NCAA Super Regionals	Campus Sites	Never advanced to Super Regional
June 15-26	College World Series	Omaha, Neb.	Last College World Series appearance came in 1986

Starting times will be released at a later date. 

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