BASEBALL SLATE RELEASED
10/22/2010 10:05:00 PM | Baseball
RIVERSIDE, Calif. --- Looking to defend its 2010 Golden State Athletic Conference title, California Baptist University has released its 2011 baseball schedule.
The Lancers' 53-game schedule features 17 non-conference games, 10 of which are at Totman Stadium, in addition to 36 conference games.
"As always, we tried to put together a competitive non-conference schedule to prepare us to play in the GSAC," said 2010 GSAC Coach of the Year Gary Adcock. "Also, this year, we put focus on getting on the road in the non-conference a little more, especially since we open up conference play on the road."
Seven of the Lancers' non-conference games are on the road as opposed to just two last year. The Lancers play three NCAA Division II opponents in a three-game series with Cal State San Bernardino (Feb. 3-5) and single games at Cal State L.A. (Feb. 8) and San Francisco State (April 19).
The Lancers also host NAIA national-power British Columbia for two games (Feb. 18-19). Last year, UBC was ranked seventh in the final poll and played in the NAIA National Tournament Opening Round.
The season begins with a three-game home series against Simpson Jan. 27-28. The Lancers also host La Sierra (Feb. 1 and Feb. 15) and play a three-game series with Cal State San Marcos (Feb. 11-12). Their lone DIII opponent is a single-game at Redlands (Feb. 9).
The GSAC slate begins Feb. 23 at Concordia.
Last year, the Lancers won a school-record 49 games and put together one of the most impressive runs in GSAC history, going 30-6 and winning their second conference title by a whopping seven games. They never lost a four-game series, winning all but one of them and splitting the other with nationally-ranked Fresno Pacific. They won the GSAC Tournament and NAIA Opening Round Tournament to advance to their first NAIA World Series since 1997, finishing seventh. The Lancers return 20 players and five of their seven all-conference selections, including the GSAC Player (Brian Sharp) and Pitcher (Drew Madrigal) of the Year and NAIA All-American Sharif Othman.
