KNOXVILLE — A late fall and early winter chill may be in the air, but the 2020 baseball season is looming around the corner and the University of Tennessee baseball team has announced its 2020 schedule.
The Volunteers, who went 40-21 in 2019, will open the new campaign on Valentine’s Day at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
The season opener will be the first of a three-game series against Western Illinois. Game times for the series (which runs from Feb. 14-16) have yet to be announced.
The Vols will also host Charlotte on Feb.18.
Tennessee will then play in the Round Rock Classic in Texas Feb. 21-23, where it will see the likes of Texas Tech, Houston and Stanford.
The Vols will then host midweek games against Northern Kentucky and UNC-Asheville on Feb. 25-26.
The following weekend, the Big Orange will host George Washington in a three-game set.
On March 3, UT will entertain Longwood before play a three-game set against Wright State on March 6-8.
Tennessee will host East Tennessee State on March 10 before traveling to South Carolina to open Southeastern Conference play on March 13.
Other games in March include a home midweek tilt against Georgia State on St. Patrick’s Day. The following weekend, the Vols entertain defending national champion Vanderbilt.
Tennessee plays UT-Martin at Smokies Stadium on March 24.
Other home conference series include LSU (March 26-28), Florida (April 17-19), Kentucky (May 1-3) and Arkansas (May 14-16).
The Vols play SEC road series against Missouri (April 3-5), Alabama (April 10-12); Georgia (April 23-25) and Texas A&M (May 8-10).
Other midweek games include: Georgia Southern (April 1, home), Alabama State (April 7-8, home), Alabama A&M (April 14, home), Morehead State (April 21, home), Lipscomb (April 28, home) and Belmont (May 12, home).