University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Baseball Announces 2005 Schedule
October 4, 2004 | Baseball
Oct. 4, 2004
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Highlighted by 30 games against teams that qualified for last year's NCAA Tournament and an expanded Atlantic Coast Conference slate, the University of North Carolina baseball team announced its 2005 schedule Monday. The Tar Heels will host 35 games at Boshamer Stadium, including the February 16 opener versus Appalachian State.
"Another very challenging schedule awaits us in 2005, possibly our most difficult schedule in my time here," said Carolina head coach Mike Fox. "We are playing some new opponents in Birmingham Southern, Ohio State, Michigan, Arizona State and College of Charleston this season. This will be exciting for our players and makes for an even more difficult non-conference schedule, which already included East Carolina, UNC Wilmington, Coastal Carolina, Virginia Commonwealth and Princeton - all NCAA teams in 2004."
In all, the Tar Heels are scheduled to play 30 of their 56 regular season games against 13 different teams that made the 2004 NCAA Tournament. These teams are: UNC Wilmington (Feb. 22, April 26), Birmingham Southern (Feb. 25-27), Arizona State (March 40, College of Charleston (March 9), Princeton (March 15-16), Clemson (March 18-20), Virginia (April 1-3), East Carolina (April 13, May 17), Miami (April 15-17), NC State (April 29-May 1), Coastal Carolina (May 11), Florida State (May 13-15) and Georgia Tech (May 19-21). The end of the season figures to be a particularly tough stretch for the Tar Heels, as their final 11 games are against NCAA teams from a year ago.
Following home weekends with Seton Hall (Feb. 18-20) and Birmingham Southern (Feb. 25-27) to open the season, the Tar Heels travel to Greenville for East Carolina's Keith LeClair Invitational. Carolina will face Arizona State, Ohio State and Michigan in the event.
Atlantic Coast Conference play opens the following weekend against one of the league's two new members, Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. (March 11-13). Carolina also travels to Clemson (March 18-20), Maryland (April 8-10), NC State (April 29-May 1) and Florida State (May 13-15) in league play. Each conference team will play a 30-game slate for the first time this season.
"The addition of Miami and Virginia Tech to the ACC now means 30 league games and 10 very emotional and competitive weekends," said Fox. "It should be a fun and exciting spring, and I know our players are looking forward to it."
The Tar Heels open their home conference slate against Wake Forest (March 25-27) and also host Virginia (April 1-3), Miami (April 15-17), Duke (April 22-24) and Georgia Tech (May 19-21).
The 2005 ACC Baseball Championship is scheduled for May 23-29 at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Fla. NCAA Regionals are set for June 3-5, with the Super Regionals slated for June 10-12. The 2005 College World Series is June 17-27 in Omaha, Neb.
The Tar Heels, who were 43-21 a year ago, are in search of their fourth consecutive trip to the postseason. Carolina will play its annual five-game Fall World Series at Boshamer Stadium from October 11-21.
NORTH CAROLINA BASEBALL • 2005 SCHEDULEDay Date Opponent Site Time Wed. Feb. 16 Appalachian State Chapel Hill 3 p.m. Fri. Feb. 18 Seton Hall Chapel Hill 3 p.m. Sat. Feb. 19 Seton Hall Chapel Hill 1 p.m. Sun. Feb. 20 Seton Hall Chapel Hill 1:30 p.m. Tues. Feb. 22 UNC Wilmington Chapel Hill 3 p.m. Fri. Feb. 25 Birmingham Southern Chapel Hill 3 p.m. Sat. Feb. 26 Birmingham Southern Chapel Hill 1 p.m. Sun. Feb. 27 Birmingham Southern Chapel Hill 1:30 p.m. Wed. March 2 Gardner-Webb Chapel Hill 3 p.m. Fri. March 4 vs. Arizona State-1 Greenville, N.C. 2 p.m. Sat. March 5 vs. Ohio State-1 Greenville, N.C. 2 p.m. Sun. March 6 vs. Michigan-1 Greenville, N.C. 1 p.m. Wed. March 9 College of Charleston Chapel Hill 3 p.m. Fri. March 11 *at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. 3 p.m. Sat. March 12 *at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. 2 p.m. Sun. March 13 *at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. 2 p.m. Tues. March 15 Princeton Chapel Hill 2 p.m. Wed. March 16 Princeton Chapel Hill 2 p.m. Fri. March 18 *at Clemson Clemson, S.C. 7:15 p.m. Sat. March 19 *at Clemson Clemson, S.C. 4 p.m. Sun. March 20 *at Clemson Clemson, S.C. 2 p.m. Tues. March 22 Towson Chapel Hill 3 p.m. Wed. March 23 Towson Chapel Hill 3 p.m. Fri. March 25 *Wake Forest Chapel Hill 7 p.m. Sat. March 26 *Wake Forest Chapel Hill 2 p.m. Sun. March 27 *Wake Forest Chapel Hill 1:30 p.m. Tues. March 29 Winthrop Chapel Hill 6 p.m. Fri. April 1 *Virginia Chapel Hill 7 p.m. Sat. April 2 *Virginia (TV) Chapel Hill 1 p.m. Sun. April 3 *Virginia Chapel Hill 1:30 p.m. Wed. April 6 Elon Chapel Hill 6 p.m. Fri. April 8 *at Maryland College Park, Md. 7 p.m. Sat. April 9 *at Maryland College Park, Md. 7 p.m. Sun. April 10 *at Maryland College Park, Md. 1 p.m. Tues. April 12 Davidson Chapel Hill 6 p.m. Wed. April 13 at East Carolina Greenville, N.C. TBA Fri. April 15 *Miami Chapel Hill 7 p.m. Sat. April 16 *Miami Chapel Hill 2 p.m. Sun. April 17 *Miami Chapel Hill 1 p.m. Wed. April 20 at Virginia Commonwealth Richmond, Va. TBA Fri. April 22 *Duke Chapel Hill 7 p.m. Sat. April 23 *Duke Chapel Hill 2 p.m. Sun. April 24 *Duke Chapel Hill 1:30 p.m. Tues. April 26 at UNC Wilmington Wilmington, N.C. TBA Wed. April 27 High Point Chapel Hill 6 p.m. Fri. April 29 *at NC State Raleigh, N.C. 7 p.m. Sat. April 30 *at NC State Raleigh, N.C. 1 p.m. Sun. May 1 *at NC State Raleigh, N.C. 1 p.m. Wed. May 11 Coastal Carolina Chapel Hill 6 p.m. Fri. May 13 *at Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. 7 p.m. Sat. May 14 *at Florida State (TV) Tallahassee, Fla. 1 p.m. Sun. May 15 *at Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. 1 p.m. Tues. May 17 East Carolina Chapel Hill 6 p.m. Thurs. May 19 Georgia Tech Chapel Hill 6 p.m. Fri. May 20 Georgia Tech Chapel Hill 7 p.m. Sat. May 21 Georgia Tech Chapel Hill 2 p.m.
Mon.-Sun., May 23-29, ACC Championship, Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Fla. Fri.-Sun., June 3-5, NCAA Regionals, Campus Sites Fri.-Sun., June 10-12, NCAA Super Regionals, Campus Sites Fri.-Mon., June 17-27, College World Series, Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, Neb.
* - denotes Atlantic Coast Conference game; TV - denotes televised game; 1 - Keith LeClair Invitational
