Three-Day Event Starts Feb. 26th
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Home and away team designations for the 2010 Big Ten/BIG EAST Baseball Challenge, hosted by the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission, have been released to the public, event manager API Sports Management and Marketing announced today. The second Challenge, featuring 10 schools from each conference competing in 30 games over three days, is scheduled for current and former major league spring training facilities in the St. Petersburg/Clearwater, FL, area Feb. 26-28, 2010.
Big Ten teams will be the designated home clubs for all 10 games on Friday, Feb. 26, with BIG EAST teams serving as the hosts on Sunday, Feb. 28. The honors will be shared for the games of Saturday, Feb. 27, with five schools from each conference serving as home teams. All-tournament passes, day passes and single-venue tickets are available at www.BigTenBIGEASTBaseballChallenge.com. Tickets and passes also can be purchased at any game site during the event.
All 10 of the Big Ten’s baseball-playing institutions will once again compete in the 2010 Challenge, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State and Purdue. The BIG EAST will send 10 teams to the 2010 event, as Louisville, Rutgers and Villanova will make their first appearances and will be joined by seven squads making a return trip – Cincinnati, Connecticut, Notre Dame, St. John’s, Seton Hall, USF and West Virginia.
Games will be played daily in St. Petersburg at the Raymond A. Naimoli Complex, the former spring training practice facility of the Tampa Bay Rays, and Al Lang Stadium, the Rays’ former spring training game site. Games in Clearwater will take place at Jack Russell Stadium, once the spring home of the Philadelphia Phillies. The Challenge will also feature a Friday night doubleheader at Dunedin Stadium, spring home of the Toronto Blue Jays, and a Saturday twinbill at Bright House Field, spring home of the World Champion Philadelphia Phillies.
In addition, collegeBaseball360.com, the fastest-growing college baseball site on the internet, will be providing streaming webcasts of nine Challenge contests. For the complete schedule of games to be streamed, please go to www.collegeBaseball360.com.
| 2010 Big Ten/BIG EAST Baseball Challenge Schedule | ||
| FRIDAY, February 26, 2010 | ||
| TIME | LOCATION | MATCHUP |
| 10:00 am | Al Lang Stadium | Rutgers University at University of Iowa |
| 10:00 am | Jack Russell Stadium | University of Connecticut at. Northwestern University |
| 10:00 am | Naimoli Complex | Seton Hall University at Michigan State University |
| 1:00 pm | Al Lang Stadium | University of Cincinnati at Penn State University |
| 1:00 pm | Jack Russell Stadium | West Virginia University at Indiana University |
| 1:00 pm | Naimoli Complex | Villanova University at Purdue University |
| 4:00 pm | Dunedin Stadium | St. John’s University at University of Minnesota |
| 4:30 pm | Al Lang Stadium | University of South Florida at Ohio State University |
| 4:30 pm | Jack Russell Stadium | University of Notre Dame at University of Illinois |
| 7:30 pm | Dunedin Stadium | University of Louisville at. University of Michigan |
| SATURDAY, February 27, 2010 | ||
| 10:00 am | Al Lang Stadium | Villanova University at Indiana University |
| 10:00 am | Jack Russell Stadium | Seton Hall University at Penn State University |
| 10:00 am | Naimoli Complex | Northwestern University at Rutgers University |
| 1:00 pm | Al Lang Stadium | University of Connecticut at University of Minnesota |
| 1:00 pm | Jack Russell Stadium | Purdue University at University of Cincinnati |
| 1:00 pm | Naimoli Complex | University of Iowa at West Virginia University |
| 4:00 pm | Bright House Field | Ohio State University at University of Notre Dame |
| 4:30 pm | Al Lang Stadium | St. John’s University at University of Michigan |
| 4:30 pm | Jack Russell Stadium | Michigan State University at University of Louisville |
| 7:30 pm | Bright House Field | University of South Florida at University of Illinois |
| SUNDAY, February 28, 2010 | ||
| 10:00 am | Al Lang Stadium | Northwestern University at Seton Hall University |
| 10:00 am | Jack Russell Stadium | Purdue University at Rutgers University |
| 10:00 am | Naimoli Complex | Penn State University at University of Notre Dame |
| 10:00 am | Naimoli Complex | Indiana University at University of Connecticut |
| 10:00 am | Naimoli Complex | University of Minnesota at University of Louisville |
| 1:00 pm | Al Lang Stadium | Michigan State University at West Virginia University |
| 1:00 pm | Jack Russell Stadium | University of Iowa at Villanova University |
| 1:00 pm | Naimoli Complex | University of Michigan at University of South Florida |
| 1:00 pm | Naimoli Complex | University of Illinois at St. John’s University |
| 1:00 pm | Naimoli Complex | Ohio State University at University of Cincinnati |
TIMES FOR GAMES IN BOLD DIFFERENT FROM ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED SCHEDULE