LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Bellarmine University baseball team is set for a 56-game regular season in 2024, Coach
Chris Dominguez announced Tuesday.
Bellarmine, which will face a handful of 2023 NCAA Tournament teams, is slated for 22 contests at Knights Field. The Atlantic Sun Conference schedule is comprised of 30 games split evenly between three-game home and road series.
HOME SLATE
Bellarmine will make its home debut Feb. 28 against Oakland (29-31 last season, 2-seed in Horizon League Tournament). The Knights' first home series will unfold March 8-10 against former GLVC rival Southern Indiana (17-38).
Bellarmine's next contests on its own turf represent its first ASUN home series, as the Knights will welcome Jacksonville (34-24, 17-13) on March 22-24. BU will host a second straight conference series and opponent from the Sunshine State when North Florida (28-27, 13-17) comes to town for March 29-31 matchups.
Bellarmine will follow North Florida by hosting a midweek game April 2 against Ball State (36-23, MAC Tournament champion, NCAA Tournament). Next at home is an ASUN series against North Alabama (14-37, 8-22) from April 12-14.
ASUN counterpart Kennesaw State (25-29, 14-16) follows April 26-28 on the home agenda. The Knights' next two outings in their own territory will be midweek games against Morehead State (36-20, OVC regular season champion) on April 30 and Western Kentucky (33-26, Conference USA Tournament semifinalist) on May 7.
Bellarmine's final home series against Queens (17-38, 9-21) from May 16-18 will also mark its ASUN and regular season finale.
ROAD SLATE
Bellarmine's first seven games and 13 of its first 14 are on the road. The Knights will open the season Feb. 16-18 at Tennessee Tech (21-34) before playing Feb. 20 at Evansville (37-24, MVC Tournament runner-up).
Bellarmine will head to UNC Asheville (26-26) from Feb. 23-25 and travel to Samford (37-25, Southern Conference Tournament champion, NCAA Tournament) for a four-game series March 1-3, with the doubleheader on the middle day.
The first of Bellarmine's two matchups against Western Kentucky on the season is hosted by the Hilltoppers on March 5. The Knights head to Marshall (16-37) the following day.
A contest March 12 at Eastern Illinois (38-21, OVC Tournament champion, NCAA Tournament) is a prelude to Bellarmine's ASUN-opening series at FGCU (42-18, ASUN Tournament runner-up) from March 15-17.
Bellarmine will follow FGCU with its annual matchup at Louisville (31-24), where Dominguez was a two-time All-American, on March 19. The Knights' next foray on the road (March 26) is their first of two contests against Morehead State on the season.
Bellarmine will play April 5-7 at ASUN foe Austin Peay (26-32, 15-15). Its next midweek game will unfurl April 16 at College World Series qualifier Tennessee (44-22) before another conference series April 19-21 at Central Arkansas (23-31, 14-16).
Bellarmine will head to Murray State (31-28) on April 23. The Knights pick up road play May 3-5 at ASUN rival Eastern Kentucky (30-30, 15-15) and travel to reigning ASUN regular season and tournament champion Lipscomb (36-26, 23-7) for May 10-12 contests.
Bellarmine's 2024 road finale is a midweek game May 14 at Southern Illinois (30-27).
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