Spartans Release 2005 Baseball Schedule

Jan. 12, 2005

Complete 2005 Michigan State Baseball Schedule
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EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State head coach Ted Mahan has announced the release of the 2005 season schedule for the Spartans. MSU takes on three teams that advanced to postseason play in 2004. The schedule is highlighted by a three-game series against 2004 NCAA participant and SEC power Florida in Gainesville on March 11-13. In addition, Indiana Tech made the NAIA super-regional finals and North Florida advanced to the NCAA Division II regional tournament.

"I like the wide range of conferences on our schedule this season, which can provide a good challenge for us," said Mahan.

The Spartans return 14 letterwinners from last season's 33-26 squad that finished tied for third in the Big Ten, including senior Erik Morris (Orchard Park, Mich.) and juniors Alan Cattrysse (Chatham, Ontario) and Oliver Wolcott (Plymouth, Mich.).

In addition to the returning players, freshmen Steve Gerstenberger (Fort Gratiot, Mich.) and Tony Clausen (Jenison, Mich.), and junior transfer Chris Malec (Lindenhurst, Ill.) will be among 17 newcomers that will be counted on to make an instant contribution on the field for State this season.

"The biggest challenge that we'll face this season will be playing 35 games on the road," said Mahan. "That's a concern playing that amount of road games with a young squad."

MSU begins the season on Feb. 25 with a three-game series at Centenary in Shreveport, La. After the Centenary series, the Spartans will travel to Jacksonville, Fla., to compete in the annual Kennel Club Classic, hosted by North Florida March 3-10. The Green and White travels to Peoria, Ill., for a weekend series at Bradley March 19-20, before opening the home portion of its schedule against Indiana Tech March 24.

The Spartans open their Big Ten schedule on the road April 1-3 with a series at Iowa before hosting Illinois at Kobs Field April 8-10. MSU hosts Purdue (April 22-24) and Penn State (May 13-15) in Big Ten play, while taking on Ohio State (April 15-17), Indiana (May 7-9) and Northwestern (May 20-22) on the road. The Spartans will battle Michigan in a home-and-home series with two games at Oldsmobile Park on April 29 and May 1.

Other teams scheduled to play MSU at Olds Park this season are Eastern Michigan (April 27) and Western Michigan (May 11).

2005 Michigan State Baseball Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
Feb. 25	Centenary	Shreveport, La.	4 p.m.
Feb. 26	Centenary	Shreveport, La.	1 p.m.
Feb. 27	Centenary	Shreveport, La.	11 a.m.
March 4	Western Michigan$	Jacksonville, Fla.	3 p.m.
March 5	North Florida$	Jacksonville, Fla.	Noon
March 6	Brown$	Jacksonville, Fla.	Noon
March 8	Campbell$	Jacksonville, Fla.	Noon
March 10	Toledo$	Jacksonville, Fla.	Noon
March 11	Florida	Gainesville, Fla.	6:30 p.m.
March 12	Florida	Gainesville, Fla.	2 p.m.
March 13	Florida	Gainesville, Fla.	Noon
March 19	Bradley (DH)	Peoria, Ill.	1 p.m.
March 20	Bradley	Peoria, Ill.	1 p.m.
March 24	Indiana Tech	East Lansing, Mich.	2 p.m.
March 26	Western Illinois (DH)	East Lansing, Mich.	Noon
March 27	Western Illinois	East Lansing, Mich.	Noon
March 29	Toledo	Toledo, Ohio	3 p.m.
March 30	Wayne State	East Lansing, Mich.	2 p.m.
April 1	Iowa*	Iowa City, Iowa	6 p.m.
April 2	Iowa (DH)*	Iowa City, Iowa	2 p.m.
April 3	Iowa*	Iowa City, Iowa	6 p.m.
April 5	Saginaw Valley State	East Lansing, Mich.	3 p.m.
April 8	Illinois*	East Lansing, Mich.	3 p.m.
April 9	Illinois (DH)*	East Lansing, Mich.	1 p.m.
April 10	Illinois*	East Lansing, Mich.	1 p.m.
April 13	Eastern Michigan	Ypsilanti, Mich.	5 p.m.
April 15	Ohio State*	Columbus, Ohio	6:35 p.m.
April 16	Ohio State (DH)*	Columbus, Ohio	1:05 p.m.
April 17	Ohio State*	Columbus, Ohio	1:05 p.m.
April 22	Purdue*	East Lansing, Mich.	3 p.m.
April 23	Purdue (DH)*	East Lansing, Mich.	1 p.m.
April 24	Purdue*	East Lansing, Mich.	1 p.m.
April 27	Central Michigan!	Lansing, Mich.	7 p.m.
April 29	Michigan*!	Lansing, Mich.	7 p.m.
April 30	Michigan (DH)*	Ann Arbor, Mich.	4 p.m.
May 1	Michigan*!	Lansing, Mich.	2 p.m.
May 7	Indiana*	Bloomington, Ind.	3 p.m.
May 8	Indiana(DH)*	Bloomington, Ind.	1 p.m.
May 9	Indiana*	Bloomington, Ind.	1 p.m.
May 11	Western Michigan!	Lansing, Mich.	7 p.m.
May 13	Penn State*	East Lansing, Mich.	3 p.m.
May 14	Penn State (DH)*	East Lansing, Mich.	1 p.m.
May 15	Penn State*	East Lansing, Mich.	1 p.m.
May 17	Central Michigan	Mt. Pleasant, Mich.	3 p.m.
May 20	Northwestern*	Evanston, Ill.	3 p.m.
May 21	Northwestern (DH)*	Evanston, Ill.	1 p.m.
May 22	Northwestern*	Evanston, Ill.	1 p.m.
May 25-29	Big Ten Tournament	TBA	TBA
June 3-5	NCAA Regionals	TBA	TBA
June 10-12	NCAA Super Regionals	TBA	TBA
June 17-25	College World Series	Omaha, Neb.	TBA