FRISCO, TEXAS (January 17, 2021) The Southland Conference Board of Directors has approved a modified schedule format for the 2021 baseball conference season in which member institutions will play 40 league games. Each of the school’s 10 previously-scheduled weekend series will expand from a three-game series to four games.
In addition to the 40 conference games, HBU will play 14 non-conference games, with only two midweek games. The Huskies open the 2021 season on Friday, Feb. 19, first against Little Rock at 2:30 p.m., then against Rice at 6:30 p.m., with both games played at the Owls’ Reckling Park.
HBU will open its home schedule with a three-game series against Portland Feb. 26-28. The Huskies will then play five-straight non-conference games on the road with a Tuesday matchup against Texas A&M on March 2, a three-game series at Louisiana March 5-7, then the final Tuesday game of the season at Rice on March 9.
Southland Conference play begins on the road at New Orleans March 12-14, followed by a home series against McNeese March 19-21. HBU’s last non-conference games will be in a three-game home series against Oral Roberts April 9-11, then the Huskies are scheduled to play 24-straight conference games to close out the season. The Southland Conference Tournament has been moved back to an eight-team format at a site to be determined May 26-29.
The format for each conference series will include a nine-inning game on Friday and on Sunday and a doubleheader Saturday with game one played to seven innings and game two to nine innings. Should game one of the doubleheader go to extra innings, game two would become a seven-inning contest.
The presidents and athletic directors also approved a participation minimum of 24 student-athletes, which must include 13 pitchers and 11 positions players (two of which must be catchers). Should a team drop below the minimum, coaches have the discretion to play a four-game series or revert to a three-game series by mutual agreement.
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