AUBURN - The Auburn baseball team will face a 11 teams that played in NCAA regionals last year, six of them on the road, in John Pawlowski's second season as head coach.
The schedule was released Thursday.
The Tigers will face three teams that made the College Wolrd Series and will host a tournament Feb. 26-28 at Plainsman Park that will include Missouri, Florida Atlantic and Boston College. They open their season with a three-game series against Southeast Missouri State on Feb. 19-21.
"If you are a baseball fan and you want to watch some quality baseball, that tournament should be exciting," Pawlowski said.
Pawlowski said the schedule will offer plenty of tests.
"This spring is going to be very challenging for us," Pawlowski said.
The schedule
Feb. 19-21 - S.E. Missouri State
Feb. 26 - Boston College
Feb. 27 - Missouri
Feb. 28 - FAU
Mar. 2-3 - Davidison
Mar. 5-7 - Miami (Ohio)
Mar. 9 - vs. Alabama (Montgomery)
Mar. 10 - Appalachian State
Mar. 12-14 - at Arizona State
Mar. 16-17 - Alabama A&M
Mar. 19-21 - at Georgia
Mar. 23 - at Samford
Mar. 26-28 - South Carolina
Mar. 31 - at Troy
Apr. 2-4 - at Alabama
Apr. 6 - Georgia State
Apr. 7 - South Alabama
Apr. 9-11 - LSU
Apr. 16-18 - at Vanderbilt
Apr. 20 - Troy
Apr. 23 - Kentucky
Apr. 27 - Samford
Apr. 30-May 2 - at Arkansas
May 7-9 - Mississippi State
May 11 - at South Alabama
May 14-16 - Tennessee
May 18 - Jacksonville State
May 20-22 - at Ole Miss
May 26-30 - SEC Tournament
