Louisville Baseball's 2021 Schedule Revealed
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - With a new season of college baseball just around the corner, the Louisville baseball program has finally unveiled their full 2021 schedule.
The schedule features 51 total games, with 36 coming against Atlantic Coast Conference competition across 12 weekends, and the remaining 15 contests reserved for non-conference opponents.
First pitch will be thrown on Friday, Feb. 19 against the Bellarmine Knights at Jim Patterson Stadium as part of the first weekend series of the season.
ACC play will get underway with a weekend series against Georgia Tech on March 5-7 down in Atlanta. The Cardinals will host Boston College, Wake Forest, Florida State Pitt, Duke and Miami; while also going on the road to face NC State, Notre Dame, Virginia, Clemson and North Carolina.
The Battle of the Bluegrass against in-state rival Kentucky gets started in Louisville on Tuesday, Apr. 6, with the second of two games taking place in Lexington on Tuesday, Apr. 20. The Battle of the Barrel against Vanderbilt will take place on Tuesday, May 4 at Jim Patterson Stadium.
Louisville hosts Western Kentucky on Tuesday, Mar. 23, and travels to Cincinnati on Tuesday, Mar. 30. The Cardinal Nine will also compete against Western Illinois, Murray State, Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State.
Related: Louisville Baseball 2021 Season Preview
Louisville heads into the 2021 season ranked as high as the No. 2 team in the nation (Perfect Game), with five Cardinals being named as Preseason All-Americans. Head coach Dan McDonnell enters his 15th season with the program, compiling a 618-244 record during his tenure as the Cards' skipper - the most wins of any team in the country since his hiring in 2007.
Louisville Baseball's Full 2021 Schedule:
Feb. 19-21: Bellarmine
Feb. 23: Eastern Kentucky
Feb. 26-28: Western Illinois
Mar. 5-7: at Georgia Tech
Mar. 9: Murray State
Mar. 12-14: Boston College
Mar. 16: at Eastern Kentucky
Mar. 19-21: at NC State
Mar. 23: Western Kentucky
Mar. 26-28: at Notre Dame
Mar. 30: at Cincinnati
Apr. 2-4: Wake Forest
Apr. 6: Kentucky
Apr. 9-11: Florida State
Apr. 16-18: at Virginia
Apr. 20: at Kentucky
Apr. 23-25: Pitt
Apr. 30-May 2: at Clemson
May 4: Vanderbilt
May 7-9: Duke
May 11: at North Carolina
May 14-16: Morehead State
May 20-22: Miami
May 25-30: ACC Tournament
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