SAINT LEO, Fla. – Saint Leo baseball head coach Rick O'Dette announced the team's 2019 schedule Tuesday morning as the Lions face a 50 game schedule including 26 in the friendly confines of Thomas B. Southard Stadium.
 
First pitch for the 2019 season is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, February 2 as the Lions host Alabama-Huntsville for a three-game opening weekend series. Saint Leo will play a total of eight home series and two standalone non-conference contests. Following UAH, Lee (Feb. 8-9), Valdosta State (Feb. 19), Lynn (Feb. 22-23), Tiffin (March 8-10), Purdue Northwest (March 12), Tampa (March 15-16), Palm Beach Atlantic (March 29-30), Florida Tech (April 18-19) and Florida Southern (May 2-3) will all visit Saint Leo.
 
The Lions' first road test will come February 16-17 as Saint Leo travels to 2018 NCAA National Championship Runner-up Columbus State for a three-game set. Lynn marks the team's first Sunshine State Conference opponent on February 22-23 at home while Barry is the first road SSC opponent the following weekend, March 1-2.
 
The Lions posted an impressive 38-11 record in coach O'Dette's first season at the helm and look to break into the NCAA postseason in year two with a schedule that features four opponents ranked in the final National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association Top-25 poll including the national runner-up.
 
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