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2024 USC Baseball Schedule Announced, Trojans to Play Home Games Offsite
January 22, 2024 | Baseball
LOS ANGELES – USC Baseball Head Coach Andy Stankiewicz announced the team's 2024 schedule as the Trojans prepare to play off campus this season with construction of a new, state-of-the-art stadium at Dedeaux Field underway.
USC will open its 2024 campaign in Arizona at the MLB Desert Invitational (Feb. 16-18) and also travels to Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas (home of the Texas Rangers) for the Kubota College Baseball Series (March 1-3). Most notable to fans will be that the Trojans will play the majority of their home games at Orange County Great Park in Irvine, Calif. while construction begins on Dedeaux Field. All USC home games will be free and open to the public this season.
"The University and our Athletic Department have once again shown their commitment to USC baseball through this incredible investment in Dedeaux Field," said Stankiewicz. "This stadium will provide our student-athletes with the world-class facilities they deserve. In the meantime, we have found a temporary home at Orange County Great Park in Irvine that we can truly make our own. While we will certainly miss playing on the University Park campus, we look forward to spending time with the large contingent of Trojan fans down in Orange County and will do everything we can to support our student-athletes during this transition process. We also want to thank the teams at UC Irvine and LMU who have made their facilities available for several of our games this season."
2024 also marks USC's final season playing in the Pac-12 as the Trojans' membership in the Big Ten officially starts next school year.
HOME SCHEDULE
The Trojans have 27 home games on the slate, with 21 set to be played at OC Great Park, three midweek contests scheduled at LMU and a three-game series against Oregon State (March 28-30) which will be played at UC Irvine.
USC has two non-conference home series scheduled, with Portland coming to OC Great Park Feb. 23-25 and a combined series with Sacramento State and Santa Clara set for April 19-21. The rest of the home series at OC Great Park will be against Pac-12 foes, with Arizona (March 8-10), Washington (April 5-7), California (May 3-5) and Utah (May 16-18) traveling to Southern California.
The Trojans' three midweek games at LMU will be against UC San Diego (Feb. 20), Michigan (Feb. 27) and UC Irvine (April 9). USC also has midweek contests at OC Great Park scheduled against CBU (March 12), Fresno State (March 26) and San Diego (April 16).
All USC home games will be free and open to the public this season.
ROAD SCHEDULE
USC has 29 road games scheduled this season, highlighted by the aforementioned trips to the MLB Desert Invitational and Kubota College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field.
At the Desert Invitational, the Trojans will face BYU (Feb. 16), Grand Canyon (Feb. 17) and Ohio State (Feb. 18). The games against BYU and Ohio State will be held at Sloan Park (spring training home of the Chicago Cubs) and will be streamed live on MLB.com. The matchup with Grand Canyon will be at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick (spring training home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies) and will be televised on the MLB Network. The GCU matchup also marks the first time Coach Stankiewicz will face his former program since being hired as USC's manager prior to last season.
The Kubota College Baseball Series at Globe Life will feature USC and Arizona State facing off against Texas A&M and TCU. The Trojans will take on TCU on March 1 and 3, and face A&M on March 2, with all three dates being doubleheaders as ASU will face the opposite opponent. The entire series will be streamed live via FloBaseball.
In addition to the two early-season invitationals, USC will play five Pac-12 series on the road and eight non-conference midweeks. The Trojans travel to Stanford (March 15-17), UCLA (March 22-24), Oregon (April 12-14), Arizona State (April 26-28) and Washington State (May 10-12). USC's midweek road games will be at LMU (Feb. 21), Cal State Fullerton (March 5 & April 23), Long Beach State (March 19 & May 7), San Diego (April 2), UC Irvine (April 17) and Gonzaga (May 14).
PAC-12 TOURNAMENT
The Pac-12 Baseball Tournament is scheduled for May 21-25 at Scottsdale Stadium in Arizona. The Tournament features a field of nine teams and continues with pool play for the second season. Pool play will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with three games per day. Each pool will play a round-robin. The three pool winners will advance to the Friday single-elimination semifinals along with one Wild Card team. The Wild Card will be determined by the best record of the non-advancing teams. Any tiebreaker will be awarded to the highest seeded team.
LAST SEASON
2023 marked the Trojans' first season under Head Coach Stankiewicz and USC saw a remarkable turnaround in his inaugural campaign at Troy. USC went from a last-place Pac-12 finish in 2022, to finishing fourth in the conference in 2023 with a league record of 17-13. USC finished the '23 season 34-23-1 overall, narrowly missing the NCAA Postseason after being left out by the selection committee. It was the first time a Pac-12 team had won 17 games in the league and not been selected for the NCAA Tournament.
USC won 10 of its 14 series on the year, including three-series wins over ranked opponents (No. 2 Stanford, No. 22 UCLA, No. 17 Oregon) and reached as high as No. 21 in the national polls. The Trojans' overall and conference win totals were both 9 victories more than the previous season and were the best for a USC team since 2015.
DEDEAUX FIELD ENHANCEMENTS
USC baseball will receive an upgraded stadium with a capacity of around 2,500 once the project is completed. The stadium features include fan experience enhancements such as a variety of seating options, outdoor social spaces, an indoor hospitality space, multiple concession locations, expanded restrooms, a video board and an audio system. The stadium will also include a brand-new press box, coaching and support staff offices, and a team meeting space.
The work is part of USC President Carol Folt's athletics "moonshot," which also includes a new football conditioning center; Rawlinson Stadium, a new home for USC's women's lacrosse and soccer; and renovations to Galen Center.
OC GREAT PARK
OC Great Park, presented by UCI Health, is a 194-acre sports complex in Irvine, Calif. that features amenities for baseball, softball, tennis, volleyball, soccer and more. The baseball & softball complex, opened in September 2018, includes 10 ball fields surrounding two championship stadiums. USC will occupy the championship baseball stadium during its temporary residency in Irvine. The stadium has a capacity of 1,300 fans seated and an additional 1,000 in the outfield grass, and features a full press box and video board. Fans can access an interactive map of the complex here.
USC will open its 2024 campaign in Arizona at the MLB Desert Invitational (Feb. 16-18) and also travels to Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas (home of the Texas Rangers) for the Kubota College Baseball Series (March 1-3). Most notable to fans will be that the Trojans will play the majority of their home games at Orange County Great Park in Irvine, Calif. while construction begins on Dedeaux Field. All USC home games will be free and open to the public this season.
"The University and our Athletic Department have once again shown their commitment to USC baseball through this incredible investment in Dedeaux Field," said Stankiewicz. "This stadium will provide our student-athletes with the world-class facilities they deserve. In the meantime, we have found a temporary home at Orange County Great Park in Irvine that we can truly make our own. While we will certainly miss playing on the University Park campus, we look forward to spending time with the large contingent of Trojan fans down in Orange County and will do everything we can to support our student-athletes during this transition process. We also want to thank the teams at UC Irvine and LMU who have made their facilities available for several of our games this season."
2024 also marks USC's final season playing in the Pac-12 as the Trojans' membership in the Big Ten officially starts next school year.
HOME SCHEDULE
The Trojans have 27 home games on the slate, with 21 set to be played at OC Great Park, three midweek contests scheduled at LMU and a three-game series against Oregon State (March 28-30) which will be played at UC Irvine.
USC has two non-conference home series scheduled, with Portland coming to OC Great Park Feb. 23-25 and a combined series with Sacramento State and Santa Clara set for April 19-21. The rest of the home series at OC Great Park will be against Pac-12 foes, with Arizona (March 8-10), Washington (April 5-7), California (May 3-5) and Utah (May 16-18) traveling to Southern California.
The Trojans' three midweek games at LMU will be against UC San Diego (Feb. 20), Michigan (Feb. 27) and UC Irvine (April 9). USC also has midweek contests at OC Great Park scheduled against CBU (March 12), Fresno State (March 26) and San Diego (April 16).
All USC home games will be free and open to the public this season.
ROAD SCHEDULE
USC has 29 road games scheduled this season, highlighted by the aforementioned trips to the MLB Desert Invitational and Kubota College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field.
At the Desert Invitational, the Trojans will face BYU (Feb. 16), Grand Canyon (Feb. 17) and Ohio State (Feb. 18). The games against BYU and Ohio State will be held at Sloan Park (spring training home of the Chicago Cubs) and will be streamed live on MLB.com. The matchup with Grand Canyon will be at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick (spring training home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies) and will be televised on the MLB Network. The GCU matchup also marks the first time Coach Stankiewicz will face his former program since being hired as USC's manager prior to last season.
The Kubota College Baseball Series at Globe Life will feature USC and Arizona State facing off against Texas A&M and TCU. The Trojans will take on TCU on March 1 and 3, and face A&M on March 2, with all three dates being doubleheaders as ASU will face the opposite opponent. The entire series will be streamed live via FloBaseball.
In addition to the two early-season invitationals, USC will play five Pac-12 series on the road and eight non-conference midweeks. The Trojans travel to Stanford (March 15-17), UCLA (March 22-24), Oregon (April 12-14), Arizona State (April 26-28) and Washington State (May 10-12). USC's midweek road games will be at LMU (Feb. 21), Cal State Fullerton (March 5 & April 23), Long Beach State (March 19 & May 7), San Diego (April 2), UC Irvine (April 17) and Gonzaga (May 14).
PAC-12 TOURNAMENT
The Pac-12 Baseball Tournament is scheduled for May 21-25 at Scottsdale Stadium in Arizona. The Tournament features a field of nine teams and continues with pool play for the second season. Pool play will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with three games per day. Each pool will play a round-robin. The three pool winners will advance to the Friday single-elimination semifinals along with one Wild Card team. The Wild Card will be determined by the best record of the non-advancing teams. Any tiebreaker will be awarded to the highest seeded team.
LAST SEASON
2023 marked the Trojans' first season under Head Coach Stankiewicz and USC saw a remarkable turnaround in his inaugural campaign at Troy. USC went from a last-place Pac-12 finish in 2022, to finishing fourth in the conference in 2023 with a league record of 17-13. USC finished the '23 season 34-23-1 overall, narrowly missing the NCAA Postseason after being left out by the selection committee. It was the first time a Pac-12 team had won 17 games in the league and not been selected for the NCAA Tournament.
USC won 10 of its 14 series on the year, including three-series wins over ranked opponents (No. 2 Stanford, No. 22 UCLA, No. 17 Oregon) and reached as high as No. 21 in the national polls. The Trojans' overall and conference win totals were both 9 victories more than the previous season and were the best for a USC team since 2015.
DEDEAUX FIELD ENHANCEMENTS
USC baseball will receive an upgraded stadium with a capacity of around 2,500 once the project is completed. The stadium features include fan experience enhancements such as a variety of seating options, outdoor social spaces, an indoor hospitality space, multiple concession locations, expanded restrooms, a video board and an audio system. The stadium will also include a brand-new press box, coaching and support staff offices, and a team meeting space.
The work is part of USC President Carol Folt's athletics "moonshot," which also includes a new football conditioning center; Rawlinson Stadium, a new home for USC's women's lacrosse and soccer; and renovations to Galen Center.
OC GREAT PARK
OC Great Park, presented by UCI Health, is a 194-acre sports complex in Irvine, Calif. that features amenities for baseball, softball, tennis, volleyball, soccer and more. The baseball & softball complex, opened in September 2018, includes 10 ball fields surrounding two championship stadiums. USC will occupy the championship baseball stadium during its temporary residency in Irvine. The stadium has a capacity of 1,300 fans seated and an additional 1,000 in the outfield grass, and features a full press box and video board. Fans can access an interactive map of the complex here.
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