Spartans Open 2024 Season At UC San Diego
Spartans Open 2024 Season At UC San DiegoSpartans Open 2024 Season At UC San Diego

Spartans Open 2024 Season At UC San Diego

SJSU BASEBALL

SAN DIEGO – The 2024 San José State Spartan baseball team is set to begin its 2024 campaign this weekend against the UC San Diego Tritons Friday-Sunday as they look to defend their 2023 Mountain West regular season and tournament titles.

Friday's first pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m., with game times on Friday and Saturday being scheduled for 2 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively.

POTENTIAL PITCHING MATCHUPS:

  • Friday: Ethan Ross vs. Ryan Forcucci
  • Saturday: Micky Thompson vs. Zack Ernisse
  • Sunday: Michael Rice vs. Matthew Dalquist

SAN JOSÉ STATE:

  • Theo Hardy, Hunter Dorraugh, Robert Hamchuk and Micky Thompson were named to the Preseason All-Mountain West Team.
  • The Spartans had the most athletes (4) on the Preseason All-MW Team.
  • The Spartans were picked to finish first in the Mountain West Preseason Coaches' Poll, receiving four first-place votes.
  • SJSU is coming off a 2023 season where they won both the Mountain West regular season and tournament championships.
  • They earned a spot in the NCAA Stanford Regional where they were the No. 4 seed along with Stanford, Texas A&M and Cal State Fullerton.
  • Head coach Brad Sanfilippo was named the 2023 Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year.
  • The Spartans are projected to be in the field of 64 by DIBaseball.

UC SAN DIEGO:

  • The Tritons are coming off a 34-18 season, 21-9 in the Big West Conference.
  • The Tritons won their first Big West Championship in 2023.
  • This is the first matchup between the Spartans and UC San Diego.

2024 SCHEDULE:

  • The Spartans play five home games in the month of February, while also going on the road with a single-game matchup at Stanford.
  • The Spartans open Mountain West play with a three-game series at UNLV March 1-3.
  • They have three single-game non-conference matchups at Saint Mary's, at San Francisco and at Santa Clara before closing the month of March with a three-game series at UC Santa Barbara March 28-30.
  • In April, the Spartans travel to take on No. 3 Arkansas on April 9-10.
  • In the final month of the regular season, the Spartans open with three games at Air Force May 3-5 before a single game at San Francisco May 7 and a three-game set at Cal May 10-12.
  • The Spartans close the regular season at home against New Mexico on May 16-18.
  • The Mountain West Tournament is slated for May 23-26 in San Diego.

UP NEXT: The Spartans will have their first game at Excite Ballpark on Monday when they take on Cal State Fullerton at 2:05 p.m. in a Stanford Regional rematch.

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