LIU Releases 2007 Baseball Schedule

12/12/06 -- Long Island University head baseball coach Don Maines released the 2007 schedule today. The Blackbirds are slated to play 59 games this season, with 22 home contests on the docket.

To open the season, Long Island will travel to Eastern Kentucky, where the Blackbirds will take on Oakland (Ill.) and the host Colonels from Feb. 23-25. Long Island will return to Brooklyn for its first home game on Feb. 28 when Saint Peter’s visits.

The Blackbirds will welcome non-conference foes Manhattan, Hofstra, St. John’s, Rider and Maryland-Eastern Shore to LIU Field this season. Long Island will travel to Florida for spring break, taking on St. Bonaventure, Northern Illinois, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Fordham and Maine at the Palm Beach Challenge, which begins on March 10.

The Blackbirds take part in the Villanova Spring Bash in Philadelphia from March 16-18, where they will take on Saint Joseph’s, Temple and the host Wildcats. Long Island will begin Northeast Conference play when Wagner visits for a four-game series on April 5.

The Blackbirds return 17 letterwinners from last season and welcome a talented crop of nine newcomers. Long Island finished 13-33-1 last season, including a 10-13 mark in NEC play.