Wednesday, January 23, 2013

PVAMU Baseball Announces 2013 Schedule

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas  --  The 2012 SWAC Champion Prairie View A&M University baseball team will begin defense of its championship in February with a 48-game slate highlighted by three games in the Houston Astros' Minute Maid Park for the annual MLB Urban Invitational.

The season kicks off with a rematch of last year's SWAC Tournament Championship as the Panthers will travel to Itta Bena, Miss. to battle Mississippi Valley State on Feb. 16-17 in a four-game series. Prairie View A&M will remain on the road for a quick trip to Houston on Tuesday, Feb. 19 against Houston Baptist at 2 p.m. followed by three games in the annual MLB Urban Invitational at Minute Maid Park in Houston from Feb. 22-24. This year's invitational will be an All-SWAC affair as the Panthers will face Alabama State, Texas Southern and Southern. The TSU contest will once again be a prime time affair on Saturday, Feb. 23 as it'll be broadcast live on the MLB network for the second straight year.

“We are excited to be participating in the MLB urban invitational at Minute Maid Park for consecutive years,” said head coach Waskyla Cullivan. “This event brings national exposure to the university thanks to MLB network broadcasting the games.”

After a midweek home-opening doubleheader versus Texas College on Feb. 26, SWAC play begins on Saturday, March 2 as the Panthers will host Grambling State in a three-game series. Following the GSU series, Prairie View A&M will hit the road for quite some time as they'll travel to Texas A&M on March 5, Lamar on March 12, Texas Southern (March 16-17) and Huston-Tillotson (March 19). The Panthers briefly return home for a SWAC series versus Southern on March 23-24 and a midweek doubleheader versus Jarvis Christian on Jan. 26.

Prairie View A&M closes out the first half of SWAC play on March 30-31 with a three-game set at Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The team kicks off the month of April at Texas State on Apr. 2 before beginning the second half of SWAC play at Grambling State on Apr. 6-7. PV returns home for a midweek affair versus Huston-Tillotson on Apr. 9 and a weekend series against Wiley on Apr. 14. PV travels to Sam Houston State on Apr. 17 and will return back to campus to host TSU on Apr. 20-21 followed by Houston Baptist on Apr. 23.

The Panthers head to Southern for SWAC Western Division showdown on Apr. 27-28 in Baton Rouge, La.  They'll return to the state of Texas on Apr. 30 to face the University of Texas in Austin on Apr. 30.  The Panthers will close out the 2013 regular season at home versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff on May 4-5.
The 2013 SWAC Tournament is scheduled for May 15-19 in Baton Rouge, La.


 
DayDateOpponentLocation / StadiumTime/ResultTVLive Stats
Sat.2/16/2013 Mississippi Valley State (DH)Itta Bena, Miss.12 p.m.
Sun.2/17/2013
Mississippi Valley State (DH)
Itta Bena, Miss.12 p.m.
Tue.2/19/2013
Houston Baptist University
Houston, Texas2 p.m.
Fri.2/22/2013
Alabama State
Houston, TX - Minute Maid Park6:30 p.m.
Sat.2/23/2013
Texas Southern University
Houston, TX - Minute Maid Park7:30 p.m.
Sun.2/24/2013 Southern UniversityHouston, TX - Minute Maid Park3:30 p.m.
Tue.2/26/2013 Texas College (DH)Prairie View1 p.m.
Sat.3/2/2013 Grambling State University (DH)Prairie View12 p.m.
Sun.3/3/2013 Grambling State UniversityPrairie View1 p.m.
Tue.3/5/2013 Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station, Texas6 p.m.
Tue.3/12/2013 LamarBeaumont, Texas4 p.m.
Sat.3/16/2013 Texas Southern UniversityHouston, Texas12 p.m.
Sun.3/17/2013 Texas Southern UniversityHouston, Texas1 p.m.
Tue.3/19/2013 Huston-Tillotson College (Texas) (DH)Austin, Texas1 p.m.
Sat.3/23/2013 Southern University (DH)Prairie View12 p.m.
Sun.3/24/2013
Southern University
Prairie View1 p.m.
Tue.3/26/2013
Jarvis Christian College (Texas) (DH)
Prairie View1 p.m.
Sat.3/30/2013
University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff (DH)
Pine Bluff, Ark.12 p.m.
Sun.3/31/2013 University of Arkansas - Pine BluffPine Bluff, Ark.1 p.m.
Tue.4/2/2013
Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas6 p.m.
Sat.4/6/2013 Grambling State UniversityGrambling, La.12 p.m.
Sun.4/7/2013 Grambling State University
Grambling, La.
1 p.m.
Tue.4/9/2013 Huston-Tillotson College (Texas) (DH)Prairie View1 p.m.
Sun.4/14/2013 Wiley College (Texas) (DH)Prairie View1 p.m.
Wed.4/17/2013 Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, Texas6:30 p.m.
Sat.4/20/2013 Texas Southern University (DH)Prairie View12 p.m.
Sun.4/21/2013 Texas Southern UniversityPrairie View12 p.m.
Tue.4/23/2013
Houston Baptist University
Prairie View2 p.m.
Sat.4/27/2013
Southern University
Baton Rouge, La.12 p.m.
Sun.4/28/2013
Southern University
Baton Rouge, La.1 p.m.
Tue.4/30/2013
University of Texas
Austin, Texas6 p.m.
Sat.5/4/2013 University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff (DH)Prairie View12 p.m.
Sun.5/5/2013 University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
Prairie View
1 p.m.
Wed.5/15/2013
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