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.

 2013 Panthers Baseball Schedule 

 

Day	Date	Opponent	Location / Stadium	Time/Result	TV	Live 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, Texas	2 p.m.
Fri.	2/22/2013	Alabama State	Houston, TX - Minute Maid Park	6:30 p.m.
Sat.	2/23/2013	Texas Southern University	Houston, TX - Minute Maid Park	7:30 p.m.
Sun.	2/24/2013	Southern University	Houston, TX - Minute Maid Park	3:30 p.m.
Tue.	2/26/2013	Texas College (DH)	Prairie View	1 p.m.		Live Stats
Sat.	3/2/2013	Grambling State University (DH)	Prairie View	12 p.m.		Live Stats
Sun.	3/3/2013	Grambling State University	Prairie View	1 p.m.		Live Stats
Tue.	3/5/2013	Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas	6 p.m.
Tue.	3/12/2013	Lamar	Beaumont, Texas	4 p.m.
Sat.	3/16/2013	Texas Southern University	Houston, Texas	12 p.m.
Sun.	3/17/2013	Texas Southern University	Houston, Texas	1 p.m.
Tue.	3/19/2013	Huston-Tillotson College (Texas) (DH)	Austin, Texas	1 p.m.
Sat.	3/23/2013	Southern University (DH)	Prairie View	12 p.m.		Live Stats
Sun.	3/24/2013	Southern University	Prairie View	1 p.m.		Live Stats
Tue.	3/26/2013	Jarvis Christian College (Texas) (DH)	Prairie View	1 p.m.		Live Stats
Sat.	3/30/2013	University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff (DH)	Pine Bluff, Ark.	12 p.m.
Sun.	3/31/2013	University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff	Pine Bluff, Ark.	1 p.m.
Tue.	4/2/2013	Texas State University	San Marcos, Texas	6 p.m.
Sat.	4/6/2013	Grambling State University	Grambling, 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 View	1 p.m.		Live Stats
Sun.	4/14/2013	Wiley College (Texas) (DH)	Prairie View	1 p.m.		Live Stats
Wed.	4/17/2013	Sam Houston State University	Huntsville, Texas	6:30 p.m.
Sat.	4/20/2013	Texas Southern University (DH)	Prairie View	12 p.m.		Live Stats
Sun.	4/21/2013	Texas Southern University	Prairie View	12 p.m.		Live Stats
Tue.	4/23/2013	Houston Baptist University	Prairie View	2 p.m.		Live Stats
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, Texas	6 p.m.
Sat.	5/4/2013	University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff (DH)	Prairie View	12 p.m.		Live Stats
Sun.	5/5/2013	University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff	Prairie View	1 p.m.		Live Stats
Wed.	5/15/2013	TBA	TBA	TBA		Live Stats

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