BROOKVILLE, N.Y. — The defending Northeast Conference champion LIU baseball team will open its 2023 season with a three-game series at Winthrop Feb. 17-19.
The Sharks will continue in the hospitable Southern climate for ensuing series at Kennesaw State (Feb. 24-26) and The Citadel (March 3-5) as well as a single game at Georgia Tech on Feb. 28.
Georgia Tech competed in the Knoxville regional and Kennesaw State competed in the Hattiesburg regional back in June.
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LIU makes its season debut on Long Island on March 8 at Stony Brook and opens NEC play at Fairleigh Dickinson March 10-12.
The home opener arrives on March 14 when the Sharks welcome St. John's.
The NEC includes several new faces in 2023: Stonehill, which is rising from Division II, as well as associate members Maryland Eastern Shore, Norfolk State, Delaware State and Coppin State.
LIU won the NEC's regular-season and postseason titles last season and earned a berth in the Maryland regional.
The success included a pair of student-athletes being selected in the MLB draft:
EJ Exposito in the 16th round by the Atlanta Braves and
Joshua Loeschorn in the 20th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
