The 2011 Horizon League baseball season begins

Six Horizon League baseball programs open the 2011 campaign this weekend (Feb. 18-20).  19 games will take place over the three day weekend starting with seven on Friday, followed by six on both Saturday and Sunday.

Defending tournament-champion Milwaukee will kick off the regular season with a trip to Tennessee, while 2010 regular-season champ and pre-season pick Wright State will head to Mississippi.  Cleveland State travels to Longwood, Youngstown State heads to East Carolina and Valparaiso visits Austin Peay for the weekend, while UIC opens its regular-season with a neutral-affair against Saint Louis. The full weekend schedule is as follows:

Friday, Feb. 18
Cleveland State @ Longwood, 3:00pm
Youngstown State @ East Carolina, 3:00pm
Milwaukee @ Tennessee, 4:00pm
Valparaiso @ Austin Peay, 4:00pm
Wright State @ Mississippi, 4:00pm
UIC vs Saint Louis, 4:00pm
UIC @ Texas-Pan American, 8:00pm

Saturday, Feb. 19
UIC vs Saint Louis, 1:00pm
Cleveland State @ Longwood, 1:00pm
Valparaiso @ Austin Peay, 1:00pm
Youngstown State @ East Carolina, 2:00pm
Wright State @ Mississippi, 2:30pm
Milwaukee @ Tennessee, 3:00pm

Sunday, Feb. 20
UIC @ Texas-Pan American, 10:00am
Cleveland State @ Longwood, 12:00pm
Youngstown State @ East Carolina, 1:00pm
Valparaiso @ Austin Peay, 1:00pm
Milwaukee @ Tennessee, 1:00pm
Wright State @ Mississippi, 2:30pm

All times Eastern (ET)