BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State welcomes 16th-ranked Coastal Carolina, the 2018 Sun Belt regular-season champion and 2016 national champion, to Boone for the first time.
Coastal (36-16, 21-6) made its Sun Belt baseball debut in 2017, giving the league two programs from the Carolinas, and the matchup to close the 2018 regular season coincides with five in-state rivalries elsewhere in the league.
The games in Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium are scheduled for 6 p.m. on Thursday, 6 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Appalachian State was swept in Conway, S.C., last year, and Conway has a 5-0 overall record in the series.