KENT -- Head coach Jeff Duncan announced his team's 2018 schedule on Wednesday. The slate features 20 home dates and an early March trip to Arkansas that will reunite both programs for the first time since the 2012 College World Series.
The Golden Flashes will once again test themselves in the early season portion of the schedule. Right out of the gate they'll face 2017 NCAA Super Regional qualifier Sam Houston State in the season's opening weekend (Feb.16-18). KSU will also make a March 9-11 visit to the 29-time NCAA Regional participant Arkansas Razorbacks. It will be Kent State's first encounter with the Diamond Hogs since the 2012 College World Series opening round.