MORAGA, Calif. — 13 games against NCAA Regional participants from a year ago and 28 home games highlight the defending West Coast Conference champion Saint Mary’s baseball team’s 2017 schedule, as announced Friday by head coach Eric Valenzuela.
Saint Mary’s will face 2016 NCAA Regional participants Cal State Fullerton, Gonzaga, UC Santa Barbara, Washington and Vanderbilt next spring. The Gaels host Washington on Feb. 23-26 to open their home schedule and play a home-and-home against College World Series participant UC Santa Barbara, as they did last season. Saint Mary’s will travel to Vanderbilt for a three-game series on March 10-12 and to Gonzaga for a WCC showdown on April 28-30.