MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama baseball team will open the 2016 season this weekend when it hosts Evansville in a three-game series at Stanky Field.
The series will open at 6:30 p.m. Friday, followed by game two Saturday at 2 p.m. The series finale is scheduled for a noon first pitch on Sunday.
USA right-hander Kevin Hill, the 2016 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Pitcher of the Year, will get the start for the Jaguars in the season opener. Hill earned All-America honors from three different organizations last season – Collegiate Baseball (2nd team), American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings (3rd team) and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (3rd team) – and was named the 2015 SBC Pitcher of the Year after finishing 10-0 with a 1.