COLUMBIA — South Carolina opens its 2016 baseball season against Albany, and will welcome Clemson and new coach Monte Lee to Founders Park to begin the annual three-game series against the Tigers.
USC’s bid to return to the NCAA Tournament, which the Gamecocks missed last season for the first time since 1999, opens at 4 p.m. Feb. 19 with the first of a three-game set against Albany, which went 14-28 last year. USC opens with eight straight home games before traveling to Charleston to play The Citadel at 7 p.m. on March 1.
The Clemson series opens with a 7 p.