South Carolina releases 2017 baseball schedule
South Carolina baseball will begin its quest to make the College World Series with a three-game series against UNCG on Feb. 17-19 at Founders Park.
The Gamecocks schedule, which was released Monday, features 18 games against teams that made the 2016 NCAA tournament and 36 home games.
South Carolina will face Clemson March 3-5 with Game 1 at Clemson, Game 2 in Greenville and Game 3 in Columbia.
USC opens SEC play with a three-game series at Tennessee from March 17-19. The Gamecocks other SEC series are against Alabama, Auburn, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri and Georgia.
Carolina has three three-game home series against 2016 NCAA tournament teams in Wright State, Vanderbilt and Mississippi State.
In addition to Clemson, USC has nonconference road games against at Furman and at The Citadel. The Gamecocks will face North Carolina in Charlotte for the second year in a row with the game set for April 11 at 7.p.m.
USC Baseball schedule
FEBRUARY
17 UNC Greensboro Columbia, S.C. 4 p.m.
18 UNC Greensboro Columbia, S.C. 2 p.m.
19 UNC Greensboro Columbia, S.C. 1:30 p.m.
21 Charlotte Columbia, S.C. 4 p.m.
23 Kansas State Columbia, S.C. 4 p.m.
24 Wright State Columbia, S.C. 4 p.m.
25 Wright State Columbia, S.C. 2 p.m.
26 Wright State Columbia, S.C. 1:30 p.m.
28 Appalachian State Columbia, S.C. 4 p.m.
MARCH
3 at Clemson Clemson, S.C. 6:30 p.m.
4 vs. Clemson Greenville, S.C. (Fluor Field) TBA
5 Clemson Columbia, S.C. 1:30 p.m.
7 The Citadel Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
8 Winthrop Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
10 Michigan State Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
11 Michigan State Columbia, S.C. 4 p.m.
12 Michigan State Columbia, S.C. 1:30 p.m.
14 at Furman Greenville (Fluor Field) 7 p.m.
17 at Tennessee* Knoxville, Tenn. TBA
18 at Tennessee* Knoxville, Tenn. TBA
19 at Tennessee* Knoxville, Tenn. TBA
22 Charleston Southern Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
24 Alabama* Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
25 Alabama* Columbia, S.C. 4 p.m.
26 Alabama* Columbia, S.C. 1:30 p.m.
28 at The Citadel Charleston, S.C. 7 p.m.
31 at Auburn* Auburn, Ala. TBA
APRIL
1 at Auburn* Auburn, Ala. TBA
2 at Auburn* Auburn, Ala. TBA
4 Furman Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
6 Vanderbilt* Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
7 Vanderbilt* Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
8 Vanderbilt* Columbia, S.C. Noon
11 vs. North Carolina Charlotte, N.C. 7 p.m.
14 Mississippi State* Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
15 Mississippi State* Columbia, S.C. 4 p.m.
16 Mississippi State* Columbia, S.C. 4 p.m.
18 Davidson Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
20 at Florida* Gainesville, Fla. 7:30 p.m.
21 at Florida* Gainesville, Fla. TBA
22 at Florida* Gainesville, Fla. TBA
28 Kentucky* Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
29 Kentucky* Columbia, S.C. 4 p.m.
30 Kentucky* Columbia, S.C. 1:30 p.m.
MAY
3 Wofford Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
5 at LSU* Baton Rouge, La. TBA
6 at LSU* Baton Rouge, La. TBA
7 at LSU* Baton Rouge, La. TBA
9 Presbyterian Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
12 at Missouri* Columbia, Mo. TBA
13 at Missouri* Columbia, Mo. TBA
14 at Missouri* Columbia, Mo. TBA
16 USC Upstate Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
18 Georgia* Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
19 Georgia* Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.
20 Georgia* Columbia, S.C. 3 p.m.
23-28 at SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala. TBA
JUNE
2-5 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA
9-12 NCAA Super Regionals TBA TBA
17-27/28 College World Series Omaha, Neb. (TD Ameritrade Park) TBA
All times Eastern. Dates and times subject to change
* denotes SEC game
This story was originally published November 28, 2016 at 11:12 AM with the headline "South Carolina releases 2017 baseball schedule."