University of Minnesota Athletics
Big Ten-Big East Challenge Schedule Released
10/4/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Oct. 4, 2011
Big Ten-Big East Challenge information located here.
The 2012 Big Ten-Big East Challenge schedule has been released, announced by the conference offices and St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission today.
The 2012 Challenge will feature Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State and Purdue from the Big Ten and Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, St. John's, Seton Hall, South Florida and West Virginia from the Big East. The event will be played at current and former Major League facilities in the St. Petersburg/Clearwater area, including Bright House Field and Florida Auto Exchange Stadium, the respective spring homes of the Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays. Games will also be played at Clearwater's Jack Russell Memorial Stadium and St. Petersburg's Al Lang Stadium and Walter Fuller Baseball Complex.
Minnesota will open the Big Ten-Big East Challenge against Louisville on Friday, February 17, 2012, 9 a.m. CT., at the Jack Russell Memorial Stadium. On Saturday, Feb. 18, Minnesota will be the visiting team against St. John's. The game will be played at noon CT at the Walter Fuller Baseball Complex. Minnesota's last game of the challenge comes on Sunday, Feb. 19 when it faces South Florida, noon CT at the Al Lang Stadium.
St. John's made the NCAA Regionals and finished the season with a 36-22 record. Louisville finished the season with a 32-29 overall mark and 14-13 in the conference, while South Florida finished ninth in the Big East last year and went 25-29 in 2011.
The Big Ten won the inaugural Challenge in 2009, 15-9, while the Big East was victorious in 2010, 17-13, and in 2011, 14-10.
Ticket information for the 2012 Challenge will be released at a later date.
