2018 #BIGEASTbase Season Starts This Weekend

NEW YORK – College baseball’s opening day is Friday. All seven BIG EAST teams are in action this weekend with the first weekly awards announced on Monday, Feb. 19. Seton Hall and Xavier will test their rosters early against ranked teams, No. 23 North Carolina State and No. 5 Florida State, respectively. St. John’s, the coaches’ preseason favorite is ranked No. 25.

Butler opens in Wilmington, N.C. playing four games over the three-day period. The Bulldogs will open with two games against Lehigh with a noon game on Friday and a 10 a.m. first pitch on Saturday. Butler, picked to finish fifth in the league, will then face host North Carolina Wilmington in a Saturday afternoon game. Butler will…