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Baseball Hosts Xavier to Open 2017 Campaign

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TROY, Alabama – The Troy baseball team opens its 2017 season this weekend with a four-game series against the defending Big East champion Xavier Musketeers at Riddle-Pace Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. for Saturday's doubleheader and 12 p.m. for Sunday's finale.

Entering year two under head coach Mark Smartt, the Trojans are coming off a third-place finish in the Sun Belt last season. It marked the eighth time in Troy's 11 seasons as a member of the Sun Belt that it finished among the top three in the league; the total is tied with UL Lafayette for the most in the conference.