EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Baseball has unveiled its 2025 schedule that includes 56 games consisting of six home series, six mid-week home games, and the Ohio Valley Conference Championship on May 21-24 in Marion, Illinois.
 
The Screaming Eagles open their season in Alabama for the second year in row, taking on a new opponent in Alabama State University for four games in three days (February 14-16). USI hosts their home opener two days later against Western Kentucky University in a mid-week battle (February 18). Next, another installment of the cross-town battle against University of Evansville takes place in unique weekend series alternating venues with Friday and Sunday's games at Evansville, while Saturday's battle will be hosted by USI (February 21-23).
 
Aside from the home opener against WKU, USI hosts five other non-conference mid-week games against Saint Louis University (February 26), Austin Peay State University (March 11), Northern Kentucky University (April 1), Bellarmine University (April 23), and Evansville (May 6). The Eagles play home/away mid-week series with multiple opponents above with road games against St. Louis (March 5), Bellarmine (March 12), APSU (March 19), Ball State University (March 25), WKU (April 8), NKU (April 15), and Illinois State University (April 30).
 
USI kicks off March with three difficult non-conference series showdowns before opening Ohio Valley Conference play. The Eagles host Kent State University (Feb 28-March 2) and Murray State University (March 14-16) on campus. USI makes also makes a trip to Oral Roberts University (March 7-9) in Tulsa, Oklahoma in a renewal of the 2023 match up as the Golden Eagles made the college world series that year.
 
The Eagles conference season debuts with a road series at Western Illinois University (March 21-23). USI's OVC road schedule also includes Tennessee Tech University (April 11-13), Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (April 17-19), University of Tennessee at Martin (May 2-4), and Lindenwood University (May 15-17).
 
The home portion of the OVC slate starts with a battle against the 2024 regular season champions, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (March 28-30). The slate continues as the Eagles also host Morehead State University (April 4-6), Eastern Illinois University (April 25-27), and concludes with the 2024 OVC Tournament champions, Southeast Missouri State University (May 9-11). Nearly all USI home series game times are scheduled first pitches of 6 p.m. on Fridays, 3 p.m. on Saturdays, and 1 p.m. on Sundays. 
 
Last season, the Eagles posted a ten-game win improvement at 27-32 overall and 14-13 in conference. The season was highlighted by their OVC Tournament run as the four-seed knocking off Little Rock. USI came one game short of advancing to the tournament championship as SEMO took down Morehead State. This year's OVC Championship will return to Marion, Illinois where the top eight teams make the postseason. The 2025 roster consists of seven returners and 35 newcomers. 
 
Season Tickets
2025 season tickets are now on sale for only $100 to all 25 USI Baseball home games. Single game tickets will be $10 for adults and free admission for anyone 18 and under. For group sales and group seating, contact the USI ticket office at 812-465-1189 or follow the link attached above to purchase online. 
 
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