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ELON, N.C. – A slate of 55 games, including 34 at Latham Park, await the Elon University baseball team in the upcoming 2017 season. The schedule, as announced by Phoenix head coach Mike Kennedy, features 14 games against teams that participated in NCAA Tournament play last year. Season tickets for the upcoming campaign will be available for purchase beginning Monday, Dec. 12.

Said Kennedy, "Our goal continues to be to put together a very challenging schedule each year. We try to balance a competitive CAA slate with a demanding non-conference schedule to put our players in a position that requires them to play and compete at a high level each and every week. At the same time, we want to allow our fan base to see great college baseball right here on campus."

Elon will open the 2017 campaign on Feb. 17 with a three-game home series with Longwood.

The home non-conference slate also includes dates with Bowling Green, East Carolina, Georgia Southern, High Point, Liberty, UMass, UNCG, North Carolina State, Radford, VMI and Wake Forest. In non-league play, Elon will travel to Clemson, East Carolina, High Point, Liberty, North Carolina, UNCG and Wake Forest.

Elon begins CAA play at home with Northeastern on March 24. Along with the Huskies, the Phoenix will host Delaware, James Madison and UNCW in league play. The Phoenix will play CAA contests at Charleston, Hofstra, Towson and William & Mary.

The 2017 schedule is as follows:

Longwood
Feb. 17-19 • Latham Park
• Three-game series at Elon to open the season
• Elon is 2-0 against the Lancers with both wins coming in 1994
• Went 32-27 a year ago, including 14-10 in the Big South
• Head coach Ryan Mau is in his third season with the Lancers and has led the program to 54 victories

Radford
Feb. 21 • Latham Park
• Elon is 10-7 all-time against the Highlanders and last played in 2010 (7-6 Elon victory)
• The Highlanders went 19-39 in 2016
• Joe Raccuia is in his 10th season as Radford's head coach and has won 266 games with the program
• Elon and Radford met yearly during the maroon and gold's stint as a Big South Conference member

Clemson
Feb. 24-26 • Clemson, S.C.
• A trip to perennial power Clemson marks Elon's first road trip of the season
• The Phoenix is 7-14 all-time against the Tigers
• The two squads last met in 2012 and Clemson has been ranked in each of the last 14 contests
• Head coach Monte Lee is in his second year with Clemson and guided the Tigers to 44 wins, the ACC Tournament title and an NCAA Regional appearance in 2016
• Former Elon associate head coach Greg Starbuck is now on the Clemson coaching staff

Liberty
Feb. 28 • Latham Park / May 9 • Lynchburg, Va.
• The two meetings in 2017 will mark the 28th and 29th between Elon and Liberty; Elon is 11-16 in the previous 27 contests
• Elon and Liberty met each season from 1998-2003 when the maroon and gold was a member of the Big South Conference
• The Flames posted a 31-28 record in 2016
• Liberty is guided by first-year skipper Scott Jackson

East Carolina
March 1 • Greenville, N.C. / March 21 • Latham Park
• Elon and ECU will meet for the third consecutive season and 11th year in the last 12
• The teams split their two meetings last year, each winning on the road in extra innings
• ECU won 38 games in 2016 and advanced to a Super Regional
• Head coach Cliff Godwin is in his third season leading the Pirates and has led the program to back-to-back NCAA postseason appearances

UMass
March 3-5 • Latham Park
• UMass is the lone opponent that the Phoenix will be facing for the first time
• The Minutemen won 18 games in 2016, including a three-game sweep of George Mason to end the season
• UMass is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference
• Head coach Mike Stone has won 682 games at his alma mater; he will be retiring following the 2017 season, his 30th as the program's skipper

UNCG
March 7 • Greensboro, N.C. / May 2 • Latham Park
• Elon and UNCG have met every season since 1999, including 11 seasons when the Phoenix and Spartans were Southern Conference rivals
• After splitting a pair of games last year, Elon is 35-16 all-time against UNCG
• The Spartans earned 38 wins and tied for second in the SoCon in 2016
• UNCG is led by the 2016 SoCon Coach of the Year, Link Jarrett; Jarrett is in his fifth season leading the Spartans

Georgia Southern
March 10-12 • Latham Park
• Another former Southern Conference rival, Elon is 23-21 all-time against Georgia Southern
• The Eagles, now a member of the Sun Belt Conference, picked up 36 victories a year ago and made a run to the Sun Belt Tournament championship game
• Elon and Georgia Southern last played in a three-game series at Latham Park in 2014
• Rodney Hennon is in his 18th season as the program's head coach and has led the Eagles to six NCAA Regional appearances and 606 victories

NC State
March 14 • Latham Park
• Elon and NC State will be meeting for the 10th consecutive season
• Elon is 13-41 all-time against the Wolfpack
• NC State earned 38 victories and hosted an NCAA Regional in 2016
• Head coach Elliott Avent, in his 20th season with NC State, has taken the Wolfpack to 14 regionals and four Super Regionals

VMI
March 17-19 • Latham Park
• Other than a 5-4, 10-inning Elon win in 2003, the Phoenix and VMI have not played since 1932
• Elon is 5-2 against the Keydets
• VMI went 21-35 overall last season and is a member of the Southern Conference
• Third-year head coach Jonathan Hadra is a 2004 graduate of VMI

Northeastern
March 24-26 • Latham Park
• Elon's first CAA series of the year will be played at home
• The Phoenix is 4-3 against the Huskies since joining the CAA for the 2015 season
• Northeastern eliminated Elon from the 2016 CAA Tournament
• The Huskies are led by former MLB pitcher Mike Glavine who has won 56 games in his two seasons as head coach, including 31 a year ago

High Point
March 28 • High Point, N.C. / April 11 • Latham Park
• Elon has played High Point more than any other opponent; The maroon and gold has won 124 of the 209 all-time meetings
• This will be the 24th consecutive season that Elon has met the Panthers
• HPU won 32 games last season and earned the Big South's second seed in the league tournament
• Head coach Craig Cozart is in his ninth season at HPU

James Madison
March 31-April 2 • Latham Park
• The Phoenix won two of the three games between the two in Harrisonburg, Va., a year ago
• Elon is 6-2 all-time against the Dukes
• JMU won 24 games last year, including 13 CAA contests to finish fourth in the conference
• Marlin Ikenberry is in his second season as the Dukes' head coach after winning 282 games at VMI between 2004-14

Wake Forest
April 4 • Winston-Salem, N.C. / April 5 • Latham Park
• Wake Forest returned to NCAA Regional play in 2016 after winning 35 games
• Elon is 36-57 all-time against the Demon Deacons
• The two sides have met in each of the last 15 seasons
• Now in his eighth season with Wake Forest, head coach Tom Walter has led three different programs to NCAA Division I postseason play

William & Mary
April 7-9 • Williamsburg, Va.
• Elon's first road trip in league play; The Phoenix is 8-8 all-time against the Tribe
• The Tribe won 31 games a year ago and went 14-9 in CAA play to finish second
• William & Mary won the CAA Tournament and advanced to NCAA Regional play last year
• Head coach Brian Murphy has won 87 games in his three seasons leading W&M

Towson
April 14-16 • Towson, Md.
• Elon is 10-2 all-time against Towson
• The Phoenix has won five of the six meetings since joining the CAA
• Towson went 20-35 last year, including 10-14 in CAA play to tie for seventh place
• Head coach Mike Gottlieb has won over 700 games at Towson since 1988

Delaware
April 21-23 • Latham Park
• The maroon and gold is 6-6 all-time against Delaware
• The two programs have met eight times since Elon joined the CAA for the 2015 season
• Delaware finished tied for seventh in the CAA in 2015 with a 10-14 league record; The Blue Hens were 32-22 overall
• UD alum Jim Sherman has won 475 games in his previous 16 seasons at Delaware and has 693 career victories in 23 seasons as a head coach

North Carolina
April 25 • Chapel Hill, N.C.
• Elon and North Carolina have met 45 times on the baseball diamond with the maroon and gold claiming nine victories
• The two sides have met at least once a year since the 1998 season with UNC being ranked in 21 of those contests
• The Tar Heels posted a 34-21 overall record in 2016 and went 13-17 in ACC action
• Head coach Mike Fox has led UNC to six trips to the College World Series and has won 763 games in his 17 seasons in Chapel Hill

College of Charleston
April 28-30 • Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
• Former Southern Conference rivals, Elon and Charleston have faced off 47 times with the Phoenix winning 19 times
• The two have played eight times over the past two seasons
• The Cougars went 31-26-1 overall and 12-12 in CAA play to place sixth in the league in 2016
• Matt Heath is in his second season as CofC's head coach

Hofstra
May 5-7 • Hempstead, N.Y.
• The Phoenix has gone 4-2 in six all-time meetings against the Pride
• Elon's visit to Hofstra will mark the longest trip for the Phoenix this season
• Hofstra placed ninth in the CAA in 2016 with a 5-18 league mark; The Pride was 15-37 overall
• Now in his sixth season as Hofstra's head coach, John Russo has won 114 games for the Pride

UNCW
May 12-14 • Latham Park
• In 60 all-time meetings with UNCW, Elon has earned 26 victories
• The two programs have played at least once a year since 1998
• Under long-time head coach Mark Scalf, the Seahawks claimed the 2016 CAA regular season title after going 16-6 in conference play and 41-19 overall
• UNCW is one of six teams on Elon's slate that participated in the 2016 NCAA Tournament

Bowling Green
May 18-19 (DH) • Latham Park
• The Phoenix closes the regular season at home against the Bowling Green Falcons
• Bowling Green defeated Elon 6-2 last year at Latham Park in the only meeting between the two programs
• The Falcons went 17-37 overall and 7-16 in MAC play in 2016
• Head coach Danny Schmitz is in his 27th season leading the BG program and has won 679 career games

CAA Tournament
May 24-27 • Wilmington, N.C.
• The 2017 CAA Tournament moves from Charleston, S.C., to Wilmington, N.C., for the 2017 season
• Elon has qualified for the CAA Tournament in each of its first two seasons as a conference member