RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Thursday that the baseball team will open the 2024 season on Feb. 16 with the first 12 of 32 home games, playing series against Rhode Island, Milwaukee, and Austin Peay as well as a midweek game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
 
Fans can purchase season tickets online at GoUTRGV.com/Tickets or by contacting the UTRGV Ticket Sales and Operations team of Eddie Galvan (956-665-3415) and Ryela Rodriguez (956-665-3747) over the phone or through email at tickets@utrgv.edu.
 
"We're excited about the midweeks at Texas Tech, TCU, Texas A&M, and Texas as they have a chance at being ranked very high," UTRGV head coach Derek Matlock said. "Our schedule is outstanding. We have the first 12 games at home and that gives us a chance to get our feet under us and get our pitch counts up."
 
UTRGV opens the season with a four-game series against Rhode Island in the Al Ogletree Classic from Feb. 16-19. The following weekend, UTRGV hosts Milwaukee for a three game-series. 
 
UTRGV hosts Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in their first of three matchups as part of the South Texas Showdown, presented by Rally Credit Union, on Feb. 28. UTRGV closes out its 12-game homestand with a four-game series against Austin Peay from March 1-3 that includes a Friday doubleheader.
 
UTRGV's first road test comes March 5 at Incarnate Word before returning home for a three-game series against Oakland March 8-10.
 
The Vaqueros start a four-game road trip in Corpus Christi March 12 before opening Western Athletic Conference (WAC) play at Seattle U March 15-17.
 
UTRGV returns home for a midweek rematch against Incarnate Word on March 19 before hosting defending WAC Champion Grand Canyon March 22-24.
 
UTRGV then visits Texas State, who had 25 wins at home last season, before traveling to Utah Tech March 28-30.
 
UTRGV opens April by hosting UT Arlington in a three-game series April 5-7. The Vaqueros were 2-2 against the Mavericks in 2023 including a 14-4 victory in the first round of the WAC Tournament.
 
UTRGV will travels to 2023 College World Series participants TCU for the first two of five contests against Power 5 competition April 9-10. The Vaqueros return home to face Utah Valley in a three-game series from April 12-14.
 
UTRGV starts another four-game road trip against reigning Big 12 Champion Texas on April 16 before heading to Tarleton State April 19-21.
 
UTRGV plays the next four at home starting with Lamar on April 23 and then Stephen F. Austin from April 26-28.
 
UTRGV starts its longest road trip of the year, nine games at Texas Tech on April 30. The Vaqueros are 18-14 all-time against the Red Raiders, with their latest victory coming in 2019, 6-3 win over the then-10^th ranked Red Raiders. UTRGV then visits Abilene Christian May 3-5, Texas A&M May 7, California Baptist May 10-12, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi May 14.
 
UTRGV hosts Sacramento State May 16-18 to close out the regular season.
 
"The conference is good," Matlock said. "Everybody is so talented and when you play in a competitive league it makes your team really good and ready to play those midweeks against some of the best teams in the nation."
 
The top eight teams in the WAC qualify for the WAC Tournament. The first round features single-elimination matchups among the bottom four seeds. After that round, the WAC Tournament changes to a double-elimination format. The top two seeds are granted byes until the third round. The WAC Tournament Champion earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
 
All Friday home games start at 6:30 p.m. except for the Austin Peay doubleheader that starts at 2 p.m. Saturday home games start at 6:30 p.m. except the Rhode Island and Oakland games that start at 1 p.m. All Sunday home games start at 12 p.m. All Tuesday home games start at 6:30 p.m. Gates open one hour prior to first pitch.

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