University Southern California Trojans
USC Releases 2008 Schedule
October 17, 2007 | Baseball
Oct. 17, 2007
LOS ANGELES -- The USC baseball program announced its 2008 schedule with the Trojans set to open with their first-ever appearance at Florida International (Feb. 22-24) in Miami, Fla. This will be the first year that the "uniform starting date" set by the NCAA will be in effect, which accounts for the later starting date for USC.
USC will host Arizona, California, Washington and Oregon State in Pac-10 Conference play with road trips to Arizona State, UCLA, Stanford and Washington State in the final season with nine teams before Oregon rejoins the conference in 2009.
The Trojans will also make their first-ever appearance at Winthrop in Rock Hill, S.C., in a three-game series, March 7-9.
A total of 25 games are on tap at Dedeaux Field. Other home games for USC this season include Southern (Feb. 29), Bethune-Cookman (March 2), Pepperdine (March 5), Long Beach State (March 15), Loyola Marymount (March 25), UC Riverside (April 1), Cal State Fullerton (April 8), UC Santa Barbara (April 19), Cal Poly (May 6) and Cal State Northridge (May 10-11).
On Saturday (March 1), USC and UCLA will play one nonconference game at the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Compton, Calif.
This season, USC will also play UC Irvine twice (Feb. 27 at Irvine and March 12 at Dedeaux Field). Both games will draw more intrigue this season after Mike Gillespie, former USC head coach and father-in-law of current USC head coach Chad Kreuter, was hired at UC Irvine to lead its program earlier this month.
For the 2008 season, the Trojans return freshman All-America shortstop Grant Green and freshman All-America pitcher Brad Boxberger. All but two pitchers from last year's staff return under the supervision of first-year assistant coach Tom House, including junior left-hander Tommy Milone, who was named Cape Cod Baseball League Pitcher of the Year this summer.
Catcher/pitcher Robert Stock, outfielder Nick Buss and third baseman Roberto Lopez anchor the group of returning position players with the addition of senior first baseman Mike Roskopf, who transferred from North Carolina State after hitting 13 home runs last season for the Wolf Pack.
All 56 games will be broadcast live on usctrojans.com, with live video webcasts courtesy of TrojanTV All-Access for all home games. This season, TrojanTV All-Access will bring an improved broadcast with the usage of four remote-control cameras at Dedeaux Field.
2008 USC BASEBALL SCHEDULE
DATE DAY OPPONENT PLACE TIMEFeb. 22 Friday at Florida International Miami, FL 7:00 p.m.Feb. 23 Saturday at Florida International Miami, FL 1:00 p.m.Feb. 24 Sunday at Florida International Miami, FL 1:00 p.m.Feb. 26 Tues. San Diego State Dedeaux Field 7:00 p.m.Feb. 27 Wed. at UC Irvine Irvine, CA 6:00 p.m.Feb. 29 Fri. Southern Dedeaux Field 7:00 p.m.March 1 Sat. UCLA $ Compton, CA 1:00 p.m.March 2 Sun. Bethune-Cookman Dedeaux Field 1:00 p.m.March 4 Tues. at Pepperdine Malibu, CA 2:00 p.m.March 5 Wed. Pepperdine Dedeaux Field 7:00 p.m.March 7 Fri. at Winthrop Rock Hill, SC 6:00 p.m.March 8 Sat. at Winthrop Rock Hill, SC 2:00 p.m.March 9 Sun. at Winthrop Rock Hill, SC 1:00 p.m.March 12 Wed. UC Irvine Dedeaux Field 7:00 p.m.March 14 Fri. at Long Beach State Long Beach, CA 6:30 p.m.March 15 Sat. Long Beach State Dedeaux Field 1:30 p.m.March 16 Sun. at Long Beach State Long Beach, CA 1:00 p.m.March 20 Thur. Arizona * Dedeaux Field 7:00 p.m.March 21 Fri. Arizona * Dedeaux Field 7:00 p.m.March 22 Sat. Arizona * Dedeaux Field 1:30 p.m.March 24 Mon. at Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, CA 2:00 p.m.March 25 Tues. Loyola Marymount Dedeaux Field 7:00 p.m.March 28 Fri. at Arizona State * Tempe, AZ TBAMarch 29 Sat. at Arizona State * Tempe, AZ TBAMarch 30 Sun. at Arizona State * Tempe, AZ TBAApril 1 Tues. UC Riverside Dedeaux Field 7:00 p.m.April 2 Wed. at San Diego San Diego, CA 2:00 p.m.April 4 Fri. at UCLA * Los Angeles, CA 6:00 p.m.April 5 Sat. at UCLA * Los Angeles, CA 2:00 p.m.April 6 Sun. at UCLA * Los Angeles, CA 1:00 p.m.April 8 Tues. Cal State Fullerton Dedeaux Field 7:00 p.m.April 11 Fri. California * Dedeaux Field 7:00 p.m.April 12 Sat. California * Dedeaux Field 1:30 p.m.April 13 Sun. California * Dedeaux Field 1:00 p.m.April 15 Tues. at Cal State Fullerton Fullerton, CA 6:00 p.m.April 18 Fri. at UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 2:00 p.m.April 19 Sat. UC Santa Barbara Dedeaux Field 2:00 p.m.April 20 Sun. at UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 1:00 p.m.April 21 Mon. at San Diego State San Diego, CA 6:00 p.m.April 25 Fri. at Stanford * Palo Alto, CA 6:00 p.m.April 26 Sat. at Stanford * Palo Alto, CA 1:00 p.m.April 27 Sun. at Stanford * Palo Alto, CA 1:00 p.m.April 29 Tues. at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA 6:00 p.m.May 2 Fri. Washington * Dedeaux Field 7:00 p.m.May 3 Sat. Washington * Dedeaux Field 1:30 p.m.May 4 Sun. Washington * Dedeaux Field 1:00 p.m.May 6 Tues. Cal Poly Dedeaux Field 7:00 p.m.May 10 Sat. Cal State Northridge Dedeaux Field 7:00 p.m.May 11 Sun. Cal State Northridge Dedeaux Field 1:00 p.m.May 14 Wed. at UC Riverside Riverside, CA 5:00 p.m.May 16 Fri. Oregon State * Dedeaux Field 7:00 p.m.May 17 Sat. Oregon State * Dedeaux Field 1:30 p.m.May 18 Sun. Oregon State * Dedeaux Field 1:00 p.m.May 23 Fri. at Washington State * Pullman, WA 5:30 p.m.May 24 Sat. at Washington State * Pullman, WA 2:00 p.m.May 25 Sun. at Washington State * Pullman, WA NoonMay 30/June 2 Fri.-Mon. NCAA Regionals TBA TBAJune 6-9 Fri.-Mon. NCAA Super Regionals TBA TBAJune 14-24/25 Sat.-Tues./Wed. College World Series Omaha, NE TBA
* Pacific-10 Conference game $ - Game played at MLB Urban Youth Academy All times local Dates and times are subject to change
