Bianco Announces 2007 Rebel Baseball Schedule

Ole Miss head baseball coach Mike Bianco announced the schedule for the upcoming 2007 season on Wednesday as the defending SEC Tournament Champions prepare for another year of exciting baseball.

The 2007 schedule features 32 home dates including non-conference match-ups with UCLA, Evansville, Arkansas State and Memphis in addition to showdowns with SEC foes Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky and Mississippi State.

“We’re excited about the schedule we’ve put together for the upcoming season and think it will continue our history of bringing quality baseball to our fans,” Bianco said. “Bringing UCLA to Oxford after playing them at their place last season will be a great experience for our fans, while playing at the Metrodome will be an exciting opportunity as well.

“We feel this is a schedule that will challenge us and prepare us for Southeastern Conference play as we face several teams who advanced to the NCAA Regionals a year ago,” Bianco said.

The Rebels open the season on February 10, when Ole Miss will play host to New Orleans in a two-game series on Saturday and Sunday. The series marks the beginning of a 10-game home stand to open the year and will feature a three-game series with Evansville (Feb. 16-18) and Wright State (Feb. 23-25) along with single-game meetings with Memphis (Feb. 20) and Belmont (Feb. 27).

The Rebels will then take to the road the first weekend of March to take on Arkansas, Minnesota and The Citadel in the three-game tournament which will be played in the Metrodome (Mar. 2-4).

The Rebels then return home for a two-game showdown with Austin Peay (Mar. 6-7) and then host the UCLA Bruins (Mar. 9-11) in a three-game series before heading on the road to face Arkansas State (Mar. 13).

Southeastern Conference play begins on the road with a trip to take on Vanderbilt (Mar. 16-18). Ole Miss will also hit the road for conference series with Auburn (Mar. 31- April 1), LSU (April 13-15), Tennessee (May 4-6) and Arkansas (May 17-19).

The Rebels will play host to five SEC foes, including dates with Alabama (Mar. 23-25), Georgia (April 6-8), South Carolina (April 20-22), Mississippi State (April 27-29) and Kentucky (May 11-13).

In addition to the conference slate, the Rebels will also face-off with Mississippi State in a non-conference showdown in the annual Mayor’s Trophy game in Jackson on April 17.

The Rebels will also hit the road for a single-game with South Alabama (Mar. 20), who participated in the 2006 NCAA Oxford Regional.

Also on the non-conference schedule for the season is a two-game set with Southern Miss with a game in Pearl, Miss., at Trustmark Park (Mar. 27) and a game in Hattiesburg (April 11).  The Rebels will take on Memphis at Autozone Park on May 2, in the final non-conference game of the season.

The University of Mississippi Athletics

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