Baseball Releases 2022 Schedule
Conway, Ark. – Central Baptist College baseball head coach Dr. Aaron Brister has announced the schedule for the 2022 season. CBC will play 54 games with 31 games at Burns Park in North Little Rock, which will serve as CBC's baseball home this season.
"I am super excited this year about our non-conference schedule," said Brister. "We have four teams that we have never played before on the docket this spring. Two Missouri teams, one from Iowa and one from Ohio. All will be tough opponents. It's nice to meet new coaches and see new faces on the diamond. It also gives us a gauge of what each of the four different conferences will look like as we are already planning another trip to the postseason. We also have our three Arkansas matchups which improve every year to give us more competition. We are bringing Texas A&M-Texarkana back to play. Coach Jones always has his club ready to compete."
The season begins on February 4 in Millington, Tenn., as CBC will play in a tournament hosted by USA Baseball. The first home doubleheader of the season is on Feb. 12 when the Mustangs will host Champion Christian. The first road series of the season is Feb. 18-19 when CBC heads to Springdale to take on Ecclesia in a four-game series. A single road game against Texas A&M-Texarkana follows on the 22nd before the final home four-game series of the month on the 25th & 26th against Rust.
March begins with 10 straight games at Burns. The fourth and fifth, CBC takes on the Wildcats of Culver-Stockton; on the eighth they host a doubleheader against Iowa Wesleyan and on the 11th and 12th, the Mustangs welcome the Patriots of Baptist Bible to Burns Park. The only road doubleheader in the month happens on the 15th @ Crowley's Ridge before the final six games of the month are played at home. CBC opens American Midwest Conference play at home on March 18th with a three-game series against Hannibal-LaGrange, followed the next weekend by a three-game series with Harris-Stowe State.
April opens with seven straight road games, including a three-game set @ Lyon, a single game on the fifth against Harding and another AMC away series against William Woods. After that, the next nine games are all at Burns Park, with the Mustangs welcoming Crowley's Ridge for a doubleheader on the 12th, Missouri Baptist for a three-game AMC series on the 15th & 16th, Texas A&M-Texarkana for a single game on the 19th and senior weekend on the 22nd and 23rd against Williams Baptist. The final three regular-season contests will be on the final weekend of April in Columbia against the defending AMC champion Cougars.
"The Mighty Mustangs are going to be coming out strong when conference gets here!" added Brister. "Fans need to be ready to watch a show. To God be the Glory! Go Mustangs!"
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