Schedule/Venue Changes At Big East-Big 10 Challenge

A few of the game venues and game times for the upcoming Big East-Big 10 Baseball Challenge in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area have been changed. At least some of the games that were scheduled to be played at Progress Energy Park in St. Petersburg will now be played at McKechnie Field in Bradenton, FL. McKenchnie is the spring training home of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Games that were originally scheduled for Progress Energy Park:

Indiana vs. WVU, Minnesota vs. Seton Hall, Northwestern vs. Georgetown, Michigan State vs. Seton Hall, Illinois vs. Notre Dame, Ohio State vs. UConn, Ohio St. vs. Cincinnati, and Michigan vs. St. John's.

We will have a full preview, complete with team-by-team capsules, of the Big East-Big 10 Challenge on our web site coming this upcoming week.

Here is the revised Challenge Schedule with new game times and locales:

Friday, February 20
10 a.m.	Connecticut at Michigan State	Jack Russell Stadium
1 p.m.	South Florida at Michigan	Jack Russell Stadium
	Cincinnati at Purdue	Naimoli Complex
4 p.m.	St. John’s at Penn State	Dunedin Stadium
	Seton Hall at Minnesota	Jack Russell Stadium
	West Virginia at Indiana	McKechnie Field
7:30 p.m.	Notre Dame at Ohio State	Dunedin Stadium
	Illinois at Iowa	Jack Russell Stadium
	Georgetown at Northwestern	McKechnie Field
Saturday, February 21
10 a.m.	Minnesota at West Virginia	Jack Russell Stadium
1 p.m.	Indiana at Georgetown	Red McEwen Field
	Iowa at St. John’s	Jack Russell Stadium
	Penn State at Northwestern	Naimoli Complex
4 p.m.	Michigan at Cincinnati	Bright House Field
	Michigan State at Seton Hall	McKechnie Field
	Ohio State at Connecticut	Jack Russell Stadium
7:30 p.m.	Purdue at South Florida*	Bright House Field
	Illinois at Notre Dame	McKechnie Field
* Game televised by Bright House Sports Network
Sunday, February 22
10 a.m.	Ohio State at Cincinnati	Red McEwen Field
	Penn State at Seton Hall	Jack Russell Stadium
	Minnesota at Michigan State	Naimoli Complex
	Georgetown at Iowa	Naimoli Complex
11 a.m.	Northwestern at Connecticut	Naimoli Complex
1 p.m.	Michigan at St. John’s	Red McEwen Field
	Notre Dame at Purdue	Jack Russell Stadium
	Indiana at South Florida	Naimoli Complex
	West Virginia at Illinois	Naimoli Complex