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JACKRABBIT BASEBALL SETS 2022 SCHEDULE
12/10/2021 2:38:00 PM | Baseball
South Dakota State will play 24 Summit League games as part of a challenging 2022 schedule, team and league officials announced Friday.
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The Summit League expands to seven teams in 2022 with the additions of St. Thomas and affiliate member Northern Colorado. League members will play an unbalanced schedule during the upcoming season, facing four opponents in one three-game series each, and two opponents in home-and-home three-game series.
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South Dakota State, 15-32 overall and 9-19 in Summit League play a season ago, opens the 2022 Summit slate March 25-27 with a three-game set at defending league regular season champion Oral Roberts. The Golden Eagles will make a return trip to Brookings and Erv Huether Field to close out the regular season May 19-21.
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The Jackrabbits also will face St. Thomas twice, traveling April 1-3 to St. Paul, Minnesota, for a weekend set, followed by a three-game home series May 13-15.
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In other Summit League series, SDSU will host Western Illinois (April 8-10) and North Dakota State (April 29-May 1), while traveling to Northern Colorado (April 15-17) and Omaha (May 6-8).
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The top four teams qualify for the Summit League Baseball Championship to be played May 25-28 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. South Dakota State has qualified for the tournament 11 of the 12 seasons the Jackrabbits have been eligible for postseason play at the Division I level.
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The Jackrabbits are scheduled to kick off the 2022 season with seven games in Texas during the month of February. SDSU is slated to play a season-opening four-game series against Purdue Feb. 18-20 in Sugar Land, Texas, followed by three games in San Antonio versus Incarnate Word Feb. 24-26.
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Other pre-conference weekend series are scheduled for March 4-6 at Central Arkansas, March 11-13 at Wichita State and March 17-18 at Northwestern State of Louisiana.
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In addition, the Jackrabbits have regional mid-week road games on the docket at Minnesota (March 2, April 26), Creighton (March 9, 30) and  Nebraska (March 23).
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SDSU's home opener is slated for April 5 versus Dakota Wesleyan. The Jackrabbits also are set to play non-Division I teams Northwestern (Iowa) on April 12 and Briar Cliff on April 20 at Erv Huether Field.
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All home mid-week and series-opening home games are set for first pitch at 3 p.m. Weekend home games begin at 1 p.m.
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Game times for road contests will be announced at later dates.
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The Summit League expands to seven teams in 2022 with the additions of St. Thomas and affiliate member Northern Colorado. League members will play an unbalanced schedule during the upcoming season, facing four opponents in one three-game series each, and two opponents in home-and-home three-game series.
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South Dakota State, 15-32 overall and 9-19 in Summit League play a season ago, opens the 2022 Summit slate March 25-27 with a three-game set at defending league regular season champion Oral Roberts. The Golden Eagles will make a return trip to Brookings and Erv Huether Field to close out the regular season May 19-21.
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The Jackrabbits also will face St. Thomas twice, traveling April 1-3 to St. Paul, Minnesota, for a weekend set, followed by a three-game home series May 13-15.
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In other Summit League series, SDSU will host Western Illinois (April 8-10) and North Dakota State (April 29-May 1), while traveling to Northern Colorado (April 15-17) and Omaha (May 6-8).
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The top four teams qualify for the Summit League Baseball Championship to be played May 25-28 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. South Dakota State has qualified for the tournament 11 of the 12 seasons the Jackrabbits have been eligible for postseason play at the Division I level.
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The Jackrabbits are scheduled to kick off the 2022 season with seven games in Texas during the month of February. SDSU is slated to play a season-opening four-game series against Purdue Feb. 18-20 in Sugar Land, Texas, followed by three games in San Antonio versus Incarnate Word Feb. 24-26.
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Other pre-conference weekend series are scheduled for March 4-6 at Central Arkansas, March 11-13 at Wichita State and March 17-18 at Northwestern State of Louisiana.
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In addition, the Jackrabbits have regional mid-week road games on the docket at Minnesota (March 2, April 26), Creighton (March 9, 30) and  Nebraska (March 23).
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SDSU's home opener is slated for April 5 versus Dakota Wesleyan. The Jackrabbits also are set to play non-Division I teams Northwestern (Iowa) on April 12 and Briar Cliff on April 20 at Erv Huether Field.
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All home mid-week and series-opening home games are set for first pitch at 3 p.m. Weekend home games begin at 1 p.m.
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Game times for road contests will be announced at later dates.
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