ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Webster University baseball team will kick off their season on Friday, February 24^th when they travel to Birmingham, Alabama, to compete in the BSC Classic hosted by Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) College. The Gorloks will play three games on the weekend including matchups against Depauw (Ind.) University and Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) College who were both regionally ranked to end last season.

Webster will play their first home game of the season on Thursday, March 2^nd when they host Hanover (Ind.) College to kick-off the 2023 Webster Classic. The Gorloks will then take on two opponents that finished the 2022 season as regionally ranked teams including a March 4^th matchup against the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and a March 5^th matchup against Benedictine (Ill.) University.

The Gorloks will then travel out west for their spring break trip and play seven games in California. They will play a three-game series against 2022 NCAA DIII Super Regional qualifier, Chapman (calif.) University, from March 10^th to March 12^th. They will then take on Pamona-Pitzer (Calif.) University on March 14^th, University of Redlands (Calif.) on March 15^th, University of La Verne (Calif.) on March 17^th, and Occidental (Calif.) College on March 18^th. Pamona-Pitzer and La Verne were both regionally ranked to end last season.

Webster will travel to Bloomington, Illinois, on March 21^st to take on North Central (Ill.) College for a matchup between two of the top three ranked teams in Region VIII last season. The Gorloks then return home on March 25^th for a three-game SLIAC series against Spalding (Ky.) University who ended the 2022 season ranked eighth in Region VIII.

Webster will play five more nonconference games on the season including a doubleheader in Memphis, Tennessee, against Rhodes (Tenn.) College on April 4^th. They will then host Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Ind.) on April 11^th before traveling to Millikin (Ill.) University on April 18^th and Washington (Mo.) University on April 26^th. Millikin was ranked sixth in Region VIII to end last season.

The Gorloks will play their final home series of the regular season from April 28^th to April 29^th when they host Principia (Ill.) College at GCS Credit Union Ballpark. They will wrap up regular season play in Greenville, Illinois, when they take on the Panthers on May 5^th and May 6^th.

The SLIAC Baseball Tournament is set to take place from Thursday, May 11^th to Saturday, May 13^th at CarShield Field in O'Fallon, Missouri.

For the full 2023 baseball schedule, click here.