An all-tournament pass, which provides access to all 30 games of the Challenge, can be purchased for $25. Individual day passes are available for $10 and individual venue passes for Bright House Field and Dunedin Stadium are available for $5. An individual day pass will admit one spectator to any game on a given day at Progress Energy Park, the Raymond A. Naimoli Complex and Jack Russell Stadium. An individual venue pass will admit one spectator to any game on a given day at Bright House Field or Dunedin Stadium. Alumni groups, youth and social organizations also can sell all-tournament passes with a portion of the proceeds going to the selling organization. Information about fundraising opportunities is available at www.BigTenBIGEASTChallenge.com.

 

All 10 of the Big Ten’s baseball-playing institutions will once again compete in the 2010 Challenge, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State and Purdue. The BIG EAST will send 10 teams to the 2010 event, as Louisville, Rutgers and Villanova will make their first appearances and will be joined by seven squads making a return trip – Cincinnati, Connecticut, Notre Dame, St. John’s, Seton Hall, USF and West Virginia. Games will be played daily in St. Petersburg at the Raymond A. Naimoli Complex, the former spring training practice facility of the Tampa Bay Rays, and Al Lang Stadium, the Rays’ former spring training game site. Games in Clearwater will take place at Jack Russell Stadium, once the spring home of the Philadelphia Phillies.  The Challenge will also feature nightly doubleheaders at Dunedin Stadium, spring home of the Toronto Blue Jays and Bright House Field, spring home of the World Champion Philadelphia Phillies.

 

There will be 10 games each day pitting Big Ten teams against BIG EAST representatives. Games are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Friday and Saturday and run into the evening both days. Sunday’s games are also slated to start at 10 a.m., but will conclude in the afternoon so that traveling schools can return to their campuses that evening.

The complete tournament schedule can be found below. For more information please call 410-472-3500 or send an email to scott@api-mgmt.com.

 

 

FRIDAY  February 26, 2010

10:00 am              Al Lang Stadium                  Rutgers University vs. University of Iowa

10:00 am              Jack Russell Stadium          University of Connecticut vs. Northwestern University

10:00 am              Naimoli Complex                 Seton Hall University vs. Michigan State University

1:00 pm                 Al Lang Stadium                  University of Cincinnati vs. Penn State University

1:00 pm                 Jack Russell Stadium          West Virginia University vs. Indiana University

1:00 pm                 Naimoli Complex                 Villanova University vs. Purdue University

4:00 pm                 Dunedin Stadium                St. John’s University vs. University of Minnesota

4:30 pm                 Al Lang Stadium                  University of South Florida vs. Ohio State University

4:30 pm                 Jack Russell Stadium          University of Notre Dame vs. University of Illinois

7:30 pm                 Dunedin Stadium                University of Louisville vs. University of Michigan

 

SATURDAY  February 27, 2010

10:00 am              Al Lang Stadium                  Villanova University vs. Indiana University

10:00 am              Jack Russell Stadium          Seton Hall University vs. Penn State University

10:00 am              Naimoli Complex                 Northwestern University vs. Rutgers University

1:00 pm                 Al Lang Stadium                  University of Connecticut vs. University of Minnesota

1:00 pm                 Jack Russell Stadium          Purdue University vs. University of Cincinnati

1:00 pm                 Naimoli Complex                 University of Iowa vs. West Virginia University

4:00 pm                 Bright House Field              Ohio State University vs. University of Notre Dame

4:30 pm                 Al Lang Stadium                  St. John’s University vs. University of Michigan

4:30 pm                 Jack Russell Stadium          Michigan State University vs. University of Louisville

7:30 pm                 Bright House Field              University of South Florida vs. University of Illinois

 

   TIME                      LOCATION                                              MATCHUP

10:00 am              Al Lang Stadium                  Northwestern University vs. Seton Hall University

10:00 am              Jack Russell Stadium          Purdue University vs. Rutgers University

10:00 am              Naimoli Complex (#1)        Penn State University vs. University of Notre Dame

10:00 am              Naimoli Complex (#3)        Indiana University vs. University of Connecticut

10:00 am              Naimoli Complex (#5)        University of Illinois vs. St. John’s University

1:00 pm                 Al Lang Stadium                  Michigan State University vs. West Virginia University

1:00 pm                 Jack Russell Stadium          University of Iowa vs. Villanova University

1:00 pm                 Naimoli Complex (#1)        University of Michigan vs. University of South Florida

1:00 pm                 Naimoli Complex (#3)        University of Minnesota vs. University of Louisville

1:00 pm                 Naimoli Complex (#5)        Ohio State University vs. University of Cincinnati