RADFORD, Va. — The Radford baseball team has released their 2023 schedule, which features 14 unique non-conference opponents, a full round robin Big South schedule, and the renewal of several historic in-state rivalries.

The Highlanders will begin the season on Feb. 17 as they host Iona for a three-game series. It will be the first meeting between the two programs since 2013, and just the second home season opener for Radford since 1994.

The following week, Radford will travel to Chapel Hill, N.C. for a midweek contest against North Carolina on Feb. 21. The meeting with the Tar Heels will be the first of four ACC opponents that the Highlanders will face, as they make trips to Virginia Tech (Feb. 28), NC State (Mar. 1), and Virginia (May 10).

Radford will also play host to Tech on Apr. 18. The Hokies come in as defending ACC regular season champions, having made the NCAA Super Regionals a season ago. Radford and Tech have met 66 times in their history, the most meetings among any non-Big South member that Radford has played.

The Highlanders will also welcome non-conference opponents Wagner (Feb. 24-26) and Hartford (Mar. 3-5) to Carter Memorial Stadium. Following the Hartford series, Radford will trek to Marshall for a non-conference matinee on Mar. 7, and then play a three-game series against VMI (Mar. 10-12), with the Friday and Sunday games being played in Lexington, Va. and the Saturday game hosted in Radford.

In the Big South portion of the schedule, Radford will host defending Big South conference champions Campbell (Mar. 24-26) as well as High Point (Apr. 6-8), Charleston Southern (Apr. 14-16), Winthrop (May 5-7), and Presbyterian (May 18-20). The 2023 season will see the return of a full round robin conference schedule, as Radford will play all nine Big South opponents for a total of 27 conference games.

Elsewhere on the slate, the Highlanders will have home non-conference matchups against Rider (Mar. 14-15) and ETSU (Mar. 28). In addition, Radford head coach Alex Guerra will reunite with his former team as the Highlanders play host to James Madison on Mar. 21. Guerra was an assistant with the Dukes for seven years. Radford will make the return trip to Harrisonburg on Apr. 12, renewing an in-state rivalry that has been played 51 times.

In total, the 2023 schedule features 56 games, 31 of which will be played at Carter Memorial Stadium. Other notable non-conference matchups include a three-game series at Western Carolina (Mar. 17-19) and a midweek contest at Charlotte (Apr. 4). Radford will not face any teams that they have not played before this season, though the meeting with Western Carolina will be the teams' first since 1992.

Following the conclusion of the regular season, Radford will look to compete in the 2023 Big South Baseball Championship from May 25-27. The host site is yet to be determined. Tickets for the 2023 Radford baseball home schedule will go on sale at a later date.

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