EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- After a historic season in 2024 the University of Evansville baseball team will look to make history again with a challenging and competitive 2025 season schedule.

"I look forward to the 2025 season," says Head Coach Wes Carroll. "Coming off our historic run, we have put together another challenging schedule.  The non-conference schedule is going to be a great opportunity for our club to get prepared for Valley play.  It's going to be another special year for Aces Baseball.  Get Up Ace Country!"

The Purple Aces 2025 schedule features a bevy of strong competition including six teams that made the NCAA Tournament in 2024. UE will also visit one team that made it all the way to Omaha during the 2024 season. Evansville will play four different Power Four teams with Indiana coming to German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in April.  

The Aces will host 18 home games through the 2025 season starting on February 21^st. Season tickets for the 2025 UE baseball season will go on sale beginning on Monday, January 6.  Fans can call the UE ticket office by phone at 812-488-2237 to order their tickets, or click on the Ticket link on GoPurpleAces.com to learn more or order on-line.

Evansville will open the season with a four-game road stretch beginning at Arkansas-Little Rock for a three-game series starting on Valentines Day. It will be the Aces fourth program trip to Little Rock and the first since 2019. UE wraps up its first road swing of the season in Nashville at Lipscomb for a midweek game on February 18^th.

The home opener at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium is set for Friday, February 21^st against crosstown rival Southern Indiana. Over the weekend Evansville will host USI twice on February 21^st and 23^rd while playing a game at USI Baseball Field on February 22^nd. The two Evansville teams will then meet again later in the season on Tuesday, May 6^th at Southern Indiana.

The Aces then hit the road for a full month of the season, starting with a midweek matchup at Kentucky on Tuesday, February 25^th who ended its 2024 season in Omaha. UE continues its road trip with two more Power Four opponents. Evansville will play a four-game series at Missouri from February 28^th to March 2^nd with a doubleheader on the Saturday. The Aces then wrap up their stretch of Power Four visits at Vanderbilt on Tuesday, March 4^th.   

UE's long road stretch continues with a return to Arkansas for a series at Central Arkansas from March 7^th to March 9^th. Evansville then has back-to-back single midweek games with a stop at Southeast Missouri on Tuesday, March 11^th and a stop at SIUE on Wednesday, March 12^th. The Aces final non-conference series on the road will be at Samford from March 14^th until March 16^th. UE then plays its first game against Indiana in Bloomington on Tuesday March 18^th before beginning Missouri Valley Conference play.

Evansville starts MVC action at Murray State from March 21^st to March 23^rd. The Aces then return home to German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium after a full month away on Tuesday March 25^th for the first game of a home and home series versus Western Kentucky. UE's first home series in Valley play will be against Valparaiso from March 28^th to the 30^th with the MVC Championship and NCAA Tournament banner unveiling on Friday the 28^th.

SEMO visits Evansville for the other half of the home and home series on Tuesday, April 1^st. Then the Aces take a trip to Chicago for a series with UIC from April 4^th to April 6^th. UE returns home to host Butler on Tuesday April 8^th before hitting the road again for a series at Illinois State starting Friday April 11^th through Sunday April 13^th. Evansville's next home series will be a rematch of the 2024 MVC Championship game as 2024 regular season champs Indiana State are in town from April 17^th to April 19^th.

The Aces head back out for a week on the road starting in Bowling Green at Western Kentucky on Tuesday, April 22^nd. UE continues on to Springfield for the final conference series with Missouri State before the Bears head to Conference USA from April 25^th to April 27^th. Evansville then welcomes Indiana to the River City for a game on Tuesday, April 29^th before hosting Belmont for a Valley series from May 2^nd through May 4^th.

The final non-conference game of 2025 for the Aces will be across town at USI Baseball Field on Tuesday, May 6^th. UE's last road series of the season will be at Southern Illinois from May 9^th to May 11^th. Evansville closes out the 2025 regular season at home with a three-game series against Bradley starting on May 15^th and ending on May 17^th.

Postseason play for the Aces will take place in Normal, Ill. for the MVC Baseball Championship. The Championship double-elimination tournament will run from May 20^th to May 24^th at Duffy Bass Field hosted by the Illinois State Redbirds.