Baseball announces 2022 schedule

The Defiance College baseball program has announced its schedule for the 2022 season. The Yellow Jackets will play a full schedule this spring and will travel down to Florida for the first team since the shortened 2020 season.

Defiance will open the season with a three-game series at Sewanee on February 26-27. Then the Yellow Jackets will travel to Florida for a week of games spanning from March 11-17. The opponents for the Florida trip have yet to be determined. On the way back from Florida the Yellow Jackets will make a pit stop in Berea, Ohio for a two-day tournament hosted by Baldwin Wallace. Defiance will face Hiram and Pitt-Bradford on March 19 and then play Baldwin Wallace on the 20th. Defiance will finish the month of March will an away doubleheader at Wittenberg on the 26th.

The Yellow Jackets will make their home debut on April 2 when they host Transylvania in their first HCAC doubleheader in the season. The following week will consist of a doubleheader at Earlham on April 5, a home game against Heidelberg the next day, and a home doubleheader verse Franklin on April 9.

April will also feature non-conference games against Ohio Wesleyan on April 13, Adrian on April 20, and Olivet on April 27 with the OWU and Adrian games on the road and the Olivet contest at home. Other April contests include HCAC doubleheaders at Mount St. Joseph (April 15) and Bluffton (April 26) and home matchups against Manchester (April 19), Anderson (April 23), and Hanover (April 30).

The Purple and Gold will host Ohio Northern on May 4 in their home finale and conclude the regular season on May 7 with a road doubleheader at Rose-Hulman.

The Yellow Jackets are led by Derek Woodley, who is in his 14th season as the Defiance head coach.