MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Trips across the country along with 22 home contests highlight this year's Milwaukee baseball schedule, which is scheduled to get underway on February 18.
 
"We feel like we have put together a very challenging 2022 schedule," head coach Scott Doffek commented. "Our league has become extremely competitive week in and week out and putting our guys in a position to be challenged and grow is essential. Being able to bring a couple of Big Ten teams to our home field for the first time is also exciting. I know our guys are really looking forward to the challenge this schedule will present."
 
The Panthers will open the year with 21 games on the road, beginning with a three-game series at Alabama A&M on February 18-20.
 
Similar to its 2019 schedule, MKE will then head to University of Arizona for four games (February 24-27) followed by BYU for three contests to open March.
 
A four-game trip to Dayton, Ohio to face the Flyers gets underway on March 11 before Milwaukee faces its first of three Big Ten opponents in Penn State from on March 18-20.
 
The Panthers will play a single game against Valparaiso on March 23 before wrapping up the opening road trip with their first Horizon League series, a three-game set at UIC on March 25-27.
 
Milwaukee finally gets to Franklin Field on March 30, beginning a nine-game homestand against Concordia Wisconsin.
 
Series with Northern Kentucky and Purdue Fort Wayne sandwich a single game against Valparaiso before the Panthers host Iowa on Tuesday, April 12.
 
After a weekend at Youngstown State, the Panthers get back to Franklin Field to host Illinois State (April 19), UIC (April 22), and Youngstown State (April 24).
 
On April 26, MKE heads to Illinois for a game against Northwestern, its third Big Ten opponent of the 2022 schedule.
 
Single games against MSOE and St. Thomas surround road series at Oakland and Northern Kentucky before the Panthers return home to host the Golden Grizzlies for a doubleheader and Northwestern in a return trip.
 
Following a road doubleheader at Purdue Fort Wayne, the Panthers close the regular season with five straight games against Wright State including a doubleheader on the road and three-game series at home.
 
The Horizon League Tournament is scheduled for May 25-28.
 
Live coverage links and any additional information on the season can be found on MKEPanthers.com. Ticket information will be released soon.
 
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