BSB | 2026 Schedule Announced, Season Opener at Home Against Creighton on February 13th
12/11/2025 10:05:00 AM | Baseball
MORAGA, Calif. - The 2025 WCC Champs announced their full 2026 spring schedule on Thursday, December 11th, featuring 55 total contests, 28 non-conference and 27 conference games. Saint Mary's will kick off their 2026 campaign on Friday, February 13th with a three-game home series against Big East member Creighton. The Bluejays will visit Moraga for the first time in their series history after hosting the Gaels in Omaha last season where they took the series two games to one.
Head coach Eric Valenzuela will lead the Gaels in his ninth overall season and his third in his second stint since returning to Saint Mary's in 2024 and will look to follow a historic 2025 season, after winning the program's second WCC title and knocking off the 8th ranked Beavers in the NCAA Regional.
"Once again, our goal is to challenge our guys in the non-conference schedule with road trips and quality opponents to prepare us for an intense and difficult postseason", said Valenzuela. "We're excited about a lot of our return games and with the addition of Seattle U, the conference is only going to get tougher but we're more than ready for the challenge and can't wait to get started" (Valenzuela).
Notable non-conference series for the Gaels include their season opener with the Creighton Bluejays, a SoCal road trip to take on San Diego State and a round-robin with Grand Canyon and Rice in Scottsdale, Arizona. Additional single contests scattered throughout the schedule include UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis and ACC members Cal and Stanford. May 12th's matchup with the Cardinal will be their first since 2013.
West Coast Conference play will start on Friday, March 20th in a three-game home series against Pepperdine. Home conference series include the Waves, Pacific, Gonzaga, Seattle U and San Francisco for senior weekend as the Gaels will hit the road for Portland, Santa Clara, San Diego and LMU.
The full 2026 non-conference schedule can be found below:
February 13-15 | vs. Creighton
February 20-22 | vs. CSUN
February 24th | at Bakersfield
February 26-27 | vs. San Jose State
February 28-March 1st | at San Jose State
March 3rd | vs. UC Davis
March 6-8 | at San Diego State
March 10th | at UC Santa Barbara
March 13-15 | at Grand Canyon and Rice (four games)
March 20-22 | vs. Pepperdine
March 24th | vs. UC Santa Barbara
March 27-29 | at Portland
March 31st | at Cal
April 2-4 | vs. Pacific
April 6th | at UC Davis
April 8th | vs. Bakersfield
April 10-12 | at Santa Clara
April 13th | vs. Nevada
April 17-19 | vs. Gonzaga
April 21st | at Nevada
April 24-26 | at San Diego
April 28th | vs. Cal
May 1-3 | vs. Seattle U
May 8-10 | at LMU
May 12th | at Stanford
May 14-16 | vs. San Francisco
May 20-23 | WCC Tournament
*Home | Away
Full game times, live stat links, stream links, tickets and more can be found at smcgaels.com. Season ticket packages are currently on sale and can be purchased online HERE or at smcgaels.com/tickets.
As a reminder, all home and conference games will be streamed live on ESPN+. Be sure to follow your Gaels on Facebook, Instagram, and X to get all the latest Saint Mary's athletics updates and information.
#GaelsRise
Head coach Eric Valenzuela will lead the Gaels in his ninth overall season and his third in his second stint since returning to Saint Mary's in 2024 and will look to follow a historic 2025 season, after winning the program's second WCC title and knocking off the 8th ranked Beavers in the NCAA Regional.
"Once again, our goal is to challenge our guys in the non-conference schedule with road trips and quality opponents to prepare us for an intense and difficult postseason", said Valenzuela. "We're excited about a lot of our return games and with the addition of Seattle U, the conference is only going to get tougher but we're more than ready for the challenge and can't wait to get started" (Valenzuela).
Notable non-conference series for the Gaels include their season opener with the Creighton Bluejays, a SoCal road trip to take on San Diego State and a round-robin with Grand Canyon and Rice in Scottsdale, Arizona. Additional single contests scattered throughout the schedule include UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis and ACC members Cal and Stanford. May 12th's matchup with the Cardinal will be their first since 2013.
West Coast Conference play will start on Friday, March 20th in a three-game home series against Pepperdine. Home conference series include the Waves, Pacific, Gonzaga, Seattle U and San Francisco for senior weekend as the Gaels will hit the road for Portland, Santa Clara, San Diego and LMU.
The full 2026 non-conference schedule can be found below:
February 13-15 | vs. Creighton
February 20-22 | vs. CSUN
February 24th | at Bakersfield
February 26-27 | vs. San Jose State
February 28-March 1st | at San Jose State
March 3rd | vs. UC Davis
March 6-8 | at San Diego State
March 10th | at UC Santa Barbara
March 13-15 | at Grand Canyon and Rice (four games)
March 20-22 | vs. Pepperdine
March 24th | vs. UC Santa Barbara
March 27-29 | at Portland
March 31st | at Cal
April 2-4 | vs. Pacific
April 6th | at UC Davis
April 8th | vs. Bakersfield
April 10-12 | at Santa Clara
April 13th | vs. Nevada
April 17-19 | vs. Gonzaga
April 21st | at Nevada
April 24-26 | at San Diego
April 28th | vs. Cal
May 1-3 | vs. Seattle U
May 8-10 | at LMU
May 12th | at Stanford
May 14-16 | vs. San Francisco
May 20-23 | WCC Tournament
*Home | Away
Full game times, live stat links, stream links, tickets and more can be found at smcgaels.com. Season ticket packages are currently on sale and can be purchased online HERE or at smcgaels.com/tickets.
As a reminder, all home and conference games will be streamed live on ESPN+. Be sure to follow your Gaels on Facebook, Instagram, and X to get all the latest Saint Mary's athletics updates and information.
#GaelsRise
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