@MizzouBaseball Set For Season-Opening Series at North Florida

Mizzou Opens 2019 Season at North Florida
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	LISTEN	STATS
North Florida	Jacksonville, Fla.	Friday, Feb. 15	5:05 pm	N/A	Radio	Stats
North Florida	Jacksonville, Fla.	Saturday, Feb. 16	1:05 pm	N/A	Radio	Stats
North Florida	Jacksonville, Fla.	Sunday, Feb. 17	12:05 pm	N/A	Radio	Stats

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball and head coach Steve Bieser officially open their 2019 campaign this weekend (Feb. 15-17) in Jacksonville, Florida. The Tigers will meet North Florida for a three-game series, marking the first leg of a season-opening eight-game road trip in The Sunshine State.

Fans can tune-in to KTGR (105.1 FM, 100.5 FM, 1580 AM) all season long, as Tex Little and Matt Michaels return to the radio airwaves.

The Tigers and Ospreys open the weekend at Harmon Stadium Friday evening. First pitch is scheduled for 5:05 p.m. CT. The two clubs conclude their three-game series with a pair of afternoon tilts Saturday and Sunday. First pitch is slated for 1:05 p.m. CT and 12:05 p.m. CT, respectively.

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at North Florida (Feb. 15-17)

Quick Glimpse at Recent Season-Openers

This weekend will mark Mizzou's fourth consecutive year with a season-opening road trip to The Sunshine State.
In the aforementioned recent three-year stretch of season-opening road trips in Florida, the Tigers have enjoyed success with a strong 19-6 (.760) record.
Both in 2016 and 2017, Mizzou kicked off its campaign on a high note, tallying a 7-2 and 7-1 record over its first trip, respectively.
In their recent true season-opening matchups, the Tigers own a 6-4 record the past 10 years, 4-2 mark since joining the Southeastern Conference and 1-1 record under Coach Bieser.

Misner & Sikkema Lead Talented Returners

Mizzou will be well represented on both sides of the ball this season, led by junior OF/INF Kameron Misner in the field and junior LHP TJ Sikkema on the bump.
Misner was tabbed a Preseason Second-Team All-American by both Baseball America and Perfect Game / Rawlings, announced on Jan. 28 and Jan. 8, respectively. Additionally, earlier this month Misner was named to the 2019 Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list.
Following the honor, Mizzou has now been represented in PerfectGame's Preseason All-American list in each of the past four seasons. Misner joined Sikkema (2017) and former RHP Tanner Houck (2015-16) as players to be honored in recent years by the respective media outlet.
Despite missing the final 22 games of the 2018 campaign due to injury, Misner produced a breakout sophomore season at the plate. He paced the Tigers in average (.360), doubles (nine), triples (three), on-base percentage (.497), slugging percentage (.576) and stolen bases (13).
Over his two-year career thus far as a Tiger, which included 2017 Freshman All-America honors, Misner is a career .311 hitter with 75 runs scored, 21 doubles, four triples, 11 home runs, 59 RBI, 30 stolen bases and .908 OPS.
Sikkema, also a 2017 Freshman All-American, was Mizzou's primary Friday night starter in 2018. He tallied over a strikeout an inning (76 K in 70.0 IP) while finishing with a 3.34 ERA. Sikkema was dynamite down the stretch last year, allowing only three earned runs over his final three starts.

Mizzou Hauls In One of Nation's Best 2019 Freshmen Classes

The Tigers' current freshmen class was routinely recognized this offseason by national baseball media outlets, including a No. 17 recognition by Collegiate Baseball News, No. 20 ranking by D1Baseball and top 35 ranking by Baseball America.
Headlining the 10-man freshmen class of 2019 are INF/RHP Seth Halvorsen (North Plymouth, Minn.), INF/RHP Luke Mann (St. Louis, Mo.) and LHP Trae Robertson (Columbia, Mo.).
Halvorsen, a 30th round pick by the Minnesota Twins in the 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft, was named the Gatorade Minnesota Player of the Year. Rated as the No. 32 overall recruit in the country according to Prep Baseball Report, Halvorsen hit .405 with 10 doubles, 21 RBI and 29 stolen bases at the plate, while going 7-1 with an 0.94 ERA and 117 Ks on the bump.
Mann, the 2018 Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year and USA Today Second-Team All-American, hit .513 with 12 home runs and 61 RBI while going 10-0 with a 1.09 ERA and 102 Ks in 70.1 IP in his senior campaign.
Robertson, a 38th round pick by the Kansas City Royals in the 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft, was tabbed a top 40 LHP prospect in the country according to Perfect Game. He went 6-2 with a 1.38 ERA and 77 Ks in 45.1 IP in his 2017 junior campaign before dealing with injuries in his 2018 senior season.

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