YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. | Mountain Lions baseball head coach Stephen Waggener has released the 2025 regular season schedule. 

Coach Waggener says of the 2025 season, "In addition to competing in the toughest Division II conference in the country, we will have to navigate through a tough non-conference slate as well. In total our schedule includes 21 games against programs that are traditional NCAA regional teams. Including 9 games against programs that have won National Championships. Conference Carolinas had 4 NCAA Regional participant teams in 2024. Our season opener will be a non-conference matchup with Auburn-Montgomery who was a 2024 NCAA Regional Participant and finished 2nd in the Gulf South Conference." Continuing, "We also play Lee University two times this season, and they won the 2024 Gulf South Conference. The following week we will host a 3-game series against Columbus State who is a perennial regional contender and a former national champion. We will also have early season midweek contests against traditional NCAA regional teams Lee University and the University of North Georgia." Closing with, "We look forward to the strength of both our conference and non-conference schedule. The toughness of this schedule will be great preparation for the postseason." 

INSIDE THE SCHEDULE:

The Mountain Lions open their season on Saturday (Feb. 1) with Auburn University Montgomery on the road. Young Harris plays their home opener against Columbus State University, taking course over a three day stretch from February 7-9. Subsequently, YHC plays a one-off game at home on Wednesday (Feb. 12) against Lee University. The Mountain Lions pick up Conference Carolinas action on February 15th and 16th with Chowan University in a three-game series.  

On February 18th, the Mountain Lions battle the Nighthawks of UNG in a single game at Zell B. Miller Field in Young Harris. Afterwards, Young Harris sets off for Due West, SC to take on Erskine College on a two-day trip on February 21-22. The Mountain Lions play four straight home games from February 26th through March 2nd; starting with a single game against Carson Newman University and following with a conference three-game bout with Francis Marion University. 

On March 4th, YH takes on Mars Hill University on the road for a single-game series, before returning to the friendly confines of Zell B. Miller Field in Young Harris for a three-game series against Conference Carolinas opponent UNC Pembroke. The Mountain Lions play Mars Hill again on March 11th at home. Following, the Mountain Lions go on a two-weekday game road trip against non-conference opponents UNG (Mar. 12) and Lee University (Mar. 18).  

Young Harris once more returns home for a four-game stretch, with SWU for one game (Mar. 19) and a three-game series against North Greenville University (Mar. 21-22). YH hits the road again to play the Warriors from Central, S.C. for the second time in seven days (Mar. 26). The Mountain Lions baseball team goes to bat against UMO for a three-game series on Saturday (Mar. 29) and Sunday (Mar. 30). Education Day falls on April Fools this year, when YHC plays Tusculum University at Zell B. Miller field in front of hundreds of small Mountain Lion fans.  

The purple and white hit the road once more for five straight away games, with the first three coming on Saturday (April 5) and Sunday (April 6) at King University; that series is followed by a weekday double-header against Union University in Jackson, TN. Young Harris returns home from April 11th-16th for a three game battle with Conference Carolinas foe Belmont Abbey College and a weekday game versus the University of Alabama Huntsville (April 16).  

The Mountain Lions gauntlet of regular season games comes to a close following six straight games on the road against Conference Carolinas opponents. The first three take place in Rome, Georgia on Friday (Apr. 18) and Saturday (Apr. 19). The final three games of the season will be played in Franklin Springs, Georgia at Tommy Carey Field, where the Emmanuel University Lions will be ready to go up against the Mountain Lions of Young Harris College.