The Skidmore College baseball team, led by head coach Ron Plourde, unveiled its schedule for the upcoming 2019 season on Jan. 8. The Thoroughbreds will compete in 39 regular season contests, including 15 at the home confines of Castle Diamond. As always, the Thoroughbreds will also begin the season with eight games at Fort Myers, Fla., competing in the Gene Cusic Classic.
 
This year's Gene Cusic Classic begins for the Thoroughbreds on March 10, when they take on Haverford College in a morning doubleheader beginning at 9. The next day, Skidmore will play a single game against Wisconsin Lutheran, also at 9 a.m. After a day off, Skidmore will play Lakeland University in an afternoon twin-bill, beginning at noon. After a single game against Rockford (9 a.m.) on March 15, the Thoroughbreds will wrap up play in Florida with a double-header against St. Joseph's (LI) on March 16 at 9 a.m.
 
 Returning to New York, the Thoroughbreds begin Liberty League action with a four-game series against RPI. Skidmore will make the short trip to Troy on March 23, before returning to Castle Diamond for the home opener on March 24. Both doubleheaders will begin at noon. Skidmore then hosts Castleton in a mid-week contest on March 27 at 4 p.m. The Thoroughbreds then head to Rochester for a four-game league series against the Yellowjackets on March 30-31.
 
April begins with a home matchup with Plattsburgh on April 4 (4 p.m.), and road games against City College of N.Y. (double-header) on April 7 (1 p.m.) and New Paltz on April 10 (4 p.m.). Returning to league play, Skidmore hosts Vassar for a doubleheader on April 13 at noon, then travels to Poughkeepsie to finish the four-game series on April 14, also at noon.
 
Skidmore will enjoy a season-long, five-game home stand after the Vassar series in mid-April. The Thoroughbreds host Williams on April 16 at 4 p.m., before league foe RIT comes to town for a four-game series. The series begins with a double-header on April 19, beginning at 1 p.m., and will conclude with another double-header on April 20, at noon. Skidmore then hits the road, making the trip up to the North Country to face St. Lawrence in a doubleheader on April 27. The teams will return to Castle Diamond to finish the series on April 28, beginning at noon. Skidmore finishes April with a trip to MCLA on April 30 at 6 p.m.
 
May begins with the season finale for the Thoroughbreds, taking on defending Liberty League Tournament champions Union on May 4 at noon at Castle Diamond. The teams will head to Amsterdam to end the regular season on May 5 at noon.
 
The Liberty League Tournament begins on May 9, as the 4-5 teams compete in a wild card game. The wildcard game winner, along with the top three seeds, will advance to the double-elimination round of the tournament. The tournament winner will receive the Liberty League's bid to the upcoming NCAA Division III Tournament.
 
Skidmore, five-time Upstate (UCAA)/Liberty League Champions, will look for its sixth league title in the upcoming 2019 season.