DURHAM, N.C. – The North Carolina Central University baseball program has announced its 2016 schedule with 54 games that will begin on Feb. 19 at the Durham Athletic Park.

The Eagles will play a total of 31 games at home at the DAP, starting with a season-opening three-game series against Morehead State on February, 19 at 4:00 p.m.  NCCU travels to High Point for one game before returning to host Niagara and Appalachian State from Feb. 26 to March 1.

NCCU plays its first game against a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opponent at Norfolk State on March 2, and then will host the Spartans on March 9 after a home series with New Jersey Institute of Technology and a trip to Charleston Southern.

The Eagles begin the divisional campaign at War Memorial Stadium against North Carolina A&T State with a three-game set on March 12 beginning with a doubleheader at 1 p.m.  NCCU then hosts Bethune-Cookman and Savannah State on back-to-back weekends on March 19-20 and March 25-26, respectively.

N.C. A&T State comes to the Durham Athletic Park for three games on April 16 and 17, starting with a doubleheader at 1 p.m.  NCCU also sees reigning MEAC Champion Florida A&M in Tallahassee April 2-3 and host the Rattlers on May 7-8.

The non-conference schedule is highlighted with home-and-home matchups with Appalachian State, Campbell, Charleston Southern, Duke, High Point, Longwood, and Presbyterian.