TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- We are less than one month away from the 2025 Rose-Hulman baseball season which means it is time to break down the schedule. The full schedule can be seen HERE.

The Fightin' Engineers will open the season on Saturday, February 22, as they travel to the North side of the Indianapolis for a doubleheader with the Ohio Northern Polar Bears at the Grand Park complex in Westfield.

After the games in Atlanta, Rose-Hulman open its spring trip with six games in Kentucky and one game in Illinois. The Fightin' Engineers will travel to Danville for a three-game series with the Centre Colonels. Then, following a mid-week contest at Greenville, Rose-Hulman will travel back to Kentucky for the Derby City Classic in Louisville with two games against Spalding and one game against #5 Denison.

Rose-Hulman will open their 2025 home slate on March 15 and 16 as they host the Elmhurst Blue Jays for a three-game series. The Fightin' Engineers will host two more non-conference during the season with Greenville coming to town on April 2 and DePauw visiting Terre Haute on April 9.

Rose-Hulman will also hit the road for three more non-conference games including Wabash (March 30), Webster (April 16), and DePauw (April 23).

Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play kicks off on Saturday, March 22 as Rose-Hulman travels to Richmond to take on Earlham in a doubleheader at 1 PM and 4 PM. Other HCAC away games for the Fightin' Engineers include Manchester (2 games - March 29), Bluffton (2 games - April 12), Mount St. Joseph (3 games - April 18-19), and Anderson (3 games - April 26-27).

Rose-Hulman opens their home slate of HCAC contests on Sunday, March 23 as they host the Berea Mountaineers for a doubleheader at 2 PM and 5 PM. Other HCAC home games for the Fightin' Engineers include Hanover (3 games - April 4-5), Franklin (2 games - April 13), and Transylvania (3 games - May 2-3).

The top six teams in the HCAC will qualify for the HCAC Tournament from May 8-11 at Kokomo Municipal Stadium in Kokomo, Indiana.

The Fightin' Engineers will play five teams this season that qualified for the 2024 NCAA Division III Tournament. Hanover and Spalding both bowed out the Regionals with a 1-2 overall record in the postseason. Hanover fell to #2 Denison in the opening round game, but bounced back with a 4-3 win over Millikin before bowing out with a loss to #23 Rowan. Spalding won their opening game over Beloit, but they lost back-to-back games to Birmingham-Southern and Transylvania to bow out.

Transylvania and Centre both reached the Regional finals, but came up just one game short of advancing. Centre dropped their first round game to Cal Lutheran, but they bounced back with wins over Crown and Cal Lutheran before falling to #5 Wisconsin-Whitewater in the Regional finals. Transylvania also dropped their opening round game to Birmingham-Southern, but they responded with two straight wins over Beloit and Spalding before falling to Birmingham-Southern in the finals.

#2 Denison won the Regional Championship with three straight wins over Hanover and #23 Rowan (twice), outscoring their opponents 54-8 in those three games. In the Super Regionals, the Big Red's run came to an end with 10-1 and 7-6 losses to Birmingham-Southern.
 

Team	2024 Record	2024 Conference Finish	RHIT Overall Record	Last RHIT Win	Last RHIT Loss
Rose-Hulman	25-19	3rd	---	---	---
Anderson	25-19	5th	43-36	W, 5-3 in 2024	L, 9-4 in 2024
Berea	6-30	7th in CCS	1st Ever Meeting	---	---
Bluffton	13-27	8th	46-9	W, 14-11 in 2024	L, 6-5 in 2023
(RV) Centre *	36-13	1st in SAA	28-4	W, 13-3 in 2006	L, 7-6 in 2006
#5 Denison *	42-8	1st in NCAC	1st Ever Meeting	---	---
DePauw	23-17	3rd in NCAC	55-38	W, 16-8 in 2024	L, 16-6 in 2023
Earlham	15-22	9th	26-19	W, 11-1 in 2024	L, 7-3 in 2023
Elmhurst	10-29	9th in CCIW	1st Ever Meeting	---	---
Franklin	20-22	6th	45-29	W, 7-4 in 2024	L, 4-3 in 2023
Greenville	18-25	5th in SLIAC	12-11	W, 13-5 in 2024	L, 11-8 in 2024
Hanover *	31-17	1st	52-20	W, 8-4 in 2024	L, 6-1 in 2024
Manchester	16-24	6th	44-40	W, 15-9 in 2024	L, 7-3 in 2024
Mount St. Joseph	21-21	3rd	32-18	W, 12-6 in 2024	L, 7-3 in 2024
Ohio Northern	24-17	4th in OAC	13-9	W, 7-0 in 2016	L, 1-0 in 2016
(RV) Spalding *	31-14	1st in SLIAC	1-0	W, 14-4 in 2016	---
(RV) Transylvania *	34-14	2nd	32-20	W, 10-6 in 2023	L, 16-6 in 2024
Wabash	22-18	4th in NCAC	41-18	W, 6-0 in 2023	L, 8-2 in 2024
(RV) Webster	24-19	3rd in SLIAC	2-4	W, 4-1 in 2018	L, 17-7 in 2024

* indicates that the team made the 2024 NCAA DIII Tournament