The Eastern New Mexico baseball program recently finalized their 2020 schedule.The Greyhounds will compete in weekend series against all 13 Lone Star Conference opponents following the league's expansion this summer. Head coachand company will have to hit the ground running for the 2020 season as they will jump directly into Lone Star Conference play with no non-conference games available for any LSC schools this season."With our full schedule consisting of all conference games there won't be a single series that won't challenge us this year." Coach Price said, "I'm really proud of this group for how they have bought in and responded to the culture that I am establishing here along with the increased expectations I've placed on them regarding their performance both on and off the field."The Greyhounds will take the field for the first time under coach Price and his new staff on Jan. 31 on the road against Angelo State for a three-game series over the course of Jan. 31-Feb. 2. All LSC schools will compete only against conference competition for the season with the top eight teams advancing into a two-week championship tournament at season's end.The first two weekend series for every team will be three-games, each game scheduled as a nine-inning game. Every series after the first two weekends will be a four-game series with the following inning format: a single nine inning game on Friday, two seven-inning games on Saturday, and a single nine inning game on Sunday.Eastern New Mexico will come home for the first time the following weekend after opening up the 2020 campaign against Angelo State with a three-game series on Feb. 7-9 against Texas A&M-International. Those single nine inning games are scheduled to begin on Friday at 4 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.The Hounds will then alternate home and away four-game series against UT Tyler, Tarleton State and UAFS before competing in back-to-back home stands against UT Permian Basin and Oklahoma Christian on Mar. 6-8 and Mar. 13-15. Eastern New Mexico finished with a conference record of 3-21 a season ago and will need to find a way to defend home field at a much more efficient pace if they hope to secure one of eight postseason spots available."I think our returning players will be salivating at a chance to host UT Permian Basin after getting swept by them last season." Coach Price said, "The opportunity to get revenge at home and then follow it up with a series against a quality opponent like Oklahoma Christian will make for two intense battles here in Portales."Coach Price will then lead the Greyhounds into a road series against Cameron the following week before returning home on Mar. 27-29 for a conference battle with a familiar foe in Lubbock Christian. The two programs have faced off 44 times since the program started at Eastern New Mexico in 1992, but this year's meeting will be the first meeting as conference competition."Every series will be important but it will be fun to host Lubbock Christian for the first time as conference opponents." Coach Price said, "We have both played each other a lot over the years and I'm hoping playing them as a nearby conference opponent will help ignite a new born rivalry between us."A current rival will be awaiting the Hounds the following weekend in Canyon, Texas as coach Price gets his first taste of the long-standing rivalry between West Texas A&M and Eastern New Mexico on Apr. 3-5. Eastern has lost the last 11 consecutive games against the Buffs dating back to 2017.The final push for postseason positioning will be favorable for Eastern New Mexico as they compete in two of the final three weekend series on their home field beginning on Apr. 9-11 against St. Edward's. A road trip to St. Mary's will set the stage for the final series of the year against Texas A&M-Kingsville on Apr. 24-26."With a brand new team and a brand new coaching staff we really just needed to see these young men compete, so we scrimmaged a lot throughout the fall to see what we were made of and learn what improvements or adjustments we needed to make." Coach Price said, "Defensively we have improved our fielding dramatically over the course of the fall and our pitching staff has made some great progress on the mound as well."