SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- Bryant baseball head coach Ryan Klosterman announced the 2027 schedule on Monday afternoon. The Bulldogs are scheduled to open the season on February 19 with a three-game series at Davidson.

Bryant's 53-game slate also includes early season trips to SEC member Vanderbilt, Liberty and first-time opponent Ohio University. The Black and Gold are coming off a 27-25 finish to the 2026 season. 

SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS

• Bryant opens its season with Davidson for the third-straight season and will be playing the Wildcats for the fifth time in the last six years. 
• The Bulldogs will make the trip to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt March 12-14. It will mark a homecoming for head coach Ryan Klosterman, a 2004 graduate from Vanderbilt.
• Bryant will also make non-conference weekend trips to Liberty, Ohio and Yale.
• Bryant is scheduled to open its 19-game home slate on February 23 against Merrimack. It would be the earliest home opener in program history. 
• The Black and Gold will host America East series vs Maine, UMass Lowell, UMBC and Binghamton.

The Black and Gold kickoff the season in North Carolina once again and will look to win an opening-weekend series for the second-straight year. Bryant one the opener and rubber match against Davidson last season. It marked just the fourth time in DI program history that Bryant had won an opening series (against just one team). The Bulldogs are scheduled to host Merrimack on February 23 before making their way to Virginia to take on Liberty (Feb. 26-28). It will be the fourth time the teams have met in a weekend series. 

A midweek trip to Northeastern (March 2) is followed by a road trip to Athens, Ohio, to take on Ohio University. Bryant returns home to host Stonehill (March 9) before traveling to Nashville to take on the Vandy Boys. Coach Klosterman played shortstop for the Commodores in 2003 and 2004, earning All-SEC First Team honors, before being drafted in the fifth round by the Toronto Blue Jays.

Bryant will host Holy Cross (March 16) before a three-game weekend with in-state foe Brown is split between the two schools. The Bulldogs will host the Bears in a doubleheader on March 20 and travel to Providence on March 21. After a midweek road game at Merrimack (March 23), Bryant opens America East play by hosting Maine at Conaty Park (March 26-28). 

The Black and Gold will host URI (March 30) to close out the month and then open April with a series at UMBC (April 2-4) and a midweek at Fairfield (April 7). Bryant will host UMass Lowell (April 9-11) before a five-game road trip takes them to UConn (April 13), UAlbany (April 16-18) and URI (April 20). 

Bryant will then host UMBC (April 23-25) and Merrimack (April 27) before playing 10 of its final 13 games on the road. It begins with a three-game series at NJIT (April 30-May 2) and is followed by a midweek at Holy Cross (May 5) and a doubleheader at Yale (May 8) and a midweek at Stonehill (May 11). Bryant will host two-time defending champion Binghamton (May 14-16) in its final home series of the season before finishing the regular season at Maine (May 20-22).

The 2027 America East Baseball Championships will be hosted by NJIT at Yogi Berra Stadium in Little Falls, N.J., from May 26-30.