Baseball | 11/25/2025 2:05:00 PM

Utah Tech head baseball coach Chris Pfatenhauer unveiled the Trailblazers' 2026 schedule on Wednesday. The Blazers' 2026 slate of games features 56 total games, 27 of which will be played at Bruce Hurst Field. The schedule also highlights match-ups against two 2025 NCAA Regional teams, and five games against Power-4 conference schools.

"This year's schedule will be a tremendous test for our team," Coach Pfatenhauer said. "With a couple of early season extended road trips, we will be tested right away. 
 
"This is a mature group that should respond well to the challenge and should be more than prepared when WAC play comes around in April," Pfatenhauer continued. "We are also thrilled to bring some new baseball power programs into Bruce Hurst Field this spring; Austin Peay and Fresno State to name a couple."

In addition, the upcoming 2026 season is not only Utah Tech's sixth Division I campaign overall, it will also mark the final season that the Trailblazers will be playing under the Western Athletic Conference banner. The Trailblazer program is set to join the Mountain West Conference ahead of the 2027 season. 
 
Utah Tech kicks off the 2026 campaign with an eight-game California road swing, which starts with a four-game wrap-around series at UC Riverside on Feb. 13-16. The Trailblazers will then play a single game at CSU Bakersfield (Feb. 17), before heading north to Stockton for a three-game set at Pacific (Feb. 19-21).
 
The Blazers opens their 27-game home slate one week later with consecutive four-game weekend series vs. both Northern Colorado (Feb. 27-March 1) and Austin Peay (March 5-7).

Utah Tech will then play 10 of its next 13 games on the road, starting with the first of two midweek dates at in-state rival BYU (March 10), followed by a three-game set at Santa Clara (March 13-15).
 
The Trailblazers return from that trip to host BYU on St. Patrick's Day (Marc 17), before welcoming 2025 NCAA Regional participant Fresno State to Bruce Hurst Field for a brief two-game series (March 19-20).
 
Utah Tech heads back on the road for two games at UNLV (March 21-22), which will be followed by a trip to the Midwest for a three-game series at Southern Illinois (March 27-29), and a midweek date at Saint Louis (March 30).
 
The Trailblazers begin the month of April with a season-long, nine-game homestand, starting with their WAC opening series vs. Sacramento State (April 2-4). 
 
Utah Tech then hosts in-state rival Utah to Bruce Hurst Field for a midweek game (April 7), before welcoming former Pacific West Conference rival Azusa Pacific back to St. George for a three-game series (April 10-12).
 
The Blazers will close out the homestand with two more non-conference games on back-to-back nights, starting with the first of two home games vs. UNLV (April 14), and a match-up against Washington State (April 15) one night later.
 
Utah Tech returns to WAC play later that week with a three-game "Old Hammer Rivalry" road series at Utah Valley (April 17-19), followed by the team's second game at BYU (April 20) one night later.
 
After the Trailblazers venture back to Riverside for a three-game WAC set at California Baptist (April 24-26), Utah Tech will seven of its final 11 games at home, beginning with its final non-conference home date against UNLV (April 28).
 
Utah Tech continues the homestand later that week with a three-game conference series vs. Tarleton State (May 1-3). The Trailblazers then wrap up their 2025 road slate with a three-game WAC series at UT Arlington (May 8-10), followed by the road finale at Utah (May 12).

The Blazer will put a bow on the 2026 regular season with their final WAC conference series against Abilene Christian (May 14-16). 
 
The 2026 WAC Baseball Championship Tournament will be held May 20-23 at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Ariz.  
 
Season and single ticket information for the 2026 Trailblazer baseball season will be announced in the coming weeks.