FSL1 Lakeland Flying Tigers

Joker Marchant Stadium to Host University of Florida vs. Eastern Michigan University

Published on January 14, 2016 under Florida State League (FSL1)
Lakeland Flying Tigers News Release


Lakeland, FL - The University of Florida will play a regular season game against Eastern Michigan University presented by Rodda Construction at Joker Marchant Stadium on Wednesday, February 24. First pitch is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and gates to Marchant Stadium will open at 6:00 p.m.

Tickets will go on sale Friday, January 29th at 10:00 a.m. at the Joker Marchant Stadium box office. There will be a special presale for Detroit Tigers Spring Training season ticket holders beginning on Wednesday, January 27 and concluding Thursday, January 28 at 5:00 p.m. The box office is located at 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd. Tickets may be purchased through the Tigers website, www.tigers.com or via telephone by calling toll free 1-866-66-TIGER (84437).

Tickets will be priced at the following levels: $25 field box, $20 infield box, $15 baseline box, $10 reserved, left field reserved and bleachers and $5 for the berm.

The University of Florida was ranked No. 1 in D1Baseball's NCAA Division I Preseason Poll released on Tuesday. Head coach Kevin O'Sullivan's club had previously been tabbed No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball. The Gators are coming off one of the best seasons in school history. Florida went 52-18 last season, reached the College World Series for the fourth time in the past six years and ranked third in the final polls after becoming the only program in the country to earn a top-eight national seed for NCAA play for the sixth time in seven years. The Gators claimed the Southeastern Conference Tournament and swept through the Gainesville Regionals and Super Regionals held at McKethan Stadium in Gainesville. The incoming class has been ranked No. 1 by Collegiate Baseball, the program's seventh consecutive time in the top eight classes in the country.

The Eagles of Eastern Michigan finished 2015 with a 20-35 record and will open the season with the first eleven games of the season in the south. Head coach Mark Van Ameyde begins his second season as the head coach for the Eagles. Assistant coach Eric Roof is a former Detroit Tiger minor league player who played for the Lakeland Flying Tigers in 2011.

For additional ticket information, special group pricing and hospitality areas, call the Lakeland ticket office at (863) 686-8075.

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