After a rigorous fall practice schedule that included exhibition games against Team USA 18U and Team Europe, the Pitt Community College baseball team should be well-prepared for its 2010 slate, which was released earlier this month.

Coming off a season in which they finished 36-8 overall and ranked 17th in the final NJCAA Division I poll, Coach Tommy Eason's Bulldogs are scheduled to begin the 2010 campaign on the road with a doubleheader against Southeastern Community College on Feb. 13. The two teams play again the next day at Minges-Overton Baseball Complex in what will be PCC's 2010 home opener.

Pitt is scheduled to play a total of 31 home games in 2010, including key conference games against Louisburg College and USC-Sumter, which finished 2009 ranked 12th in the final Perfect Game Crosschecker poll.

PCC has 11 players returning from a year ago. Five Bulldogs from last year's squad moved on to four-year schools to continue their playing careers.

PCC Basketball has defended its home turf in two straight to improve to 4-3 on the season with victories this month over Tidewater Community College and Central Carolina Community College.

The Bulldogs avenged an earlier loss to the Storm Dec. 2 with a 70-60 victory over TCC in their home opener. Three days later, PCC topped Central Carolina in the Charles Coburn Center to go above the .500 mark for the first time in a month.

Next up for Pitt is a rematch at home against Davidson County Community College Dec. 9. The Bulldogs opened the season with a 76-72 win over Davidson on Nov. 7.