BUIES CREEK – Campbell baseball opens its 2026 campaign hosting Cal Poly for a three-game set on Opening Weekend at Jim Perry Stadium.
SERIES INFORMATION
Campbell vs. Cal Poly Probable Starters
Friday, Feb. 13 | 5:00 PM | Varsity Network (audio only)
Campbell |
Lleyton Grubich, Jr., LHP
Cal Poly | Griffin Naess, Jr., RHP
Saturday, Feb. 14 | 3:00 PM | FloCollege
Campbell |
Connor Hensley, Sr., RHP
Cal Poly | Josh Volmerding, Jr., LHP
Sunday, Feb 15 | 1:00 PM | FloCollege
Campbell |
Cooper Clark, R-So., RHP
Cal Poly | Laif Palmer, Jr., RHP
SERIES HISTORY
- Campbell and Cal Poly meet for the first time in program history to open the 2026 season.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
- Cal Poly finished with a 43-19 record in 2025 and an appearance in the NCAA Eugene Regional Final.
- The Mustangs won the inaugural Big West Tournament Championship last season and were picked to finish second in the Big West Preseason Coaches' Poll
- Third baseman Alejandro Garza and starting pitcher Griffin Naess were named to the preseason all-conference team.
- Garza earned first team All-Big West last season after leading the conference in hits. He batted .351 with 16 doubles, six home runs, and 54 RBIs. He was named D1 Baseball's Big West Preseason Player of the Year.
- Naess earned All-Big West honors after finishing last season with a 7-3 record and a 3.41 ERA with 62 strikeouts over 95 innings in 16 starts. He held opponents to a .242 average.
A WIN WOULD (in game one)...
- be the first of the 2026 campaign
- be the 10th Opening Day win since the 2012 season
- be the 26th win under head coach Chris Marx
- be the 1,040th win in program history
PRESEASON NODS
- Four Camels earned CAA preseason honors, and the Camels were picked to finish third in the south division.
- Infielder Joey Morton, utility Jett Music, and outfielder Joe Simpson earned a spot on the preseason team and left-handed pitcher Lleyton Grubich was named honorable mention.
CAROLINA ON MY MIND
- Of the 55 games on the schedule, Campbell will stay in the state of North Carolina for 42 of those games.
- The Camels will compete against 11 of the 17 Division I opponents from North Carolina.
YEAR TWO AT THE HELM
- Chris Marx enters his second season at the helm of Campbell baseball.
- Marx led the Camels with ninth toughest non-conference strength of schedule last season.
- He led the squad to a 25-31 overall record and 15-12 conference record along with the Camels first appearance in the CAA tournament.
CAMEL STRONG
- Campbell comes into the season with one of the toughest non-conference strengths of schedule in the country.
- The schedule features seven opponents that went to postseason play last year including College World Series Runner-up Coastal Carolina and Super Regional hosts Duke and North Carolina.
- The Camels will face 12 opponents that finished last season in the top-100 in RPI.
- Campbell will square off against five conference or conference tournament champions from a season ago including Cal Poly, East Carolina Wright State, Coastal Carolina, and North Carolina.
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