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The roster and schedule for 2010 are now available on the official UBC Athletics site. The schedule contains three new opponents. Whittier College is part of the annual California trip. They are in NCAA Division III, and compete in the same conference as Redlands, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, and Occidental. The Thunderbirds will travel to Seattle on April 6, not to play UDub, but Seattle University, which recently moved from Division II to Division I, and re-instated their baseball team at the same time. The only other D-I team on the schedule is Washington State; the Birds will try to get in a game there at the end of their trip to Lewis-Clark State in March. The home opponent from the South division of NAIA West will be Oregon Tech. The South division away series will be at Simpson (in Redding, CA), at the end of the California trip. Simpson was on the schedule last year, but the game was cancelled due to bad weather. All regular season home games will be at Thunderbird park.
The NAIA West tournament will not be rotating between the North and South division pennant-winners, as previously planned; the tournament host will be the highest-rated team instead. Also, the special arrangement that put Cal State San Marcos in the NAIA West tournament is no longer in place.
Noteworthy disappearances from the roster are Scott Webster and Jordan Padrinao (although Padrinao has never actually been on the roster). Ashton Florko isn't there, either, but he may be re-instated before the season starts. The roster also reveals that Connor Janes is now a full-fledged assistant coach.
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