STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Wagner has finalized its 2026 schedule, head coach Craig Noto announced on Thursday.
Featuring 51 total games with 32 on the road and 19 at home, Wagner will face a total of 23 opponents in 2026.
The Seahawks will have eight midweek games, with four at home and four on the road, then 14 weekend series. Three weekends will be against non-conference opponents, then 11 NEC series to face each school in the conference.
The schedule features a stretch of 10 non-conference games before NEC play begins in March. The Seahawks will have 17 total non-conference matchups in 2026.
Wagner opens its season at Virginia, playing game one on Friday, Feb. 13 at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers have an all-new coaching staff coming into this season. Game two will be Saturday, Feb. 14 and then the Seahawks round out the series Sunday, Feb. 15.
Leaving the east coast for a weekend, Wagner will then travel to Riverside, California to take on UC Riverside. Held at the Riderside Sports Complex, game one will be Friday, Feb. 20. Saturday, Feb. 21 will be game two and then the weekend wraps up Sunday, Feb. 22.
The team's first midweek will be a Wednesday, Feb. 25 matchup at Seton Hall at Mike Sheppard, Sr. Stadium in South Orange, New Jersey.
For the final non-conference series of the season, the Seahawks take on Maryland at Bob "Turtle" Stadium in College Park, Maryland. Game on is Friday, Feb. 27, with the second of the weekend on Saturday, Feb. 28 then Sunday's game on March 1 marking the start of the month.
Heading into March for NEC play, Wagner opens with FDU, hosting the Knights at Kean University's Jim Hynes 63' Stadium beginning Friday, March 6. Saturday, March 7 will feature a 1 p.m. EST game, then the series wraps up Sunday, March 8. Last season on the road at Teaneck, Wagner took two games over FDU, including a 13-3 run-rule win in game three.
Opening the next week with a midweek matchup, the Seahawks head into New Jersey to take on Rutgers at Bainton Field on Tuesday, March 10. Last season, Wagner fell 9-3 on the road. That Rutgers trip leads into a road weekend at LIU, where the Seahawks take on the NEC runners-up beginning Friday, March 13 at LIU Baseball Stadium. Games on Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15 close out the series. In 2025, Wagner was two runs away from taking the series against the Sharks, ultimately taking one of three games on the weekend.
Wagner hosts its first midweek game on Tuesday, March 17 with Seton Hall coming to SIUH Community Park for the team's first home game back on Staten Island. The Seahawks split a pair of home-and-away games with the Pirates last season. That game is the first of a four-game homestand, with Le Moyne coming to town Friday, March 20 to kick off the season's third NEC series. The teams play game two Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22 as the final games in the stretch. Wagner won two of three in its road series at Le Moyne in 2025.
From there, the Seahawks head up to Fordham, taking on the Rams Wednesday, March 25 at Houlihan Park in the Bronx. Wagner took Fordham to 11 innings last season before ultimately dropping the contest. This is the first of eight consecutive road games, with Wagner heading to West Haven, Connecticut to take on newly-NEC New Haven. With the schedule featuring 33 conference games, Wagner is increasing the number of games in NEC play by three with the addition of New Haven to the conference. In 2025, Wagner played three less NEC games and instead played a non-conference series at NJIT.
The opener against the Chargers will be Friday, March 27 at Frank Viera field, then game two on Saturday, March 28 and the weekend closes on Sunday, March 29.
Still on the road, Wagner heads to St. John's in Queens on Tuesday, March 21 for a 3 p.m. EST game at Jack Kaiser Stadium. That midweek leads into the final series of the road stretch, a trip to New Britain, Connecticut to take on the reigning NEC champions to open the month of April. Wagner took two of three against the Blue Devils last season, including a 15-1 run-rule win in game one.
The opener against CCSU will be Thursday, April 2 at CCSU Baseball Field. Game two will be Friday, April 3 and the weekend ends with game three on Saturday, April 4.
Back home for another early series, Wagner plays Norfolk State, beginning Thursday, April 10 at SIUH Community Park. The second game of the weekend will be Friday, April 11 and the series against the Spartans finishes up on Saturday, April 12. The Seahawks swept the series in 2025 in a high-scoring affair, putting up 12, 12 and 14 runs across the three games.
Opening up the next week quickly, Wagner heads upstate for a Monday, April 14 matchup against Army, held in West Point at Doubleday Field. Heading ton Stonehill, Wagner opens the series against the Skyhawks on Friday, April 17 at Lou Gorman Field. Game two in Easton, Massachusetts will be Saturday, April 18 and the stretch of road games wraps on Sunday, April 19. The last time Wagner played Stonehill was the second round of the 2025 NEC Tournament, where Wagner won 6-4 to advance to the semifinal.
A pair of midweeks bring the Seahawks back to SIUH Community Park, with Lafayette coming to play Tuesday, April 21 then Princeton on Wednesday, April 22. Wagner lost a close, 14-13 game at Lafayette last season.
Wagner hits the road again, taking on UMES on Friday, April 24. Held at Hawk Stadium in Princess Anne, Maryland, game two will be played Saturday, April 25 and then the series concludes on Sunday, April 26. The Seahawks swept UMES in 2025.
The final midweek game of the season has Wagner hosting Penn at SIUH Community Park on Tuesday, April 28 as the final game of the month and as the team's final game at SIUH Community Park.
From there, Wagner has its final road series at Delaware State in Dover, Delaware. Friday, May 1 will be the opener at Bob Reed Field, then game two on Saturday, May 2 and game three on Sunday, May 3.
The team's final two series of the season will be held back on Staten Island at the CSI Baseball Complex. Wagner hosts Coppin State beginning Friday, May 8 and wrapping up on Sunday, May 10.
Mercyhurst comes to Staten Island to close out the season, opening their series on Thursday, May 14 at the CSI Baseball Complex. Game two will be Friday, May 15 and the regular season comes to a close on Saturday, May 16.
The 2026 NEC Baseball Tournament will begin Thursday, May 21 at Skylands Stadium in Augusta, New Jersey, with games going through the championship on Sunday, May 24. Last season, the Seahawks clinched the No. 3 seed in the tournament, taking a win over No. 4 Stonehill on day two before ultimately falling to No. 2 LIU in the semifinal round.
Wagner's first game against Virginia begins at 3 p.m. EST. The game will air on ACC Network Extra.
