The Illinois State baseball team will head to Florida for eight games over 10 days, beginning Friday.

The Redbirds will play three games at the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Florida, March 6-8, before playing an away game at No. 24-ranked Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton, Florida, on March 10. The Redbirds will then finish the trip with four games at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational in Winter Haven, Florida, March 11-15.

Illinois State (4-5) will open the trip with games against St. Joseph's (1-5), Georgetown (1-6) and Bucknell (5-2) on consecutive days, beginning Friday, at the Snowbird Classic.

The Redbirds will then head from the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic Coast, to Boca Raton, Florida, for a true road game at No. 24 Florida Atlantic (11-2) on March 10.

From there, the team will travel to Central Florida, to play four games over five days at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. The Redbirds will open up against Bowling Green (3-3), before taking on Maine (4-9), LIU-Brooklyn (2-1) and Butler (1-9) to finish out the trip.

Upon their return, the Redbirds will play their first game at Duffy Bass Field on March 18 against Illinois-Chicago.