CARY, N.C. – USA Baseball today announced the 2023 Collegiate National Team schedule, which once again features the annual Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series and the return of international series with Chinese Taipei and Japan. Currently, 12 of the 14 games will take place in North Carolina, with games at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, Atrium Health Ballpark in Kannapolis, and Segra Stadium in Fayetteville.

The Stars vs. Stripes series is a product of the Collegiate National Team Training Camp that features 56 of the premier non-draft-eligible collegiate players in the country. USA Baseball will announce a final 26-man roster on June 30 to compete in the 20^th USA vs. Chinese Taipei International Friendship Series and the 44^th USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Championship Series.

“We are thrilled to welcome the Chinese Taipei and Japan National Teams back to the United States as we resume our friendship series with two of the top four ranked baseball federations in the world,” said Eric Campbell, USA Baseball’s General Manager of Professional and Collegiate National Teams. “Historically, these series produce high-level, entertaining baseball that showcases the international game and introduces baseball’s future stars to the world. USA Baseball cannot wait to welcome the best collegiate players to Cary for Collegiate National Team Training Camp with an opportunity to represent their country on the line. We are in for an exciting summer of baseball.”

The entirety of the Collegiate National Team Training Camp will take place at the National Training Complex in Cary and begin on June 23. The four-game Stars vs. Stripes series will kick off on June 25 at 3 p.m. ET and conclude on June 28 at 6 p.m. ET. First pitch of games two and four will be 6 p.m. ET on June 26 and 28, respectively, and game three will begin with a 7 p.m. ET first pitch. USA Baseball will then announce its 26-man Collegiate National Team roster on June 30 prior to the opening game of the 20^th USA vs. Chinese Taipei International Friendship Series at the National Training Complex at 5 p.m. ET.

The Durham Bulls Athletic Park will host the second game of the friendship series on July 1 and game four on July 3, with 6:35 p.m. ET start times for both games. Team USA will return to Kannapolis, North Carolina, for the first time since 2009 when it hosts game three of the series at Atrium Health Ballpark on July 2 at 6 p.m. ET; meanwhile, Segra Stadium will host the final game of the series on the Fourth of July at 6 p.m. ET as the red, white, and blue returns to Fayetteville, North Carolina, for the first time since 2014.

The National Training Complex will host the opening three games of the 44^th USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Championship Series on July 7 and July 8 at 6 p.m. ET and July 9 at 5 p.m. ET. Games four and five of the series will be played on July 11 and July 12, and an announcement on the location for those games will be made at a later time.

Team USA leads the series with Chinese Taipei 15-0-4 (Overall: 80-13-2). Against Japan, the stars and stripes lead the series 24-19 (Overall: 133-107-2), including a 21-1 (Overall: 87-33-2) series record in the United States. All time, the Collegiate National Team boasts a record of 135-32-2 in North Carolina dating back to 1987, including a 38-14-1 mark at the National Training Complex in Cary.

The Collegiate National Team will be led in 2023 by Cal Poly’s Larry Lee, who will make his USA Baseball managerial debut this summer and second appearance overall in the red, white, and blue. He was an assistant coach for the 2017 Collegiate National Team that went 15-5 with friendship series victories over Chinese Taipei, Cuba, and Japan. Lee is the winningest head coach in Big West Conference history and, entering the 2023 season, amassed 614 wins with Cal Poly and 1,074 overall for his career.

USA Baseball will announce the remaining schedule, Collegiate National Team staff, and Team USA’s final roster at a later time. For the most up-to-date information on the Collegiate National Team, including ticket information, visit USABaseball.com and follow @USABaseballCNT and @USABaseball on Twitter.

The full 2023 Collegiate National Team schedule is as follows:

(Date; Matchup; Location; Time)

2023 Team USA Stars vs. Stripes Series

• June 25; Stripes vs. Stars; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 3 p.m. ET
• June 26; Stars vs. Stripes; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 6 p.m. ET
• June 27; Stripes vs. Stars; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 7 p.m. ET
• June 28; Stars vs. Stripes; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 6 p.m. ET

20^th USA vs. Chinese Taipei International Friendship Series

• June 30; Chinese Taipei vs. USA; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 5 p.m. ET
• July 1; USA vs. Chinese Taipei; Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham, N.C.); 6:35 p.m. ET
• July 2; Chinese Taipei vs. USA; Atrium Health Ballpark (Kannapolis, N.C.); 6 p.m. ET
• July 3; USA vs. Chinese Taipei; Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham, N.C.); 6:35 p.m. ET
• July 4; Chinese Taipei vs. USA; Segra Stadium (Fayetteville, N.C.); 6 p.m. ET

44^th USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Championship Series

• July 7; Japan vs. USA; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 6 p.m. ET
• July 8; USA vs. Japan; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 6 p.m. ET
• July 9; Japan vs. USA; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 5 p.m. ET
• July 11; USA vs. Japan; Time and location TBD
• July 12; Japan vs. USA; Time and location TBD