The Cairn University baseball team will be back in action in both non-conference and conference play after having their 2020 season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
With the CSAC announcement affirming the conference's intent to move forward with formal competitive seasons for spring sports, the Highlanders are set for a traditional season. Cairn enters the 2021 season under new leadership with interim head coach Jeremy Hefele. Coach Hefele had this to say about the upcoming season: "To the guys, having this season means getting back what they lost so suddenly last year. This past Spring was the first time in all of our lives that we were not able to play baseball which affected us all in different ways.  All the team wants is a chance to compete and we are very thankful that the CSAC granted us that opportunity.  The team has been waiting for this for just about a year now so we know everyone is itching to get back on the field. As coaches, we are glad we can tell our team with certainty that we will be playing this season. I think we all have a newfound appreciation for the opportunity to play baseball this Spring."
 
To open the 2021 season, the Highlanders will travel to Maryville, Tennessee to take on the Scots of Maryville College in a three game series on Saturday, February 20th and Sunday, February 21st. 
 
Between Tennessee and spring break, the Highlanders will travel to Mercer County Community College on Saturday February 27th for a 12 PM doubleheader against the Vikings; on March 2nd, the Highlanders will travel to Radnor, Pennsylvania to take on the Cavaliers of Cabrini University.
 
For spring break, the Highlanders will travel to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina where they will play 6 games from March 8-13.
 
The Highlanders will have a quick turn around after their spring break trip. Cairn will play host to a  former CSAC foe in the Griffins of Gwynedd Mercy University for a doubleheader on March 16th. The last out of conference game for the 2021 season is scheduled for March 18th, as the Highlanders will host Penn State Brandywine.
 
CSAC play will begin for the Highlanders on March 20th when Cairn hosts the Patriots of Valley Forge University in a doubleheader. Cairn currently owns a seventeen game win streak against the Patriots. The last win for Valley Forge against the Highlanders came in 2011. 
 
For the second week of conference play, Cairn will travel to Morristown, New Jersey to take on the Eagles of Saint Elizabeth University in a doubleheader. This will be the Eagles' first time matching up against Cairn in CSAC play after having last season cut short. 
 
Cairn will then have eight days off before traveling to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania to take on Wilson College in a doubleheader on April 5th. The last matchup came in 2019, when Cairn  won the season series two games to one. 
 
Week four of conference play will bring the Keystone Giants into Langhorne for a doubleheader with the Highlanders on April 10th. Currently the Giants hold a ten game win streak against the Highlanders, which Cairn will look to end this season.
 
On Saturday April 17th, week five of CSAC play will take the Highlanders to Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania to face the Defenders in a doubleheader. Cairn owns a 10-1 record against the Defenders. 
 
To round off conference play for the 2021 season, Cairn will play host to the Cyclones of Centenary University in a doubleheader on May 1st. The Highlanders currently have a seven game winning streak and they will look to make it a nine game winning streak after this season. If the Highlanders perform up to expectations for this season, CSAC postseason play will begin shortly after May 1st.

All games, times, and locations are subject to change. To view the current schedule, please visit https://www.cairnhighlanders.com/schedule.aspx?path=baseball