The baseball team travels to the University of Minnesota tonight for the first game of the Dairy Queen Baseball Classic, where it will face the University of Minnesota, Pepperdine University and Tulane University.

The Horned Frogs’ first matchup is against the Minnesota Golden Gophers tonight, who have had a rough start to its season, going 0-3 against Rivals No. 10 Ole Miss in its first series. The Rebels outscored the Gophers 45-10 during that stretch.

Minnesota has been a consistent program over the past 10 years, making seven NCAA regional appearances. It returns junior third baseman Nate Hanson and junior centerfielder Matt Nohelty, who were both named First-Team All-Big Ten honorees last year. The Gophers went 41-18 last season and appeared in the NCAA regionals.

The Horned Frogs are currently 2-2 after their 6-1 win over Dallas Baptist Tuesday and a 1-2 series against Cal State Fullerton over the past weekend.

For the second game of the series, the Horned Frogs face Pepperdine on Saturday. The Waves are ranked No. 25 by Rivals and are 3-1 this season.

Through its first four games, Pepperdine is collectively batting .390 while holding opponents to a .252 batting average.

The Horned Frogs’ third game is Sunday against Tulane, ranked No. 18 by Baseball America D-I Rankings.

The Green Waves is undefeated at 5-0 with its biggest win coming against No. 25 Louisiana-Lafayette 10-1, and has held opponents to only nine runs while plating 23 so far this season.

Through TCU’s first four games, it has four starters with a batting average over .300, two of which are hitting .400 or better.

Junior first baseman Matt Vern has a .400 batting average and six RBI, and junior catcher Hunt Woodruff is batting .444 with the team’s lone home run.

This is the 24th season of the Dairy Queen Baseball Classic’s existence. Last year Ole Miss won the classic, finishing ahead of Minnesota and the University of Arkansas.