Earliest baseball opener for VCC

Despite ample snow on the ground and only recently moderating weather conditions, baseball season is here for the Vermilion Ironhawks. In fact, the community college baseball team doesn’t even have to leave the state to get its 2026 campaign underway.

Thanks to artificial turf and forecasts calling for highs reaching the lower-50s, Vermilion will take on M State-Fergus Falls in a 12:30 p.m. doubleheader Monday, on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus in St. Peter, MN.

It will be the earliest season- opener in Vermilion baseball history.