The Hawkeye baseball team avoided eastern Iowa’s Thursday snow storm, packing up to travel to Texas one day early.

The Hawkeyes left Iowa around 7:30 on Wednesday morning, flying south to compete in the Kleberg Bank Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas.

After landing in Houston around 4:30 p.m., the Hawkeyes had a layover before boarding their final flight to Corpus Christi. Iowa arrived at its destination around 9 p.m., missing an entire day of practice, Iowa baseball head coach Rick Heller said in a phone interview with The Daily Iowan on Wednesday.

Although Iowa’s coaching staff originally planned to use Wednesday to scout its three opponents for the weekend — Pepperdine, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, and Wichita State — the Hawkeyes instead spent their entire day traveling.

Heller said the constant traveling can throw off his players’ weekly routines.

“So, we missed one full day of training, we missed another weight session,” Heller said. “The meals are screwed up, and we missed class two Wednesdays in a row when we weren’t expecting to miss class. So, there’s just a lot of stuff that we have to overcome. And that’s what we’ll do.”

Iowa also left one day early on Feb. 16 for their first tournament of the season in Charleston, South Carolina, played Feb. 18-20, causing the Hawkeye student-athletes to miss an extra day of class.

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But redshirt sophomore first baseman Peyton Williams said he’s used to the constant traveling, and he has learned how to make the most of his time away from campus.

“For me, the routine that I’m used to, I’ve always been out of that routine just because of all the travel,” Williams told The Daily Iowan while on a layover in the Houston airport Wednesday. “So, I’m always able to adjust whenever I need to. So, I haven’t really had any problems with that. I mean, like in a time like this, we’re in a long layover. It’s easy to get all the schoolwork that we’re missing in.”

While the Hawkeyes and other northern schools travel south for the first month of the season, southern schools have an advantage, Heller said.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi won’t have to travel to play in the Kleberg Bank Classic. Pepperdine is traveling from Malibu, California, avoiding most inclement weather in the northern U.S.

“People don’t always understand how tough it is,” Heller said. “I mean, when you’re a school in the north, it already puts you at a disadvantage, having to travel for four or five weeks in a row to find weather where you can play. But then, the fact that we’re still playing in the winter affects travel, getting out of [Iowa] to go to the place that you’re going to play when all the teams down [south] are just sitting there waiting for teams to get there.”

All of the Hawkeyes’ games this weekend will be streamed on FloBaseball.

After playing the Kleberg Bank Classic, the Hawkeyes will return to Iowa City to brave the elements at Duane Banks Field on Tuesday. Iowa will play Loras College at 4:05 p.m.