FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The 2024 Puerto Vallarta Faculty Problem area and schedule was introduced in the present day as Iowa State will likely be one of many seven groups within the first session of the eighth version of the occasion.
The Cyclones will compete in what figures to be one of many hardest fields of the spring, because the occasion as a complete will function 5 members of the 2023 tremendous regionals. Becoming a member of the Cyclones in session one (Feb. 8 – Feb. 11) are Duke, Lengthy Seaside State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah Valley and Washington.
The second session of the problem will function Auburn, UC Davis, UC San Diego, Clemson, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Utah and Wichita State and runs from Feb. 14 to Feb. 18.
The problem is just not a event, as the entire matchups are already scheduled. Iowa State will face 4 opponents throughout 4 days and is the one program to not have a doubleheader in the course of the week.
The Cyclones get underway on the primary day of motion in opposition to Utah Valley in a day matchup. ISU then kicks off the second day at 10 a.m. in opposition to Duke, a program that fell within the tremendous regionals to Stanford final season.
Following its powerful take a look at with Duke, Iowa State will face off with Washington on Saturday afternoon, a program that made it to the Girls’s Faculty World Sequence final yr. ISU will wrap competitors play on Sunday, Feb. 11, in opposition to Lengthy Seaside State at 10 a.m. ISU and Lengthy Seaside State would be the solely sport that Sunday.
ISU will make its first-ever look within the Puerto Vallarta Problem because it turns into the ultimate Huge 12 faculty to compete within the esteemed early-season problem. Final season, BYU, Oklahoma State and Kansas all competed within the Mexico-based occasion.
Iowa State and Utah Valley will meet for the second time ever within the competitors, with the Wolverines proudly owning a 1-0 benefit over ISU because of a 1-0 win in eight innings again in 2017.
The Cyclones and Blue Devils will meet for the primary time on the diamond in Puerto Vallarta. Iowa State will face Washington for the second time ever, having fallen brief 1-0 to the Huskies in 2022 when UW was ranked fifth.
ISU and Lengthy Seaside State have met 13 instances previous to their upcoming matchup. LBSU holds a 10-3 all-time benefit over Iowa State, although the Cyclones have gained the final two conferences.
All video games will likely be live-streamed by FloSoftball.
Video games are performed at Nancy Almaraz Stadium and the oceanside Sheraton Buganvilias Resort and Conference Heart is inside strolling distance of the stadium. Go to www.pvcollegechallenge.com for extra data.
Problem Schedule
Thursday, Feb. 8
10:30 a.m. – Utah Valley vs. Oklahoma
1 p.m. – Duke vs. Oklahoma
4 p.m. – Iowa State vs. Utah Valley
6:30 p.m. – Nebraska vs. Washington
Friday, Feb. 9
10 a.m. – Duke vs. Iowa State
12:30 p.m. – Duke vs. Nebraska
3 p.m. – Lengthy Seaside State vs. Nebraska
6 p.m. – Utah Valley vs. Washington
8:30 p.m. – Oklahoma vs. Washington
Saturday, Feb. 10
10:30 a.m. – Nebraska vs. Utah Valley
1 p.m. – Oklahoma vs. Lengthy Seaside State
4 p.m. – Washington vs. Iowa State
6:30 p.m. – Duke vs. Lengthy Seaside State
Sunday, Feb. 11
10 a.m. – Iowa State vs. Lengthy Seaside State
*All instances Central