AMES, Iowa – Iowa State and coach Jamie Pinkerton have introduced the 2024 Cyclone softball schedule. The Cyclones are scheduled to host 19 residence video games, their most residence contests since 2016.
The schedule options 4 early season tournaments, with the Cyclones touring to Mexico, Las Vegas, Virginia and Colorado earlier than starting Massive 12 play on March 8. ISU could have 5 residence weekend sequence in addition to 4 residence midweeks, highlighted by the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Collection on April 16.
The Cyclones will play eight groups who certified for the NCAA Regionals final season, going through Duke, Lengthy Seaside State and Washington in Mexico earlier than going through the remaining 5 colleges – Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor Texas and UCF – in Massive 12 play.
Iowa State will open the season with 23 consecutive video games away from the Cyclone Softball Complicated, with 19 contests coming from tournaments. After event play ends, Iowa State will open the Massive 12 slate on the highway at defending nationwide champion Oklahoma earlier than going through Tulsa on the way in which again to Ames.
A midweek journey to Kansas Metropolis on March 20 is sandwiched between residence weekend sequence in opposition to Houston and Texas Tech. After back-to-back weekends on the CSC, Iowa State will head to Waco for a trio of matchups in opposition to Baylor, with motion starting on Thursday to accommodate the Easter vacation.
After coming back from Texas, the Cyclones will face 5 straight opponents at residence, starting with UNI on April 2. Kansas then visits Ames for the weekend earlier than the DePaul Blue Demons come to city for a midweek matchup. Faculty World Collection qualifier Oklahoma State follows DePaul for a weekend sequence earlier than Iowa caps the homestand with the Cy-Hawk recreation on April 16.
Iowa State then heads to Massive 12 newcomer BYU and can play Utah Valley a second time – the 2 groups will meet in Mexico – earlier than leaving Utah. A house midweek assembly in opposition to St. Thomas leads right into a highway journey to Austin for a matchup with the Longhorns to shut the month of April.
Could begins with a visit to Des Moines to face Drake earlier than the common season concludes on the Cyclone Sports activities Complicated as ISU will welcome Massive 12 newcomer and regional qualifier UCF to Ames.
Massive 12 Match play begins on Could 8 in Oklahoma Metropolis.
An entire schedule, together with all dates and occasions, could be discovered right here.
Full Schedule
Feb. 8-11 Puerto Vallarta Faculty Problem (4 video games)
Feb. 16-18 UNLV Traditional (5 video games)
Feb. 23-25 Rawlings Traditional (5 video games)
March 1-3 Colorado Traditional (5 video games)
March 8-10 *@ Oklahoma
March 12 @ Tulsa
March 15-17 *vs. Houston
March 20 @ Kansas Metropolis
March 22-24 *vs. Texas Tech
March 28-30 *@ Baylor (Easter weekend, Thurs.-Sat.)
April 2 vs. UNI
April 5-7 *vs. Kansas
April 9 vs. DePaul
April 12-14 *vs. Oklahoma State
April 16 vs. Iowa
April 18-20 *@ BYU (Thurs.-Sat.)
April 21 @ Utah Valley
April 23 vs. St. Thomas
April 26-28 *@ Texas
Could 1 @ Drake
Could 3-5 *vs. UCF
Could 8 Massive 12 Championship Play Begins
* = Massive 12 Convention