While the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Softball team’s full schedule is still to be released, the Wildcats’ first-ever Big 12 slate includes upstart Texas Tech, Women’s College World Series participant Oklahoma State and others at Hillenbrand Stadium in Spring 2025.
During UA coach Caitlin Lowe’s fourth season at the helm of her alma mater, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s first Big 12 series will come March 7-9 when UCF heads west for a three-game set in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥.
A week later (March 14-16), the Wildcats host Utah at Hillenbrand, before heading to Tempe to take on ASU March 21-23.
After a weekend set in Provo, Utah, at BYU on March 27-29, the Wildcats will see a familiar foe — Oklahoma State — on April 4-6 in a rematch of the Wildcats-Cowgirls NCAA Softball Tournament Super Regional showdown from this past May. While that Super Regional, which saw OSU sweep the UA in two games, took place in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the Wildcats and Cowgirls meet this time in Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥.
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After that: a set at Kansas from April 11-13 before 2024 USA Softball National Player of the Year NiJaree Canady and Texas Tech roll into ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ on April 17-19.
Canady, familiar with the Wildcats while winning the honor as Stanford’s ace in the circle, transferred to Texas Tech this offseason to play for new coach Gerry Glasco.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ outfielder Dakota Kennedy (4) catches a flyball hit by Oklahoma St. infielder Tallen Edwards (44) during the fourth inning of a NCAA Softball Tournament Super Regional matchup between the Wildcats and Cowgirls in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on May 24 at Cowgirl Stadium.
The Wildcats will close out their first Big 12 regular-season schedule at Houston on May 2-4, before the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship tournament brings participants to Oklahoma City’s famed Devon Park. The facility, formerly known as the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex, is the annual home of the Women’s College World Series, and will also host the softball portion of the 2028 Summer Olympic Games.
Most of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s regular-season Big 12 series run Friday, Saturday, Sunday, except for the three-game sets at BYU and in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ vs. Texas Tech; those both run Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
