Indiana University Athletics
Softball Announces 2015 Schedule
11/7/2014 12:00:00 AM | Softball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -
The Indiana softball team unveiled its 2015 schedule today, which features 56 regular season games, including 20 at Andy Mohr Field.
Indiana will open the 2015 campaign on Feb. 6 playing five games in Tempe, Ariz. for the Kajikawa Classic. The Hoosiers will face Western Michigan, Oregon State, San Diego, Arizona State - who finished in the top-15 in 2014 - and Utah Valley.
The following weekend, the Hoosiers will travel to Henderson, Nev. for the Wilson/DeMarini Desert Classic, playing Utah Valley again, University of Texas El-Paso, Cal State Northridge, New Mexico and Utah State.
On Feb. 19, Indiana will kick off competition in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. There, the Hoosiers will take on a Georgia team that went 49-15 last season, a UCLA squad who won 52 games in 2014, Loyola Marymount, Cal Poly and Brigham Young.
Indiana's final February slate will come in Orlando, Fla. at the Citrus Classic II Tournament. Indiana will face Georgia once again, as well as Omaha, Georgetown, Mississippi State and a Missouri squad that ended the year ranked nationally at No. 16.
The Hoosiers will kick off the home portion of the year with back-to-back tournaments at Andy Mohr Field. The Hoosiers will host the Indiana Classic the first weekend of March with games against Austin Peay, Eastern Illinois and Saint Louis. The following weekend, Indiana hosts its annual Hoosier Classic and will square off against North Dakota State, Wright State, Bowling Green and IPFW.
Other non-conference matchups for the Hoosiers include Kentucky (March 18), Louisville (March 25), Ball State (April 21) and Indiana State (April 28).
Indiana opens up Big Ten play at home on March 20 against Rutgers. Other home Big Ten battles include Maryland, Purdue and Michigan State. The Hoosiers will face Illinois, Penn State, Michigan and Ohio State on the road.
The 2015 Big Ten Tournament will take place May 7-10 in Columbus, Ohio.
To view the complete 2015 schedule, please click here.
Media Contact: Caitlin Davis, davis288@indiana.edu
