Indiana To Return to Duke for 2020 Big Ten/ACC Challenge

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Softball will travel to Durham, N.C. for the second straight season to face off against Duke and Syracuse in the 2020 Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Hoosiers will play a pair of games against both the Blue Devils and the Orange during the weekend of Feb. 14-16. Last year, Indiana swept the Challenge, going 4-0 against the same competition.

It marks the third straight year Indiana has competed in the annual event, which will see five ACC teams host while two schools from each conference will also compete at the ESPN St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational.

The Hoosiers are coming off a 2019 campaign in which they posted the most victories since 2011, as well as the best non-conference mark since 1986. Indiana spent six straight weeks in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, reaching as high as No. 16 after starting the season a program-record 14-0.

The full schedule for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge is below. Game times will be finalized at a later date.

2020 Big Ten/ACC Softball Challenge
(all games to be played Feb. 14-16, 2020 except where noted)

At Clearwater, Fla. (ESPN St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational – to be played Feb. 13-16, 2020)
(results between Big Ten and ACC schools will count towards Challenge standings)
Big Ten – Minnesota, Northwestern
ACC – Florida State, Virginia Tech

At Chapel Hill, N.C. (host – North Carolina)
Big Ten – Michigan, Wisconsin
ACC – Louisville, North Carolina

At Raleigh, N.C. (host – NC State)
Big Ten – Illinois, Ohio State
ACC – NC State, Notre Dame

At Durham, N.C. (host – Duke)
Big Ten – Indiana, Rutgers
ACC – Duke, Syracuse

At Atlanta, Ga. (host – Georgia Tech)
Big Ten – Iowa, Nebraska
ACC – Boston College, Georgia Tech

At Clemson, S.C. (host – Clemson)
Big Ten – Maryland, Michigan State
ACC – Clemson, Pitt

Indiana To Return to Duke for 2020 Big Ten/ACC Challenge

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