A dozen home games will highlight the 44-game 2023 schedule for Oregon State softball, as head coach Laura Berg announced the completed schedule.
The Beavers will play 11 NCAA tournament teams from a year ago, including a pair that made appearances in Oklahoma City for the Women’s College World Series.
“I think we have a solid preconference schedule,” said Berg. “I’m really excited to be playing against some top-rated teams and to give them experience to get ready for Pac-12 play.”
During the 44-game slate, OSU will leave the Beaver State eight times, highlighted by participating in the LSU Invitational (Baton Rouge, La.), ASU Littlewood/GCU Classic (Tempe, Ariz.), Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Palm Springs, Calif.) and Utah Tech Tournament (St. George, Utah) before Pac-12 play starts.
In nonconference play, the Beavers will matchup against LSU (Feb. 11, 12), Missouri (Feb. 24), Ohio State (Feb. 25) and Iowa (Feb. 26) in preparation for the tough league play to follow.
Pac-12 play will commence in Salt Lake City with a three-game set with Utah (March 10-12) followed by the home opener against California (March 17-19) the next weekend. Returning to the road, Oregon State will visit The Farm to take on Stanford for the month’s final series on March 24-26.
The second home series will be a big one as Oregon visits Kelly Field to resume the Rivalry Series from March 31-April 2. After the Ducks come to Corvallis, the Beavers will hit the road again to California, where they will take on UCLA (April 6-8) before hosting Washington (April 14-16) the following weekend.
Matchups with Arizona and Arizona State will wrap up the slate after a weekend away from the diamond. For the final time in the regular season, the Beavers will be away from home to meet the Wildcats (April 28-30) before hosting the Sun Devils (May 5-7) for the final series of 2023.
The inaugural Pac-12 Tournament (May 10-13) will be hosted by Arizona at Hillenbrand Stadium in Tucson.
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