CofC Softball Releases 2015 Spring Schedule
1/9/2015 10:47:00 PM | Softball
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston softball team and head coach Linda Kalafatis have announced the 2015 spring playing schedule which features 58 games, 36 that will be played in the friendly confines of Patriots Point and 12 of which are to be played against opponents who appeared in the 2014 NCAA Tournament.
The Cougars started off the Colonial Athletic Association era with an impressive 14-4 CAA record and 40-16 overall. Accomplished head coach Linda Kalafatis heads into her second season at the helm with the hopes to improve on the success from last season where the Cougars earned the second seed in the CAA Tournament.
“I really like that our schedule has games against so many different teams in so many conferences across the whole country,” said Kalafatis. “The schedule has us going against some of the best conferences in NCAA softball including games against the SEC, ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12.
This will only help our young team as it prepares us for our opponents in the CAA and another run at a championship. The ability to host four tournaments and playing a competitive schedule is very important to us and we have high expectations for our program.”
The season opens with the first of the four tournaments when the Cougars host the Charleston Challenge over the weekend of Feb. 6-8 where they will take on Marshall, UMASS –Lowell, UNC Greensboro, Army, and Bethune-Cookman.
The following weekend, the Cougars will travel up I-26 to their only road tournament of the year Feb. 13-15 on the campus of South Carolina. The Cougars will challenge Presbyterian, North Carolina, Appalachian State, and 2014 NCAA Tournament qualifier South Carolina.
The Cougars will entertain Coastal Carolina before hosting the Cougar Classic over the weekend of Feb. 20-22. That features matchups against UMass, ACC member Pittsburgh, Bowling Green, Appalachian State and Winthrop.
The team will then head out west for a slate of Pacific Coast matchups. The Cougars will play six games in five days over Feb.27-March 3, including a double header at Loyola Marymount and individual matchups with Sacramento St. and Cal State Northridge. CofC ends the trip with a pair of neutral-site contests against Pac -12 opponent Utah.
Over the following weekend, the Cougars will host the Holy City Showdown March 6-8 featuring matchups against Dartmouth, Jacksonville, Loyola-Chicago, and South Carolina St.
CofC will host midweek matchup with Youngstown State before The College wraps up its tournament participation when they host the CofC Invitational over the weekend of March 13-15. That includes contests against Big Ten and 2014 NCAA Tournament qualifier Wisconsin, New Mexico, Memphis, Marist, and Furman.
The Cougars will wrap up non-conference play with a trip to SEC opponent South Carolina, followed by three games with crosstown rival and 2014 NCAA Tournament qualifier Charleston Southern.
The Cougars will enter CAA play on Saturday, March 21when they host a three game set against Elon. CAA series will consist of Saturday doubleheaders and single-game series finales on Sundays. In addition to Elon, CofC will also host Delaware, UNC- Wilmington, and Hofstra at Patriots Point with the Cougars traveling to James Madison, Towson, and Drexel.
The season culminates with the 2015 Colonial Athletic Association Championship which takes place May 7-10, with hosting rights going to the regular season champion.
Single game ticket sales begin Feb. 2 and cost $6 for adults and $3 for youth. Tickets can be bought here.
