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Delaware Announces 2023 Softball Schedule
12/20/2022 3:00:00 PM | Softball
NEWARK, Del. – The University of Delaware softball team has announced its schedule for the upcoming 2023 season. The Blue Hens will play a challenging 52-game slate that includes two Power 5 Conference opponents as well as seven contests against teams that reached the 2022 NCAA Championship. The Blue & Gold will play 21 home games at Delaware Stadium, including 12 against CAA opponents.
The Blue Hens will open the season the weekend of February 10-11 by traveling to the first of four tournaments, heading south to the 2023 Bearkat Classic at Sam Houston State. Delaware will take on Northwestern State and UTSA, sandwiched around a pair of contests against the host Bearkats.
For the second-straight year, UD will play at an SEC opponent when the Blue Hens travel to the University of South Carolina for the Carolina Classic February 17-18. The weekend will open with a game against Western Kentucky before a showdown against the Gamecocks. It will be the first of two games against Power 5 opponents on the season for the Blue Hens, who defeated two such opponents last year. Delaware will also play Campbell and George Washington in Columbia.
Delaware will then travel to North Carolina the weekend of February 24-26 for the UNCG Invitational. The Blue Hens will play single games against Indiana, the Spartans and UConn before all four teams are seeded for semifinals and championship action.
The final preseason tournament will see the Blue Hens make the trip to the Virginia Beach area where they will take part in the 2023 Pirate-Spartan Classic, hosted by Hampton and Norfolk State, the weekend of March 3-5. UD will play Norfolk State a pair of times while also taking on Binghamton and George Washington.
CAA play opens up the following weekend as the Blue Hens travel to South Carolina for a three-game series at Charleston (Mar. 11-12). They will then return to Newark for a nine-game homestand over an 11-day stretch. Following the home opener against Saint Joseph's (Mar. 15), Delaware will host reigning CAA champions UNCW (Mar. 18-19) for a three-game series. The homestand will continue with a midweek doubleheader against Rider (Mar. 22) before a nonconference weekend against Villanova (Mar. 25) and Boston University (Mar. 26).
Following a midweek doubleheader at Fordham (Mar. 29), the Blue & Gold will open April with another seven-straight home games at Delaware Stadium. The Blue Hens will welcome CAA newcomers Monmouth (Apr. 1-2) and Stony Brook (Apr. 7-8) on consecutive weekends before hosting Delaware State (Apr. 11) for the Route 1 Rivalry.
The final four weekends of the regular season will see Delaware travel for CAA series at Drexel (Apr. 15-16) and Hofstra (Apr. 29-30), while hosting a midweek doubleheader against Coppin State (Apr. 19) as well as conference matchups against Towson (Apr. 22-23) and Hampton (May 5-6).
The 2023 CAA Championship will be held May 9-13 at Hofstra's Bill Edwards Stadium.
Delaware finished the 2022 season with a 29-16 overall record and went 11-4 in conference play, winning the program's first-ever CAA Regular Season Championship. Hanna Garber was named the CAA Defensive Player of the Year, the first Blue Hen to win the award, and Head Coach Jen Steele was selected as the CAA Coach of the Year while a league-high five Blue Hens earned All-CAA honors.
For the latest on the Delaware softball program, follow the Blue Hens on Twitter @Delaware_SB and Instagram @Delawaresoftball and like "Delaware Softball" on Facebook.
2023 Schedule
Feb. 10 Northwestern State
Feb. 10 Sam Houston State
Feb. 11 UTSA
Feb. 11 Sam Houston State
Feb. 17 Western Kentucky
Feb. 17 South Carolina
Feb. 18 Campbell
Feb. 19 George Washington
Feb. 24 Indiana
Feb. 24 UNCG
Feb. 25 Uconn
Feb. 25 TBA
Feb. 26 TBA
Mar. 3 Norfolk State
Mar. 4 Binghamton
Mar. 4 Norfolk State
Mar. 5 George Washington
Mar. 11 Charleston (DH)
Mar. 12 Charleston
Mar. 15 St. Joseph's
Mar. 18 UNCW (DH)
Mar. 19 UNCW
Mar. 22 Rider (DH)
Mar. 25 Villanova
Mar. 26 Boston University (DH)
Mar. 29 Fordham (DH)
Apr. 1 Monmouth (DH)
Apr. 2 Monmouth
Apr. 7 Stony Brook (DH)
Apr. 8 Stony Brook
Apr. 11 Delaware State
Apr. 15 Drexel (DH)
Apr. 16 Drexel
Apr. 19 Coppin State (DH)
Apr. 22 Towson (DH)
Apr. 23 Towson
Apr. 29 Hofstra (DH)
Apr. 30 Hofstra
May. 5 Hampton (DH)
May. 6 Hampton
May. 9 CAA Tournament
The Blue Hens will open the season the weekend of February 10-11 by traveling to the first of four tournaments, heading south to the 2023 Bearkat Classic at Sam Houston State. Delaware will take on Northwestern State and UTSA, sandwiched around a pair of contests against the host Bearkats.
For the second-straight year, UD will play at an SEC opponent when the Blue Hens travel to the University of South Carolina for the Carolina Classic February 17-18. The weekend will open with a game against Western Kentucky before a showdown against the Gamecocks. It will be the first of two games against Power 5 opponents on the season for the Blue Hens, who defeated two such opponents last year. Delaware will also play Campbell and George Washington in Columbia.
Delaware will then travel to North Carolina the weekend of February 24-26 for the UNCG Invitational. The Blue Hens will play single games against Indiana, the Spartans and UConn before all four teams are seeded for semifinals and championship action.
The final preseason tournament will see the Blue Hens make the trip to the Virginia Beach area where they will take part in the 2023 Pirate-Spartan Classic, hosted by Hampton and Norfolk State, the weekend of March 3-5. UD will play Norfolk State a pair of times while also taking on Binghamton and George Washington.
CAA play opens up the following weekend as the Blue Hens travel to South Carolina for a three-game series at Charleston (Mar. 11-12). They will then return to Newark for a nine-game homestand over an 11-day stretch. Following the home opener against Saint Joseph's (Mar. 15), Delaware will host reigning CAA champions UNCW (Mar. 18-19) for a three-game series. The homestand will continue with a midweek doubleheader against Rider (Mar. 22) before a nonconference weekend against Villanova (Mar. 25) and Boston University (Mar. 26).
Following a midweek doubleheader at Fordham (Mar. 29), the Blue & Gold will open April with another seven-straight home games at Delaware Stadium. The Blue Hens will welcome CAA newcomers Monmouth (Apr. 1-2) and Stony Brook (Apr. 7-8) on consecutive weekends before hosting Delaware State (Apr. 11) for the Route 1 Rivalry.
The final four weekends of the regular season will see Delaware travel for CAA series at Drexel (Apr. 15-16) and Hofstra (Apr. 29-30), while hosting a midweek doubleheader against Coppin State (Apr. 19) as well as conference matchups against Towson (Apr. 22-23) and Hampton (May 5-6).
The 2023 CAA Championship will be held May 9-13 at Hofstra's Bill Edwards Stadium.
Delaware finished the 2022 season with a 29-16 overall record and went 11-4 in conference play, winning the program's first-ever CAA Regular Season Championship. Hanna Garber was named the CAA Defensive Player of the Year, the first Blue Hen to win the award, and Head Coach Jen Steele was selected as the CAA Coach of the Year while a league-high five Blue Hens earned All-CAA honors.
For the latest on the Delaware softball program, follow the Blue Hens on Twitter @Delaware_SB and Instagram @Delawaresoftball and like "Delaware Softball" on Facebook.
2023 Schedule
Feb. 10 Northwestern State
Feb. 10 Sam Houston State
Feb. 11 UTSA
Feb. 11 Sam Houston State
Feb. 17 Western Kentucky
Feb. 17 South Carolina
Feb. 18 Campbell
Feb. 19 George Washington
Feb. 24 Indiana
Feb. 24 UNCG
Feb. 25 Uconn
Feb. 25 TBA
Feb. 26 TBA
Mar. 3 Norfolk State
Mar. 4 Binghamton
Mar. 4 Norfolk State
Mar. 5 George Washington
Mar. 11 Charleston (DH)
Mar. 12 Charleston
Mar. 15 St. Joseph's
Mar. 18 UNCW (DH)
Mar. 19 UNCW
Mar. 22 Rider (DH)
Mar. 25 Villanova
Mar. 26 Boston University (DH)
Mar. 29 Fordham (DH)
Apr. 1 Monmouth (DH)
Apr. 2 Monmouth
Apr. 7 Stony Brook (DH)
Apr. 8 Stony Brook
Apr. 11 Delaware State
Apr. 15 Drexel (DH)
Apr. 16 Drexel
Apr. 19 Coppin State (DH)
Apr. 22 Towson (DH)
Apr. 23 Towson
Apr. 29 Hofstra (DH)
Apr. 30 Hofstra
May. 5 Hampton (DH)
May. 6 Hampton
May. 9 CAA Tournament
Players Mentioned
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