HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Hofstra head softball coach
Jay Miller who is in his second season at the helm announced the Pride's 54-game slate for the 2020 campaign.
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Hofstra will open up its season in the Golden State with five contests at the Stanford Invitational between Feb. 14-16 where the Pride will meet the Cardinal twice and Drake three times. Following that trip, Hofstra will make its way back to the East Coast but will travel to Boca Raton, Florida for the FAU Strike Out Cancer Tournament, where the Pride will meet Illinois State, Florida Atlantic, North Florida, and local rival Long Island University between Feb. 21-23.
From there, Hofstra will travel to Lynchburg, Virginia for a five-game swing at the Liberty Spring Invitational from Feb. 28 to March 1. In Lynchburg, the Pride will face Yale, Butler, Liberty, UPenn and Fairfield. Hofstra will stay in Virginia for the next four games and meet Canisius, Buffalo, Cornell and George Mason at the Mason Invitational in Fairfax from March 6-8.
Hofstra's home opener is scheduled to take place on March 10 for a single-game contest against UConn. After that tilt, Hofstra will head back to the St. John's Invitational for the second-straight season and will meet St. John's, UConn, Holy Cross and Sacred Heart across March 13-15. The bulk of Hofstra's non-conference schedule will come to an end when the Pride travel to New Jersey for two-straight doubleheaders at Rider (March 17) and Monmouth (March 18).
Colonial Athletic Association competition will begin for Hofstra at Bill Edwards Stadium when the Pride host Drexel on March 28 and 29. The following weekend, the Pride will travel to Delaware for a three-game series with the Blue Hens. A mid-week tilt against Stony Brook is up next on April 8.
Hofstra will then play four-straight home games including a series with UNCW across April 10 and 11, before hosting Fordham in another mid-week non-conference game on April 15. Hofstra will then travel to Harrisonburg, Va. to meet the defending CAA Champion James Madison Dukes on April 18-19.
The Pride will meet Stony Brook again, but this time on its home field on Wednesday, April 22. Another road series will follow on April 25 and 26 as the Pride is set to meet Towson at the Tiger Softball Complex. Hofstra will play four-straight home games to close out the regular season, as LIU will visit Bill Edward Stadium on April 29 before the College of Charleston makes a trip up north for the final conference series of the season on May 1 and 2.
The top-five seeds at the end of the regular season will advance to the CAA Championship, which begins on May 6 with a champion crowned on May 8. The 2019 CAA Championship will take place in Harrisonburg, Va. and will be hosted by James Madison for the seventh-straight season. The Champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Championship, with the full 64-team field being revealed on ESPN's NCAA Softball Championship Selection Special Presented by Capital One on Sunday, May 10.
