Hempstead, NY – The 2025 season of Hofstra softball officially begins on Friday, February 14, with the Pride crossing timezones to play at the Getterman Classic in Waco, Texas, where the Pride will face two nationally-ranked opponents.
 
Getterman Classic Schedule:
Friday, February 14 @ 7:30 p.m. (ET): Hofstra vs. #23/24 Baylor
Saturday, February 15 @ 1 p.m. (ET): Hofstra vs. #3/3 Oklahoma
Saturday, February 15 @ 6 p.m. (ET): Hofstra vs. #23/24 Baylor
Sunday, February 16 @ 11 a.m. (ET): Hofstra vs. #3/3 Oklahoma
Sunday, February 16 @ 1:30 p.m. (ET): Hofstra vs. #23/24 Baylor
 
All games at the Getterman Classic will be streamed on ESPN+, and there will be live statistics for every game. These links are available on this page as well as the softball schedule page at GoHofstra.com.
 
Hofstra enters the season after finishing as one of the four remaining teams at the 2024 CAA Championship, losing in extra innings to Campbell. Olivia Malinowski and Gabby Sultan were named Preseason All-CAA and CAA Honorable Mention All-CAA, respectively. Malinowski started all 49 games last season as either the designated player or the catcher, and she finished third on the team with 40 hits while tallying a .267 batting average and 21 RBIs. Meanwhile, Sultan tallied a .240 average in 25 pinch-hit at-bats with six hits, a double, and a home run, plus 10 runs batted in.
 
Ranked third in the country in the latest NFCA/GoRout and ESPN/USA Today national polls, four-time reigning national champion Oklahoma is 6-0 on the year. Meanwhile, Baylor, ranked #23 in the NFCA/GoRout poll and #24 in the latest ESPN/USA Today rankings, is 3-2 entering the Getterman Classic on home soil. Hofstra is 1-2 all-time against Oklahoma and 1-1 all-time versus Baylor.