2024 BYU Cougars softball team explained

Mode:softball
Year:2024
Team:BYU Cougars
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Record:17–11
Conf Record:2–6
Head Coach:Gordon Eakin
Hc Year:22nd
Asst Coach1:Pete Meredith
Ac1 Year:11th
Asst Coach2:Allie Hancock-Schneemann
Ac2 Year:1st
Asst Coach3:Ken Brooke
Ac3 Year:1st
Stadium:Gail Miller Field

The 2024 BYU Cougars softball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. Gordon Eakin enters the year as head coach of the Cougars for the 22nd consecutive season. 2024 is the first season that sees the Cougars as members of the Big 12 Conference.[1] BYU enter 2024 having won 13 of the last 14 conference championships but being picked to finish 7th in their new conference.[2]

Schedule

|-! style=""| Paradise Classic|- |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"| February 8 || vs. Kansas City || – || Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium || || 17–8 (6)[3] || Kate Dahle (1–0) || Sheridon Wilber (0–1) || None || 350 || 1–0 || –|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| February 8 || vs. Ole Miss || – || Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium || || 7–4 || Chloe Temples (1–0) || Catelyn Riley (0–1) || None || 550 || 2–0 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"| February 9 || vs. Nevada || – || Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium || || 8–0[4] || Kate Dahle (2–0) || Taryn Irimata (0–1) || None || 600 || 3–0 || –|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| February 10 || vs. Kansas City || – || Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium || || 3–0[5] || Gianna Mares (1–0) || Camryn Stickel (0–3) || Chloe Temples (1) || 400 || 4–0 || –|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| February 10 || at Hawai′i || – || Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium || || 3–2 || Chloe Temples (2–0) || Key-annah Campbell-Pua (0–2) || None || 700 || 5–0 || –|-! style=""| Littlewood Classic|- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb"| February 15 || at Arizona State || – || Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium || P12+ Arizona State || 6–10 || Mac Osborne (3–0) || Gianna Mares (1–1) || None || 1,040 || 5–1 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb"| February 16 || vs. #21 Virginia Tech || – || Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium || || 1–2 || Lyndsey Grein (2–0) || Kate Dahle (2–1) || None || 280 || 5–2 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| February 16 || vs. Illinois State || – || Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium || || 10–0 (5) || Chloe Temples (3–0) || Hannah Meshnick (0–4) || None || 288 || 6–2 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| February 17 || vs. Memphis || – || Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium || || 12–5 || Kaysen Korth (1–0) || Taniyah Brown (0–4) || None || 259 || 7–2 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| February 17 || vs. Cal State Fullerton || – || Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium || || 6–5 (8) || Kate Dahle (3–1) || Haley Rainey (2–2) || None || 360 || 8–2 || –|-|-! style=""| Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic|- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| February 22 || vs. Bethune-Cookman || – || Big League Dreams Cathedral City Yankee Field || FloSoftball || 18–5 (5) || Gianna Mares (2–1) || Alyssa Brady (0–1) || None || 213 || 9–2 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| February 22 || vs. UC Riverside || – || Big League Dreams Cathedral City Fenway Field || FloSoftball || 5–3 || Chloe Temples (4–0) || Briza Blanco (2–2) || None || 143 || 10–2 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"| February 23 || vs. Long Beach State || – || Big League Dreams Cathedral City Pawtuckett Field || FloSoftball || 4–6 || Sophia Fernandez (1–3) || Kate Dahle (3–2) || None || 315 || 10–3 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| February 24 || vs. Cal Poly || – || Big League Dreams Cathedral City Des Moines Field || FloSoftball || 19–3 (5) || Chloe Temples (5–0) || Kate Judy (3–3) || None || 317 || 11–3 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| February 24 || vs. Rutgers || – || Big League Dreams Cathedral City Fenway Field || FloSoftball || 9–1 (5) || Kate Dahle (4–2) || Mattie Boyd (6–2) || None || 172 || 12–3 || –|-|-! style=""| Capital Classic|- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"| February 29 || at Sacramento State || – || Shea Stadium || ESPN+ || 3–4 || Marissa Bertuccio (3-1) || Chloe Temples (5–1) || None || 123 || 12–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| February 29 || vs. UC Davis || – || Shea Stadium || ESPN+ || 5–3 || Alyssa Aguilar (1–0) || Caroline Grimes (2–3) || None || 194 || 13–4 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc"| March 1 || vs. Utah State || – || La Rue Field || || colspan=7| Cancelled- inclement weather|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| March 2 || vs. UC Santa Barbara || – || La Rue Field || || 8–3 || Gianna Mares (3–1) || Ainsley Waddell (1–6) || Kate Dahle (1) || 146 || 14–4 || –|-|-! style=""| Regular season|- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"| March 7 || Texas Tech* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || 5–10 || Maddie Kuehl (6–3) || Chloe Temples (5–2) || None || 331 || 14–5 || 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"| March 8 || Texas Tech* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || 0–15 (5) || Maddy Wright (6–1) || Gianna Mares (3–2) || None || 318 || 14–6 || 0–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| March 9 || Texas Tech* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || 10–8 || Gianna Mares (4–2) || Maddy Wright (6–2) || Kate Dahle (2) || 582 || 15–6 || 1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| March 11 || Utah Valley || – || Gail Miller Field || BYU Softball on Facebook || 9–7[6] || Ailana Agbayani (1–0) || Halle Morris (3–5) || None || 517 || 16–6 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"| March 14 || at #3 Texas* || – || Red & Charline McCombs Field || LHN || 0–13 (5) || Mac Morgan (5–0) || Kate Dahle (4–3) || None || 1,812 || 16–7 || 1–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"| March 15 || at #3 Texas* || – || Red & Charline McCombs Field || LHN || 0–10 (5) || Citlaly Gutierrez (5–0) || Kate Dahle (4–4) || None || 1,812 || 16–8 || 1–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"| March 15 || at #3 Texas* || – || Red & Charline McCombs Field || LHN || 3–7 || Mac Morgan (6–0) || Gianna Mares (4–3) || None || 1,812 || 16–9 || 1–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"| March 18 || at Utah || – || Dumke Family Softball Stadium || P12+ Utah || 1–3 || Mariah Lopez (8–5) || Gianna Mares (4–4) || None || 1,029 || 16–10 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"| March 21 || #6 Oklahoma State* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || 2–3 || Lexi Kilfoyl (11–2) || Gianna Mares (4–5) || None || 640 || 16–11 || 1–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| March 22 || #6 Oklahoma State* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || 11–8 || Kate Dahle (5–4) || Kyra Aycock (4–2) || None || 692 || 17–11 || 2–6 |- align="center" | March 23 || #6 Oklahoma State* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | March 26 || at Utah Tech || – || Karl Brooks Field || WAC DN || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | March 28 || Houston* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | March 29 || Houston* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | March 30 || Houston* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |-|- align="center" | April 2 || Utah Tech || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 4 || at UCF* || – || UCF Softball Complex || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || –|- align="center" | April 5 || at UCF* || – || UCF Softball Complex || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || –|- align="center" | April 6 || at UCF* || – || UCF Softball Complex || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || –|- align="center" | April 9 || at Utah Valley || – || Wolverine Field || ESPN+ or WAC DN || || || || || || – || –|- align="center" | April 11 || at Oklahoma* || – || Love's Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || –|- align="center" | April 12 || at Oklahoma* || – || Love's Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || –|- align="center" | April 13 || at Oklahoma* || – || Love's Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || –|- align="center" | April 16 || Idaho State || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 18 || Iowa State* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 19 || Iowa State* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 20 || Iowa State* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 25 || Baylor* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 26 || Baylor* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 27 || Baylor* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 30 || at Idaho State || – || Miller Ranch Stadium || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |-|- align="center" | May 2 || at Kansas* || – || Arrocha Ballpark || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | May 3 || at Kansas* || – || Arrocha Ballpark || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | May 4 || at Kansas* || – || Arrocha Ballpark || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |-|-! style=""| 2024 Big 12 Conference softball tournament|- |-|- align="center" | May 8 || vs. || – || USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |-| style="font-size:88%" | Rankings from NFCA. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.
*Big 12 Conference games

TV and Streaming Broadcast Information

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BYU accepts invitation to Big 12, will begin competition in 2023. . September 10, 2021 . 2021-09-10.
  2. Web site: Five Things To Know About BYU Softball For 2024 Season. . 2024-02-07.
  3. Web site: BYU softball wins two to open season at Paradise Classic. Provo Daily Herald. 2024-02-09.
  4. Web site: Zavodnik homers twice as BYU softball blanks Nevada. Provo Daily Herald. 2024-02-10.
  5. Web site: BYU's 'Super Saturday' warrants an extension of attention. February 12, 2024. Deseret News. 2024-02-12.
  6. Web site: BYU/UVU roundup: Cougar softball beats Wolverines on walk-off home run. . 2024-03-12.
  7. Web site: It's Go Time! . X, Formerly known as Twitter. 2024-03-14.
  8. Web site: Surprise! It's DH Day! . X, Formerly known as Twitter. 2024-03-15.

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