Jamie Pinkerton, Iowa State Announce Cyclones 2024 Schedule

The following release information was issued by Iowa State and information and photo courtesy of Iowa State…

2024 Schedule

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State and coach Jamie Pinkerton have announced the 2024 Cyclone softball schedule. The Cyclones are scheduled to host 19 home games, their most home contests since 2016.

The schedule features four early season tournaments, with the Cyclones traveling to Mexico, Las Vegas, Virginia and Colorado before beginning Big 12 play on March 8. ISU will have five home weekend series as well as four home midweeks, highlighted by the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series on April 16.

The Cyclones will play eight teams who qualified for the NCAA Regionals last season, facing both Duke and Washington in Mexico before meeting Long Beach State in Las Vegas. The remaining five schools – Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor Texas and UCF – are on the Big 12 schedule.

Iowa State will open the season with 23 consecutive games away from the Cyclone Softball Complex, with 19 contests coming from tournaments. After tournament play ends, Iowa State will open the Big 12 slate on the road at defending national champion Oklahoma before facing Tulsa on the way back to Ames.

A midweek trip to Kansas City on March 20 is sandwiched between home weekend series against Houston and Texas Tech. After back-to-back weekends at the CSC, Iowa State will head to Waco for a trio of matchups against Baylor, with action beginning on Thursday to accommodate the Easter holiday.

After returning from Texas, the Cyclones will face five straight opponents at home, beginning with UNI on April 2. Kansas then visits Ames for the weekend before the DePaul Blue Demons come to town for a midweek matchup. College World Series qualifier Oklahoma State follows DePaul for a weekend series before Iowa caps the homestand with the Cy-Hawk game on April 16.

Iowa State then heads to Big 12 newcomer BYU and will play Utah Valley a second time – the two teams will meet in Mexico – before leaving Utah. A home midweek meeting against St. Thomas leads into a road trip to Austin for a matchup with the Longhorns to close the month of April.

May begins with a trip to Des Moines to face Drake before the regular season concludes at the Cyclone Sports Complex as ISU will welcome Big 12 newcomer and regional qualifier UCF to Ames.

Big 12 Tournament play starts on May 8 in Oklahoma City.

Full Schedule
Feb. 8-11                Puerto Vallarta College Challenge (four games)
Feb. 16-18              UNLV Classic (five games)
Feb. 23-25              Rawlings Classic (five games)
March 1-3               Colorado Classic (five games)
March 8-10             *@ Oklahoma
March 12                @ Tulsa
March 15-17           *vs. Houston
March 20                @ Kansas City
March 22-24           *vs. Texas Tech
March 28-30           *@ Baylor (Easter weekend, Thurs.-Sat.)
April 2                     vs. UNI
April 5-7                  *vs. Kansas
April 9                     vs. DePaul
April 12-14              *vs. Oklahoma State
April 16                   vs. Iowa
April 18-20              *@ BYU (Thurs.-Sat.)
April 21                   @ Utah Valley
April 23                   vs. St. Thomas
April 26-28              *@ Texas
May 1                     @ Drake
May 3-5                  *vs. UCF
May 8                     Big 12 Championship Play Starts

* = Big 12 Conference

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