Morgan Zerkle Announces First Schedule as Marshall Head Coach

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

2024 Schedule

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The first year of the Morgan Zerkle era will see plenty of excitement at the renovated Dot Hicks Field with games against Notre Dame and Purdue highlighting the 2024 home schedule.

Marshall will host 23 games – including two early-season invitationals – with visits from Butler and Purdue the first weekend of March, and the second weekend featuring the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

The challenging slate will also include non-conference opponents such as Arkansas, Michigan State and Penn State in Florida to open the year. The Herd later travels to Tucson, Arizona, for a tournament in which they face the Arizona Wildcats and former MUSB Head Coach Shonda Stanton’s Indiana Hoosiers. A pair of mid-week contests against Kentucky and Virginia Tech also are part of the 2024 slate.

“I look forward to seeing Herd softball rise to the challenge that this year’s schedule presents,” Zerkle said. “We play several Top 50 RPI teams out of conference like Arkansas, Virginia Tech, Kentucky, Indiana, Penn State, Notre Dame and Arizona that I believe will help prepare us. Last year, in just year one in the Sun Belt, Marshall had an amazing season. In year two, why not try to win it?”

The team’s second Sun Belt Conference season includes home weekend series with App State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern and ULM. Marshall will travel for weekend sets at Georgia State, JMU, Southern Miss, and Texas State.

The 2024 Sun Belt Conference Softball Championship will be May 7-11 from San Marcos, Texas.

2024 Marshall Softball Schedule
Feb. 8-10 – at FAU Paradise Classic
Feb. 8 – Arkansas
Feb. 8 – at FAU
Feb. 9 – Michigan State
Feb. 9 – Penn State
Feb. 10 – Michigan State
Feb. 16-18 – at East Carolina Pirate Clash
Feb. 16 – Fairfield
Feb. 16 – Longwood
Feb. 17 – Longwood
Feb. 17 – at ECU
Feb. 18 – Fairfield
Feb. 23 -25  University of Arizona Hillenbrand Invitational
Feb. 23 – Drake
Feb. 23 – at Arizona
Feb. 24 – Central Michigan
Feb. 24 – at Arizona
Feb. 25 – Indiana
Feb. 28 – Bellarmine (Home Opener)
Mar. 1-3 – Thundering Herd Invitational
Mar. 1 – Purdue
Mar. 1 – Butler
Mar. 2 – Butler
Mar. 2 – Radford
Mar. 3 – Purdue
Mar. 8-10 – Marshall March Madness
Mar. 8- Ball State
Mar. 8- Notre Dame
Mar. 9- Notre Dame
Mar. 9- Ball State
Mar. 10- Indiana State
Mar. 12 – at Ohio
Mar. 15-17 – Georgia Southern*
Mar. 20 – at Kentucky
Mar. 22-24 – at Southern Miss*
Mar. 28-30 – ULM*
Apr. 5-7 – at Georgia State*
Apr. 12-14 – at JMU*
Apr. 19-21 – Coastal Carolina*
Apr. 24 – at Virginia Tech
Apr. 26-28 – App State*
May 2-4 – at Texas State*
May 7-11 – Sun Belt Conference Softball Championship – Hosted by Texas State