2020 SB Schedule Release

Softball

USC Upstate Softball Announces 2020 Schedule

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – USC Upstate head softball coach Chris Hawkins announced today the schedule for the upcoming 2020 season for the Spartans, which features 29 games to be played at Cyrill Stadium.

USC Upstate is scheduled to compete in four tournaments this season and will host three in the Upstate Classic, Spartan Classic and Wings Etc. Classic. The Spartans are also slated to play 24 games during their second season in the Big South Conference.

"I am excited about the schedule for the 2020 season," said Hawkins, who is entering his 26th year as head coach. "We are looking forward to a tough and challenging schedule both on the road and at Cyrill Stadium. Our team will be ready for the challenge. The Big South Conference, once again, will be a battle to see who will win the regular season and tournament championships. Our non-conference schedule will help prepare us for conference and postseason play."

USC Upstate opens the 2020 season with 15 of its first 16 games at home when it hosts three straight tournaments while playing one midweek doubleheader. The Spartans begin the season February 7-9 when they welcome Bucknell, St. Francis, Towson and Marshall to town for the Upstate Classic. Following a doubleheader with N.C. Central on February 12, USC Upstate takes on Massachusetts, Maryland Eastern Shore, Buffalo and Oakland in the Spartan Classic, February 14-16. After a road game at Charlotte on February 19, the Spartans host their final tournament in the Wings Etc. Classic, February 21-23, facing LaSalle, Maine, Tennessee Tech, Virginia and Northern Kentucky.

USC Upstate travels to Conway, S.C., February 28-March 1, for its final tournament which is being hosted by Coastal Carolina.

The Spartans follow with 11 consecutive road games, including six in conference play, throughout the month of March at Duke (March 4), Stetson (March 11), Presbyterian (March 14-15), Gardner-Webb (March 18-19) and Georgia (March 25). The three-game series at Presbyterian marks the conference opener for USC Upstate. The Spartans return home for five straight games to close out the month versus Campbell (March 28-29) and Furman (March 31).

USC Upstate remains at home to start the month of April, closing out 11 in a row at Cyrill Stadium, with Winthrop (April 4-5) and Charleston Southern (April 7-8). The Spartans then return to the road for 10 straight games highlighted by six against Big South opponents. USC Upstate heads to Hampton (April 10-11), Western Carolina (April 15), Radford (April 18-19) and East Tennessee State (April 22) during its road trip.

The Spartans wrap up their regular season at home, April 25-26, when they host defending conference champion Longwood in a three-game series.

The 2020 Big South Softball Championship is scheduled for May 6-9 and will be hosted by Gardner-Webb in Boiling Springs, N.C.

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