Softball Announces Schedule for Non-Conference Tournaments

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. –Arkansas head softball coach Courtney Deifel has announced the team’s full schedule for the four weekends before the start of SEC play. The Razorbacks will play 21 total games at the Best on the Bayou Classic, Maverick Classic, Razorback Invitational and Wooo Pig Classic, with the latter two events hosted at Bogle Park.

2021 ARKANSAS SOFTBALL SCHEDULE

Arkansas opens its season in the Best on the Bayou Classic (Feb.12-14) hosted by ULM at the Ouachita Sportsplex in Monroe, La. The Razorbacks play their season opener at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 14 against Lipscomb and take on Jacksonville State later in the day at 1:30 p.m. A second game against the Bisons is slated for 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13 before a matchup against the host Warhawks at 3 p.m. The weekend closes with a showdown against nationally ranked Oklahoma State on Sunday, Feb. 14 at 11:30 a.m. Arkansas, ranked No. 16 in the D1softball Preseason Top 25, and Oklahoma State, D1softball’s No. 10 team, are meeting for the 15th time in a series deadlocked at 7-7.

The following weekend the Maverick Classic (Feb. 19-21) in Arlington, Texas, hosted by UTA, welcomes Arkansas for five games beginning with a 12:30 p.m. first pitch against 2018 NCAA Fayetteville Regional runner-up Wichita State and the host Mavericks at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 19. Arkansas plays Abilene Christian at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 20, for the first time in school history before a second meeting against UTA at 4:30 p.m. The weekend’s fifth game pits Arkansas against Texas State on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 10 a.m.