BOONE, N.C. – Newly minted App State Softball head coach Whitney Jones announced the 2025 softball schedule on Thursday. It will mark the 25th year of softball in the High Country and the first year at the newly constructed Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium.
The Mountaineers are scheduled to play 13 games at their new home this upcoming season, starting with a series against Georgia Southern (March 21-23). App State will also welcome Marshall (April 4-6), ULM (April 11-13) and Coastal Carolina (May 1-3) to Boone.
"Looking at the schedule we have put together this spring, we are excited for the opportunities that lie ahead," Jones said. "We intentionally scheduled a competitive nonconference portion to prepare our group to make a strong run come Sun Belt Conference play. Ultimately, we are building to compete for conference championships and NCAA tournament appearances."
In addition to the home contests, the Mountaineers will play a tough nonconference schedule that includes contests against Auburn, South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina. App State is set to square off with 13 teams that won at least 30 games a season ago and seven teams that made the NCAA tournament.
This year's squad returns two players who made at least 40 starts last year in
Grace Barrett and
Olivia Cook. In the circle,
Sejal Neas is set to compete in her fourth season in the Black and Gold and is coming off a year in which she struck out the sixth-most hitters in the Sun Belt Conference.
App State also welcomed 11 newcomers to the mountain this fall, including three transfers. Makayla McClain, who joins App State from Campbell, boasts NCAA tournament experience, while left-handed pitcher Sophie Moshos struck out 181 batters and tallied 16 wins in the circle in 2024 at Transylvania College.
The Mountaineers will open the season in Alabama in a tournament hosted by Auburn. This tournament features two squads that made the NCAA Tournament a season ago in Southern Illinois and Auburn. App State will play Southern Illinois twice (Feb. 7 and Feb. 9), North Carolina twice (Feb. 7 and Feb. 8) and Auburn (Feb. 8).
Following action in Auburn, App State will head to Columbia, S.C., to compete in a four-team tournament hosted by South Carolina. The Mountaineers will open this tournament with the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks, who won 49 games a season ago, before battling Winthrop and South Carolina to close the weekend.
The Georgia Classic (Feb. 21-23) in Athens, Ga., follows action in Columbia. While in Athens, the Mountaineers will face ACC opponent Syracuse and SEC foe Georgia twice. Georgia, which made the Super Regionals in 2024, will mark the third or four teams the Mountaineers will play this season that won at least 40 games in 2024.
Heading into March, the Mountaineers will take to Lynchburg, Va., to take part in a tournament hosted by Conference USA Tournament champion Liberty. App State will face Lehigh (doubleheader on Feb. 28), Drexel (March 1), Liberty (March 1) and Georgetown (March 2).
Wrapping up the early portion of nonconference action, the Mountaineers will take to Clarksville, Tenn., for a three-day slate against three different teams. The Mountaineers will play a doubleheader on March 7 and 8 before wrapping up play against tournament host Austin Peay.
Sun Belt Conference action kicks off on March 14 in San Marcos, Texas, where App State and Texas State will meet for a three-game series from March 14-16. The Bobcats won 47 games and were Sun Belt Tournament champions in 2024.
App State will head home for the first time of the season on March 21-23 as it hosts Georgia Southern.
A weekend set at James Madison follows as the Mountaineers travel to Harrisonburg for the second time in program history. After that, two home Sun Belt series await the Mountaineers as they will host Marshall (April 4-6) and ULM (April 11-13). The Warhawks' trip to Boone will mark the first time since 2021 that the Mountaineers have hosted ULM.
The Mountaineers will wrap up their road schedule with Georgia State (April 17-19) and Southern Miss (April 25-27). App State's series with the Golden Eagles will be the first contest between the two teams since 2013 and the first time App State will play in Hattiesburg.
A home series with the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will wrap up the home and regular season schedule (May 1-3).
The 10-team Sun Belt Tournament will be held in Troy, Ala., on the campus of Troy University from May 7-10. The Mountaineers will look to compete in the tournament for the first time since 2022.
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