Hornet Softball Releases 2025 Schedule
Jan 22, 2025 11:29AM ● By Sacramento State University Athletics News Release
The Sacramento State Softball team is scheduled to play 50 games in 2025. Photo by Sacramento State Athletics
SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - Sacramento State Softball’s 12th-year
head coach Lori Perez announced the team's 2025 schedule, which is
comprised of 50 games, including 27 at Shea Stadium.
This year's regular season schedule, which also includes 17 road games and six
at neutral sites, runs from Feb. 6 until May 9. The Hornets will play in three
preseason tournaments, including a pair of annual home events, NorCal Kickoff
(Feb. 6-9) and Capital Classic (Feb. 28-March 2).
The Big Sky Tournament will take place in Greeley, Colo., May 6-9, and should
the Hornets win the title, they would compete at NCAA Regionals beginning May
16.
Sacramento State is coming off a 2024 season in which the team
finished with a 28-20 overall record and 7-4 in the Big Sky Conference. The
Hornets went 2-2 at the Big Sky Tournament and fell one victory shy of reaching
the tourney title game.
Sacramento State returns just 12 players from a year ago, as the team welcomes
14 new players to the program. The Hornets graduated 11 seniors from last
season's team.
Of the Hornets' 35 non-conference games, 26 will be played in the state of
California. The Hornets will travel to Hawaii for the Spring Fling (Feb. 13-15)
and play a three-game set at Oregon State (March 15-16). Sacramento State will
play 18 non-league games at home, including the two tournaments, and home dates
with UC Davis, BYU, Fresno State, Cal, Stanford, Pacific, Loyola Marymount and
Columbia. The LMU games are a three-game set the weekend before conference play
begins.
Sacramento State will play 15 Big Sky games featuring the usual three-game
series format with doubleheaders on Fridays and single games on Saturday
between March 28 and April 26.
In conference play, the Hornets will host three-game series vs. Idaho State
(March 28-29), Northern Colorado (April 11-12) and Weber State (April 18-19).
Road series will take place at Portland State (April 4-5) and Montana (April
25-26).
Sacramento State's coaching staff has two new additions, first-year
assistant coach Marina Demore, and first-year student assistant Lewa Day.
Demore will serve as the pitching coach after spending the 2024 season as
interim head coach at Nevada. Day recently completed her playing career at
Sacramento State (2020-24) in which she established herself as one of the
greatest players to wear the Green and Gold.
Every home game (schedule permitting), and road games against a Big Sky opponent, will stream on ESPN+.