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Softball Ethan Smith - Graduate Assistant for Athletic Communications

Softball Schedule Set for 2026 Campaign

LONGVIEW, Texas -- Four 2025 NCAA Tournament teams headline the LeTourneau softball schedule for the upcoming campaign. 

Second-year head coach Macey Mize will lead her team through a 40-game slate, 21 of which will be played at home. With the YellowJackets competing in their first year as members Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, 10 opponents make up 30 conference games in 2026. 

The season kicks off on Feb. 7, as LeTourneau travels to Jackson, Miss., for a doubleheader against reigning CCS champion, the Belhaven Blazers. The home opener and first SCAC action will be the following weekend, Feb. 13-14, as the YellowJackets host Austin College for a three-game series.

A long SCAC road trip then begins for LeTourneau, with the YellowJackets traveling to McMurry (Feb. 20-21), 2025 WCWS qualifier Texas Lutheran (Feb. 27-28), and Concordia Texas (March 6-7) in a three-week span, all of which are three-game series.

A slightly forgiving stretch follows, as the YellowJackets then return for a 12-game home stand, albeit in a 14-day stretch. LeTourneau hosts doubleheaders against Millsaps (March 10), Howard Payne (March 18), and Mary Hardin-Baylor (March 24) and conference series versus Centenary (March 13-14) and Ozarks (20-21).

LeTourneau gets a 2025 ASC Championship rematch when the YellowJackets travel to Marshall, Texas, on March 28 to take on 2025 Super-Regional East Texas Baptist in a doubleheader.

The YellowJackets will host St. Thomas prior to Easter on April 2-3. The Celts received an at-large bid to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.

A pair of road conference series follows for LeTourneau, traveling to Dallas on April 10-11 and Hendrix on April 17-18. The YellowJackets close out the regular season with a three-game home series with the Schreiner Mountaineers on April 24-25, with Senior Day festivities being Saturday, April 25.

The SCAC Tournament is set for May 1-3 in Abilene, Texas. The top six SCAC teams qualify for the tournament.

SCHEDULE NOTES:

  • LeTourneau enters its first year as a members of the SCAC, with a 30-game conference slate awaiting them.
  • The YellowJackets will face four teams that made the NCAA Tournament in 2025 for a total of 10 games.
  • The SCAC Tournament -- hosted by McMurry -- will take place May 1-3.

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