IRVINE, Calif - The Big West revealed its conference schedule of softball games for the 2024 season, leading off on Friday, March 15 with a full weekend of competition to commence the calendar year.  

Some key storylines and matchups to keep track of in the spring include: 

• The Big West saw two schools compete in the NCAA Softball Championship a year ago with Long Beach State earning the conference crown, while Cal State Fullerton received an at-large invitation to the tournament. This was the first time since 2018 that the conference had more than one team qualify for an NCAA Championship. Both programs fell in the first round of the national postseason tournament.  

• Fullerton and Long Beach have clashed in the league title three consecutive times with the Beach claiming two conference championships within that span (2021, 2023). Before the shortened COVID-19 year in 2020, Cal State Fullerton secured four straight conference titles from 2016-19. Long Beach captured The Big West championship after three straight victories at home versus Fullerton a year ago. Yet again, these two schools meet in the final regular season series, this time at Cal State Fullerton’s field.  

• Seven student-athletes across six institutions represented The Big West on the NFCA All-Region teams with one landing on the All-Pacific West First Team, three earning Second Team honors, rounded out by three players claiming Third Team honors, respectively.  

• Cal State Bakersfield announced Letty Olivarez as the softball program’s new head coach. Olivarez brings over a decade of coaching experience to the Runners including time in the Pac-12 and The Big West.  

The 2024 Big West Softball Championship venue and dates will be announced later. 

Select Big West softball games are slated to air live on ESPN+. Please check ESPN listings for upcoming contest schedules and additional information as first pitch nears. 
 

2024 Big West Softball Conference Schedule
Week 1	Friday, March 15 - Saturday, March 16
	Hawai'i at UC Santa Barbara
	Saturday, March 16 - Sunday, March 17
	Cal State Fullerton at UC Davis  Long Beach State at UC Riverside   Cal State Bakersfield at UC San Diego  Cal Poly at CSUN
Week 2	Friday, March 22 - Saturday, March 23
	CSUN at Hawai’i
	Saturday, March 23 - Sunday, March 24
	UC Davis at Long Beach State   Cal State Fullerton at Cal State Bakersfield   UC Riverside at Cal Poly  UC San Diego at UC Santa Barbara
Week 3	Friday, March 29 - Saturday, March 30
	Hawai’i at UC San Diego   Cal State Bakersfield at UC Davis  UC Riverside at Cal State Fullerton   CSUN at Long Beach State  UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly
Week 4	Friday, April 5 - Saturday, April 6
	Cal Poly at Hawai’i
	Saturday, April 6 - Sunday, April 7
	UC Davis at UC Riverside  Cal State Fullerton at CSUN  Long Beach State at UC San Diego  Cal State Bakersfield at UC Santa Barbara
Week 5	Friday, April 12 - Saturday, April 13
	Hawai’i at UC Riverside
	Saturday, April 13 - Sunday, April 14
	CSUN at UC Davis   UC San Diego at Cal State Fullerton  UC Santa Barbara at Long Beach State    Cal Poly at Cal State Bakersfield
Week 6	Friday, April 19 - Saturday, April 20
	Cal State Bakersfield at Hawai’i
	Saturday, April 20 - Sunday, April 21
	UC Davis at UC San Diego   Cal State Fullerton at UC Santa Barbara  Long Beach State at Cal Poly  UC Riverside at CSUN
Week 7	Friday, April 26  - Saturday, April 27
	Hawai’i at Long Beach State
	Saturday, April 27 - Sunday, April 28
	UC Santa Barbara at UC Davis    Cal Poly at Cal State Fullerton  UC San Diego at UC Riverside  CSUN at Cal State Bakersfield
Week 8	Friday, May 3 - Saturday, May 4
	Cal State Fullerton at Hawai’i
	Saturday, May 4 - Sunday, May 5
	UC Davis at Cal Poly  Cal State Bakersfield at Long Beach State  UC Santa Barbara at UC Riverside  UC San Diego at CSUN
Week 9	Friday, May 10 - Saturday, May 11
	Hawai’i at UC Davis  Long Beach State at Cal State Fullerton   UC Riverside at Cal State Bakersfield   CSUN at UC Santa Barbara  Cal Poly at UC San Diego

Dates are subject to change.