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Softball Announces 2016 Schedule
February 01, 2016 | Softball
The Princeton softball program announced its 2016 schedule, a 47-game slate that will begin Feb. 19 in Arlington, Texas and send Princeton to eight states from coast to coast.
Five teams from the 2015 NCAA tournament are on the docket, including Women's College World Series participant UCLA and regional participants Fresno State, Lehigh, San Diego State and defending Ivy champion Dartmouth.
Princeton will play in tournaments hosted by UT Arlington (Feb. 19-21), Hampton (Feb. 27-28), Long Beach State (Mar. 12-13) and San Diego State (Mar. 18-20) while also taking on Cal State Fullerton, Loyola Marymount, Colgate, Rider, Monmouth and Lehigh in stand-alone non-league games in addition to the Ivy League schedule. Princeton will face Dartmouth, Harvard and Penn at home this year in league play while traveling to Yale, Brown and Columbia and splitting four games with Cornell home-and-home to end the regular season.
While adding six freshmen, Princeton returns four of its five pitchers from last year, led by senior Shanna Christian (2.64 ERA in 85 innings), and seven of the 10 players to start at least 25 games last year, led by senior first baseman/designated player Emily Viggers (.283 BA).
Here is a look at the 2016 schedule:
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South Dakota State Feb. 19, 20 & 21 in Arlington, Texas 2015 Record: 23-29 Series vs. Princeton: Have not met |
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UT Arlington Feb. 19 & 20 in Arlington, Texas 2015 Record: 27-28 Series vs. Princeton: Have not met |
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Quinnipiac Feb. 27 & 28 in Hampton, Va. 2015 Record: 18-33 Series vs. Princeton: Have not met |
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Buffalo Feb. 27 in Hampton, Va. 2015 Record: 13-37 Series vs. Princeton: Princeton leads 1-0 Last Meeting: 2007 |
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Hampton Feb. 28 in Hampton, Va. 2015 Record: 22-26 Series vs. Princeton: Tied 2-2 Last Meeting: 2013 |
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UC Santa Barbara Mar. 12 in Long Beach, Calif. 2015 Record: 19-35 Series vs. Princeton: Have not met |
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Cal State Fullerton Mar. 12 in Long Beach, Calif. & Mar. 15 in Fullerton, Calif. 2015 Record: 34-22 Series vs. Princeton: Have not met |
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UCLA Mar. 13 in Lakewood, Calif. 2015 Record: 51-12 Series vs. Princeton: Have not met |
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Long Beach State Mar. 13 in Lakewood, Calif. 2015 Record: 28-24 Series vs. Princeton: LBSU leads 1-0 Last Meeting: 1996 |
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Loyola Marymount Mar. 16 in Los Angeles, Calif. 2015 Record: 26-28 Series vs. Princeton: Have not met |
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Saint Mary's Mar. 18 in Santee, Calif. 2015 Record: 20-30 Series vs. Princeton: SMC leads 5-3 Last meeting: 2012 |
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Seattle Mar. 18 in Santee, Calif. 2015 Record: 16-36 Series vs. Princeton: Have not met |
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Fresno State Mar. 19 in Santee, Calif. 2015 Record: 40-16 Series vs. Princeton: Tied 1-1 Last Meeting: 2010 |
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San Diego State Mar. 19 in Santee, Calif. 2015 Record: 38-20 Series vs. Princeton: SDSU leads 1-0 Last Meeting: 2012 |
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Colorado State Mar. 20 in Santee, Calif. 2015 Record: 27-29 Series vs. Princeton: Princeton leads 3-2 Last Meeting: 2012 |
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Colgate Mar. 26 in Princeton 2015 Record: 17-21 Series vs. Princeton: Princeton leads 8-1 Last Meeting: 2013 |
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Rider Mar. 30 in Lawrenceville, N.J. 2015 Record: 12-35 Series vs. Princeton: Princeton leads 44-11 Last Meeting: 2015 |
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Dartmouth Apr. 1 in Princeton 2015 Record: 25-18 Series vs. Princeton: Princeton leads 32-15 Last Season: Dartmouth swept two at Dartmouth |
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Harvard Apr. 2 in Princeton 2015 Record: 23-21 Series vs. Princeton: Princeton leads 40-27 Last Season: Harvard swept two at Harvard |
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Monmouth Apr. 5 in Princeton 2015 Record: 19-25 Series vs. Princeton: Princeton leads 9-1 Last Meeting: 2015 |
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Yale Apr. 9 in New Haven, Conn. 2015 Record: 11-23 Series vs. Princeton: Princeton leads 50-14 Last Season: Yale won one (game two suspended, not completed) |
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Brown Apr. 10 in Providence, R.I. 2015 Record: 13-21 Series vs. Princeton: Princeton leads 50-14 Last Season: Princeton swept two in Bordentown, N.J. |
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Penn Apr. 16 & 17 in Princeton 2015 Record: 22-20 Series vs. Princeton: Princeton leads 56-27 Last Season: Penn took three of four in Philadelphia |
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Lehigh Apr. 20 in Bethlehem, Pa. 2015 Record: 40-9 Series vs. Princeton: Princeton leads 30-16 Last Meeting: 2015 |
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Columbia Apr. 23 & 24 in New York 2015 Record: 16-28 Series vs. Princeton: Princeton leads 35-13 Last Season: Princeton swept four in Princeton |
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Cornell Apr. 30 in Ithaca, N.Y. & May 1 in Princeton 2015 Record: 17-24 Series vs. Princeton: Princeton leads 35-30 Last Season: Princeton and Cornell split in Ithaca |