BREVARD, N.C. – The Brevard College softball program has announced its schedule for the upcoming 2023 season.
"I am extremely excited about the 2023 season," commented Head Softball Coach Bre Shearin, who enters her third season at the helm of BC Softball. "We have some players in new positions to fill some slots we lost with the large senior class we graduated. They are pumped to step up and ready to bring the energy!"
Our seniors are intentional with their goals for the year and have already started to mentor our newcomers," added Coach Shearin. "This season we bring so much knowledge, talent, and grit on the coaching side of things with the addition of Taylor Hannah (Assistant Coach), Emily White (Volunteer Asst. Coach), and Christie Cauble (Volunteer Asst. Coach). We are building the program's culture and this year will be a big stepping stone towards the future of Nado Softball."
BC's schedule in 2023 features 16 total home contests and 18 matchups within USA South Conference play, with the season culminating with the top-eight teams competing in the USA South Conference Softball Tournament beginning Thursday, May 4.
The Tornados kick off 2023 with a road trip to former USA South member Agnes Scott College on Sunday, February 19 at 1 and 3 p.m. in Decatur, Georgia. Brevard will open up its home schedule on Saturday, February 25 against Johnson University (Tenn.) at the BC Softball Field, with doubleheader action beginning at 1 p.m.
March kicks off with the Nados making a trip to Cary, North Carolina at the onset of Spring Break to compete in the Grand Slam Triangle Classic hosted by William Peace University on Saturday and Sunday, March 4-5, with opponents and times still to be determined. The Tornados close out the Spring Break week with a home exhibition on Saturday, March 11 against USC Sumter set for 1 and 3 p.m.
BC then faces off at home against Carolina University on Saturday, March 18 at 1 and 3 p.m. before concluding the home-and-home series with the Bruins on Monday, March 20 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina at 1 and 3 p.m. The Tornados then begin USA South play at home on Saturday, March 25 against Meredith College with doubleheader play beginning at 1 p.m.
The Tornados make their second trip of the season to Winston-Salem, this time for conference play against Salem College on Tuesday, March 28 at 1 and 3 p.m. The month of March concludes on Friday, March 31 when Brevard makes a weekend trip to Virginia, first facing Mary Baldwin University in Staunton beginning at 2 p.m. before trekking to Buena Vista on Saturday, April 1 to take on Southern Virginia University at 12 and 2 p.m. A busy weekend of Tornado softball will conclude on Sunday, April 2 when BC matches up against non-conference opponent Sweet Briar College at the BC Softball Field on Sunday, April 2 at 1 and 3 p.m.
Brevard returns into the swing of conference action on Saturday, April 8 when BC takes on Methodist University beginning with a 1 p.m. first pitch. Greensboro College comes to town on Tuesday, April 11 for a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. before William Peace makes the trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains on Saturday, April 15 at 1 and 3 p.m., concluding a season-long eight-game homestand for the Tornado softball program.
Following BC's lengthy home stretch, the Tornados will conclude the 2023 regular season with eight consecutive road contests. BC faces Johnson on Monday, April 17 in Knoxville, Tennessee at 1 and 3 p.m. before returning to conference action with a trip to Rocky Mount, North Carolina on Saturday, April 22 in a DH scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Sweet Briar will host the Tornados in a return trip to the Commonwealth State for the Tornados in Sweet Briar, Virginia on Tuesday, April 25 at 1 and 3 p.m. before Brevard concludes the regular season on Saturday, April 29 in Misenheimer, North Carolina vs. Pfeiffer University, with the twin bill scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
The top-eight teams in the USA South Conference will match up in a pair of four-team double elimination tournaments hosted by the top-two seeds from Thursday-Saturday, May 4-6. The winners of those two four-team pods will match up in the 2023 USA South Conference Softball Championship Series on Friday and Saturday, May 12-13.
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