Big Ten Announces Conference Softball Slate

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Big Ten released the 2025 conference softball schedule, which will feature three home weekends for Purdue, including the Big Ten home opener slated for Friday, April 4 vs. Minnesota.

With Oregon, UCLA and Washington’s softball programs joining the league, the schedule breakdown includes one bye week, three true away opponents (at UCLA, at Nebraska and at Ohio State), three true home opponents (Minnesota, Illinois and Indiana) and two neutral site opponents (Wisconsin and Maryland). For the neutral site games, the teams will compete in a two-game series as opposed to the standard three in back-to-back fashion.

The Big Ten season will begin for the Boilermakers out west at UCLA from March 13-16. From there, Purdue will travel to Oklahoma City to play just four days later at the home of USA Softball and the NCAA Women’s Softball World Series’ Devon Park. There, Purdue will take on Wisconsin (March 20-21) and Maryland (March 22-23).

Following the trip to Oklahoma City, Purdue will play at Nebraska from March 28-30. Then, The Boilermakers will return to Bittinger Stadium for a series vs. Minnesota (April 4-6). Following the home series, Purdue will have a bye week before continuing its homestand vs. Illinois (April 18-20). Then, Purdue will travel to Ohio State for the penultimate weekend of the regular season (April 25-27).

Purdue will close the regular season at home against Indiana (May 2-4), marking the first time since 2014 the rivals will meet in a weekend series (previously doubleheaders or single-game showdowns for the last ten years).

Purdue will host the Big Ten Softball Tournament at Bittinger Stadium next May. The tournament is scheduled to run Wednesday, May 7 through Saturday, May 10. More information regarding the tournament, along with Purdue’s non-conference schedule will be released at a later date.

The Purdue softball squad is coming off a record-setting season under first-year head coach Magali Frezzotti, setting the program record for longest Big Ten game winning streak (seven). Not only that, but their 18 triples led the Big Ten, ranked seventh in the nation and tied the Purdue record, all while being one of the fastest teams in recent history.

Coach Frezzotti returns nearly its entire roster, including Big Ten All-Defensive Team honoree and four Distinguished Scholars. The team has begun an eight-game Fall Ball slate at Bittinger Stadium over the next month, with a 10-innging game vs. Illinois State on the docket to start at 2 p.m. ET.

Admission is free for all Fall Ball, non-conference and Big Ten regular-season games at Bittinger Stadium.