Complete 2023 Schedule
The Lourdes University softball team has 42 games scheduled this season as head coach
Caitlin Blanchard has announced the Gray Wolves 2023 slate.
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Lourdes will make its annual spring trip to Florida to open the season, but at a new location. The Gray Wolves will play 12 games at the USSSA Space Coast in Melbourne, Fla., beginning March 5 against Florida National and Saint Thomas.Â
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Upon returning north, the Gray Wolves will open the home portion of the calendar at Gray Wolf Field on March 15 with a doubleheader against Malone. A 10-game road trip follows, beginning with non-conference doubleheaders at Thomas More and Saint Francis (Ind.). Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference play begins on March 25 at Rochester (Mich.), with Lourdes then heading to Lawrence Tech and Siena Heights to round out the road trip.
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The Gray Wolves return home for back-to-back doubleheaders against Cornerstone and Aquinas to close March and open April before making trips to Michigan-Dearborn and Northwestern Ohio.
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The final six-game homestand begins April 15 against Concordia (Mich.), with Lourdes also entertaining Madonna for a doubleheader. The home slate, and non-conference play concludes April 19 with a twinbill against West Virginia Tech.
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Lourdes then heads to Indiana Tech before closing the regular season on April 23 at Cleary.
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The top eight teams will qualify for the WHAC tournament, which will take place May 3-5 at Pacesetter Park in Sylvania.
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