The 2024 BYU Cougars softball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. Gordon Eakin enters the year as head coach of the Cougars for the 22nd consecutive season. 2024 is the first season that sees the Cougars as members of the Big 12 Conference. BYU enter 2024 having won 13 of the last 14 conference championships but being picked to finish 7th in their new conference.
2024 Roster Pitchers 1 Gianna Mares - Freshman 14 Alyssa Aguilar - Junior 17 Olivia Laney - Freshman 18 Kaysen Korth - Sophomore 26 Kate Dahle - Freshman 38 Chloe Temples - Senior 44 Hina Huber - Sophomore 50 Ailana Agbayani - Sophomore
Catchers 3 Macy Simmons - Senior 9 Abbey Gillespie - Freshman 20 Hailey Morrow - Sophomore 21 Lyndsey Madrigal - Junior Infielders 2 Breezy Hayward - Sophomore 6 Keila Kamoku - Junior 7 Aleia Agbayani - Senior 13 Lily Owens - Sophomore 20 Hailey Morrow - Sophomore 28 Tristen Turlington - Sophomore 34 Maddie Udall - Sophomore 50 Ailana Agbayani - Sophomore 54 Huntyr Ava - Senior Outfielders 1 Gianna Mares - Freshman 7 Aleia Agbayani - Senior 11 Jaelynn Lambert - Junior 12 Lauren Flanders - Junior 15 Taryn Lennon - Senior 22 Maddie Bejarano - Senior 23 Violet Zavodnik - Senior 28 Tristen Turlington - Sophomore 51 Lexie Bennett - Sophomore
Schedule
! style=""| Paradise Classic
|- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | February 8 || vs. Kansas City || – || Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium || || 17–8 (6) || Kate Dahle (1–0) || Sheridon Wilber (0–1) || None || 350 || 1–0 || – |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 8 || vs. Ole Miss || – || Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium || || 7–4 || Chloe Temples (1–0) || Catelyn Riley (0–1) || None || 550 || 2–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | February 9 || vs. Nevada || – || Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium || || 8–0 || Kate Dahle (2–0) || Taryn Irimata (0–1) || None || 600 || 3–0 || – |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 10 || vs. Kansas City || – || Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium || || 3–0 || Gianna Mares (1–0) || Camryn Stickel (0–3) || Chloe Temples (1) || 400 || 4–0 || – |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 10 || at Hawai′i || – || Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium || || 3–2 || Chloe Temples (2–0) || Key-annah Campbell-Pua (0–2) || None || 700 || 5–0 || –
! style=""| Littlewood Classic
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" | February 15 || at Arizona State || – || Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium || P12+ Arizona State || 6–10 || Mac Osborne (3–0) || Gianna Mares (1–1) || None || 1,040 || 5–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" | February 16 || vs. #21 Virginia Tech || – || Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium || || 1–2 || Lyndsey Grein (2–0) || Kate Dahle (2–1) || None || 280 || 5–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 16 || vs. Illinois State || – || Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium || || 10–0 (5) || Chloe Temples (3–0) || Hannah Meshnick (0–4) || None || 288 || 6–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 17 || vs. Memphis || – || Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium || || 12–5 || Kaysen Korth (1–0) || Taniyah Brown (0–4) || None || 259 || 7–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 17 || vs. Cal State Fullerton || – || Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium || || 6–5 (8) || Kate Dahle (3–1) || Haley Rainey (2–2) || None || 360 || 8–2 || –
! style=""| Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 22 || vs. Bethune-Cookman || – || Big League Dreams Cathedral City Yankee Field || FloSoftball || 18–5 (5) || Gianna Mares (2–1) || Alyssa Brady (0–1) || None || 213 || 9–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 22 || vs. UC Riverside || – || Big League Dreams Cathedral City Fenway Field || FloSoftball || 5–3 || Chloe Temples (4–0) || Briza Blanco (2–2) || None || 143 || 10–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb" | February 23 || vs. Long Beach State || – || Big League Dreams Cathedral City Pawtuckett Field || FloSoftball || 4–6 || Sophia Fernandez (1–3) || Kate Dahle (3–2) || None || 315 || 10–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 24 || vs. Cal Poly || – || Big League Dreams Cathedral City Des Moines Field || FloSoftball || 19–3 (5) || Chloe Temples (5–0) || Kate Judy (3–3) || None || 317 || 11–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 24 || vs. Rutgers || – || Big League Dreams Cathedral City Fenway Field || FloSoftball || 9–1 (5) || Kate Dahle (4–2) || Mattie Boyd (6–2) || None || 172 || 12–3 || –
! style=""| Capital Classic
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb" | February 29 || at Sacramento State || – || Shea Stadium || ESPN+ || 3–4 || Marissa Bertuccio (3-1) || Chloe Temples (5–1) || None || 123 || 12–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 29 || vs. UC Davis || – || Shea Stadium || ESPN+ || 5–3 || Alyssa Aguilar (1–0) || Caroline Grimes (2–3) || None || 194 || 13–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | March 1 || vs. Utah State || – || La Rue Field || || colspan=7| Cancelled- inclement weather |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 2 || vs. UC Santa Barbara || – || La Rue Field || || 8–3 || Gianna Mares (3–1) || Ainsley Waddell (1–6) || Kate Dahle (1) || 146 || 14–4 || –
! style=""| Regular season
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb" | March 7 || Texas Tech* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || 5–10 || Maddie Kuehl (6–3) || Chloe Temples (5–2) || None || 331 || 14–5 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb" | March 8 || Texas Tech* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || 0–15 (5) || Maddy Wright (6–1) || Gianna Mares (3–2) || None || 318 || 14–6 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 9 || Texas Tech* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || 10–8 || Gianna Mares (4–2) || Maddy Wright (6–2) || Kate Dahle (2) || 582 || 15–6 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 11 || Utah Valley || – || Gail Miller Field || BYU Softball on Facebook || 9–7 || Ailana Agbayani (1–0) || Halle Morris (3–5) || None || 517 || 16–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb" | March 14 || at #3 Texas* || – || Red & Charline McCombs Field || LHN || 0–13 (5) || Mac Morgan (5–0) || Kate Dahle (4–3) || None || 1,812 || 16–7 || 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb" | March 15 || at #3 Texas* || – || Red & Charline McCombs Field || LHN || 0–10 (5) || Citlaly Gutierrez (5–0) || Kate Dahle (4–4) || None || 1,812 || 16–8 || 1–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb" | March 15 || at #3 Texas* || – || Red & Charline McCombs Field || LHN || 3–7 || Mac Morgan (6–0) || Gianna Mares (4–3) || None || 1,812 || 16–9 || 1–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb" | March 18 || at Utah || – || Dumke Family Softball Stadium || P12+ Utah || 1–3 || Mariah Lopez (8–5) || Gianna Mares (4–4) || None || 1,029 || 16–10 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb" | March 21 || #6 Oklahoma State* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || 2–3 || Lexi Kilfoyl (11–2) || Gianna Mares (4–5) || None || 640 || 16–11 || 1–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 22 || #6 Oklahoma State* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || 11–8 || Kate Dahle (5–4) || Kyra Aycock (4–2) || None || 692 || 17–11 || 2–6 |- align="center" | March 23 || #6 Oklahoma State* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | March 26 || at Utah Tech || – || Karl Brooks Field || WAC DN || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | March 28 || Houston* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | March 29 || Houston* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | March 30 || Houston* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || –
|- align="center" | April 2 || Utah Tech || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 4 || at UCF* || – || UCF Softball Complex || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 5 || at UCF* || – || UCF Softball Complex || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 6 || at UCF* || – || UCF Softball Complex || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 9 || at Utah Valley || – || Wolverine Field || ESPN+ or WAC DN || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 11 || at Oklahoma* || – || Love's Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 12 || at Oklahoma* || – || Love's Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 13 || at Oklahoma* || – || Love's Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 16 || Idaho State || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 18 || Iowa State* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 19 || Iowa State* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 20 || Iowa State* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 25 || Baylor* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 26 || Baylor* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 27 || Baylor* || – || Gail Miller Field || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | April 30 || at Idaho State || – || Miller Ranch Stadium || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || –
|- align="center" | May 2 || at Kansas* || – || Arrocha Ballpark || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | May 3 || at Kansas* || – || Arrocha Ballpark || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || – |- align="center" | May 4 || at Kansas* || – || Arrocha Ballpark || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || –
! style=""| 2024 Big 12 Conference softball tournament
|- align="center" | May 8 || vs. || – || USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium || ESPN+ || || || || || || – || –
| style="font-size:88%" | Rankings from NFCA. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.*Big 12 Conference games
TV and Streaming Broadcast Information Arizona State: Tia Reid, Scott Sandulli, & Grace Hand Bethune-Cookman: Jon Gross UC Riverside: Chris Hooks Long Beach State: Taylor Storr Cal Poly: Joe Simmons Rutgers: Chris Hooks Sacramento State: Will Schilling UC Davis: Will Schilling Texas Tech: Spencer Linton and Taylei Williams Texas Tech: Spencer Linton and Taylei Williams Texas Tech: Spencer Linton and Taylei Williams Utah Valley: No commentary Texas: Alex Loeb and Cat Osterman Texas DH: Alex Loeb and Cat Osterman Utah: Jacob Suomi Oklahoma State: Dave McCann and Taylei Williams Oklahoma State: Brandon Crow and Taylei Williams Oklahoma State: TBA and Taylei Williams Utah Tech: Houston: Houston: Houston: Utah Tech: UCF: UCF: UCF: Utah Valley: Oklahoma: Oklahoma: Oklahoma: Idaho State: Iowa State: Iowa State: Iowa State: Baylor: Baylor: Baylor: Idaho State: Kansas: Kansas: Kansas: Big 12 Tournament:
See also 2023 BYU Cougars football team 2023–24 BYU Cougars men's basketball team 2023–24 BYU Cougars women's basketball team 2023 BYU Cougars women's soccer team 2023 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team 2024 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team 2024 BYU Cougars baseball team
External links BYU Softball at byucougars.com
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