ALVA, OKLAHOMA - The Rangers Softball team is ready to announce the 2025 schedule as head coach Cassedy Webb has finalized the 52 game season. The schedule will include a 24 game home season.
Northwestern will open the season part of the Branson Lead Off Classic in Branson Missouri, playing four games. The Rangers will play two on Friday, January 31st to open the season against Newman, and Minnesota Crookston, before closing out the tournament against Maryville University, and Truman State on Saturday.
The following weekend on February 7th the Rangers will play in the Midwestern State Tournament in Wichita Falls, Texas. Northwestern opens that tournament against Fort Hays State and Southwest Baptist University before closing the weekend with Midwestern State and Cameron University.
After a trip to Wichita, Kansas for a doubleheader against Newman on February 12th the Rangers will come home for the 2025 home opener against Arkansas Tech University for a three game series starting on February 21st. This is the first of six straight at home as the following weekend the Rangers continue conference play with a weekend series against East Central.
The Rangers then travel on March 7th-8th for the first road conference series against Southeastern Oklahoma State in Durant, Oklahoma. This is the first of 10 straight games on the road. The Rangers will also face conference opponents Southwestern and Southern Arkansas in that stretch before Fort Hays State in Hays, Kansas.
Following the road trip the Rangers will then play 11 of the next 13 games at home in Alva, starting with Arkansas Monticello before a three game series against Southern Nazarene.
After a trip to Edmond to face Central Oklahoma the Rangers will then host Oklahoma Baptist on April 4th and Southwestern on April 8th.
On April 11h and 12th the Rangers will face Henderson State in Arkadelphia for one of two final road trips.
The Rangers then have seven straight home games, two against Newman University on April 15, followed by a three game home stand against Ouachita Baptist before closing the home schedule against Northeastern State University on April 22nd.
Northwestern then closes the season on the road in Searcy, Arkansas with a three game series against Harding University on April 25th and 26th.
The conference championship tournament will then run through Thursday May 1st through Saturday May 3rd in Bentonville, Arkansas.
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