Softball Opens in the Desert

Boise State opens its 2024 season under third-year head coach Justin Shults with a five-game road trip to Arizona...Broncos are scheduled to play their first-21 games away from the Treasure Valley.

Game 1
Boise State vs. Northwestern
SERIES: Northwestern 2-1
NOTES: The Wildcats are ranked in three of the four national polls, coming in as high as No. 20 in the NFCA...each previous meeting has been in Tempe, Ariz.

Game 2
Boise State vs. St. Thomas
SERIES: First Meeting
NOTES: The Tommies are in their third season in Division I after previously competing at the Division III level.

Game 3
Boise State vs. Wisconsin
SERIES: Boise State 1-0
NOTES: Laeha Hill's RBI-single in the bottom of the seventh lifted Boise State to a 13-12 win, Feb. 8, 2009 in Cathedral City, Calif., the Broncos' first victory over a Power 5 opponent.

Game 4
Boise State at Arizona State
SERIES: Arizona State 6-0
NOTES: This is the first meeting against an unranked Sun Devils' team.

Game 5
Boise State at Grand Canyon
SERIES: Boise State 2-1
NOTES: First meeting since 2021...teams have split two games at Grand Canyon.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats for all games are available on BroncoSports.com provided by Arizona State and Grand Canyon, respectively.

SEASON OPENERS
Boise State is 8-7 all-time in season openers...fifth time Broncos have opened in Tempe, Ariz., splitting previous four games...Boise State is 7-5 when beginning the season on a neutral field...Broncos are 1-3 in opener against Power 5 opponents, including a loss to Big Ten member Illinois in the first game in program history...win came over Boston College (8-0 in five innings) at Texas in 2019...second-straight year taking on a ranked team to start the season (lost to No. 10 Georgia at UCF last year).

CONFERENCE ACCOLADES
Justin Shults was named 2023 Mountain West Coach of the Year after leading the Broncos to a regular-season title...Boise State was 32-17 a year ago and its 72 wins are the most for a head coach through two years at the helm of the program...senior pitcher Taylor Caudill, senior outfielder Jordyn Hutchins and junior outfielder Mykenzie Hanna each garnered 2024 Preseason All-MW accolades...Caudill was 15-8 with a 2.72 ERA and 147 strikeouts in 2023 while being named All-MW First Team and NFCA All-Pacific Region Third Team...Hutchins batted .323 with 11 home runs and a .646 slugging percentage and was selected all-conference second team and all-region third team...Hanna batted .357 with 10 home runs and a 1.090 OPS to earn all-region second-team honors.

SUCCESS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise State has won 215 games since the beginning of the 2017 season, the most by a Mountain West school in that span...Broncos have posted five 30-plus win seasons over the last-seven years...captured the regular-season title in 2018 and 2023, finished runner-up in 2022 and earned NCAA regional bids in 2018 (automatic) and 2019 (at-large).

TOUGH SCHEDULE
Beginning with the season-opener against Northwestern, Boise State will play 14 games against 10 teams ranked and/or receiving votes in at least one preseason national poll.

LIGHT UP DLP
For the first time, Boise State will play night games at Dona Larsen Park as lights are scheduled to be installed prior to the home opener, March 7.

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
A trip to the NCAA Championship field of 64 will be on the line when Boise State hosts the Mountain West Championship, May 9-11.

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Players Mentioned

Taylor Caudill

Mykenzie Hanna

Jordyn Hutchins