TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Softball announced the full 2026 schedule, featuring 29 home games at Hillenbrand Stadium. The Wildcats will face 10 NCAA Tournament teams from the 2025 season, including 2025 National Champion Texas and Women's College World Series runner-up Texas Tech.
 
The Wildcats will open the season with the fifth annual Candrea Classic from Feb. 5-8 at Hillenbrand Stadium. Arizona will welcome Oklahoma, Southern Utah, and Utah State for opening weekend.
 
Arizona will remain at home for week two to host the Bear Down Fiesta (Feb. 12-15) which includes Creighton, Coastal Carolina, Drake, and Utah Valley. The Cats will host Nevada for a midweek matchup on February 17 before heading to Stanford for the first road trip of the season. At Stanford's DeMarini Invitational, Arizona will face Boise State, Santa Clara, Stanford, and reigning National Champion Texas.
 
The Cats will return home to host the Hillenbrand Invitational (Feb. 27-Mar. 1) and will welcome Howard, Long Beach State, and Minnesota for the weekend.   
 
Arizona will begin Big 12 play at Hillenbrand Stadium against BYU (Mar. 5-7) before heading to WCWS runner-up Texas Tech for the second weekend of conference play (Mar. 13-15). The Cats will return home for seven straight games beginning with Arizona State (Mar. 20-22). Arizona will welcome GCU for a midweek game on March 24 and will close out the seven-game homestand against Baylor (Mar. 27-29).
 
The Wildcats will hit the road to open the second half of Big 12 action at Iowa State from April 2-4. During the conference bye week, the Wildcats will head to Baton Rouge to take on LSU in a three-game series (Apr. 10-12). Following the bye week, Arizona will take on Oklahoma State in Stillwater (Apr. 17-19) before returning home to host Houston (Apr. 24-26) for the final home series of the season. The Cats' final conference series will be at Utah from May 1-3.
 
The 2026 Big 12 Softball Tournament presented by Allstate will be held from May 7-9 at OGE Energy Field at Devon Park in Oklahoma City.
 
Arizona returns nine letterwinners from last season's team, highlighted by All-American Sydney Stewart and All-Big 12 players Regan Shockey and Jenna Sniffen. The Cats welcome four freshmen and six transfers to the 2026 roster.