SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State softball team opens the 2019 season as hosts of the Bobcat Classic. The tournament will begin with a 5 p.m. first pitch on Feb. 7 with a clash against I-35 rival UTSA at Bobcat Softball Stadium. Abilene Christian, Colorado State and North Dakota State round out the tournament field.
The Bobcats enter the season off an historic 2018 campaign. TXST won both the Sun Belt regular season and tournament titles for the first time in program history. Head coach Ricci Woodard was named the coach of the year in the conference, while Randi Rupp collected her second pitcher of the year accolade and piled up school records in career wins (110), career strikeouts (1,270), career appearances (187) and career innings pitched (1,057.