NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale softball team has announced its 2026 schedule.

Yale opens the 2026 campaign at the University of South Florida Tournament in Tampa, Florida, from Feb. 13–15. The Bulldogs will face Boston College, Kansas, Indiana State, DePaul, and host USF during the opening weekend.

Following the trip to Florida, Yale will travel to Georgia for a split-site weekend at Georgia State and Georgia Tech, where the Bulldogs will also take on the College of Charleston.

For the second straight season, Yale will host its own tournament from March 7–8, welcoming the University of New Haven and Boston University to 5K Corral Field.

Once tournament play concludes, the Bulldogs will host Fairfield for a single game on March 11 before opening Ivy League play the following weekend.

Ivy League Schedule
Twenty-one of Yale's remaining 31 games will come against Ivy League opponents:

• March 14 vs. Cornell (DH)
• March 15 vs. Cornell
• March 21 vs. Harvard (DH)
• March 22 vs. Harvard
• March 28 vs. Brown (DH)
• March 29 vs. Brown
• April 4 at Penn (DH)
• April 5 at Penn
• April 11 at Columbia (DH)
• April 12 at Columbia
• April 18 vs. Princeton (DH)
• April 19 vs. Princeton
• April 25 at Dartmouth (DH)
• April 26 at Dartmouth

Non-Conference Games
Yale's schedule is rounded out with 10 non-conference contests:

• March 17 vs. Hofstra
• March 18 at Bryant (DH)
• March 25 at Sacred Heart (DH)
• April 1 vs. Rhode Island (DH)
• April 8 at Fairfield
• April 15 at New Haven
• April 22 vs. New Haven

Postseason
The Ivy League Tournament is scheduled to begin Thursday, May 7, at the site of the highest seed and will run through Saturday, May 9.