The 2023 Pacific West Conference softball schedule is now online, and the slate is fast and furious from the beginning.

Defending PacWest champion Concordia hosts the Concordia Kickoff Classic February 3-5, featuring nearly all of the teams in the PacWest and many of the top squads from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and the California Collegiate Athletic Association. 

Two days earlier, Academy of Art gets the 2023 season underway by hosting William Jessup on Feb. 1. Biola takes on Northwest Nazarene on Feb. 2 and Concordia plays Cal State East Bay. 

The Kickoff Classic, played at the Orange County Great Park, has a multitude of games over the next three days (Feb. 3-5), including 2021 NCAA Championship finalist Biola against 2022 NCAA Championship finalist Cal State Dominguez Hills. Concordia will host perennial power Western Washington, and 2022 GNAC champ and regional qualifier Northwest Nazarene will stick around to take on Azusa Pacific on Feb. 6. The Cougars finished second behind CUI in the 2022 PacWest standings and qualified for the regional tournament.

PacWest play begins on February 24 when Biola begins a four-game series at Chaminade and Academy of Art does the same at Azusa Pacific. On Feb. 25, Dominican starts a series at Holy Names and Concordia takes on Hawai`i Hilo. Hawai`i Pacific's PacWest schedule begins on Feb. 27 at home versus Biola. 

For the first time in conference history, the top four teams in the final standings will advance to the Pacific West Conference Tournament, hosted in La Mirada by Biola, May 3-5. The winner of that double elimination tournament will gain the PacWest's automatic berth into the NCAA West Region tournament. 

For a look at the complete 2023 Pacific West Conference softball schedule, click here.