2012 USC Aiken Softball Schedule

Downloadable 2012 USC Aiken Softball Schedule

AIKEN, S.C. – University of South Carolina Aiken head softball coach Jerry Snyder unveiled his 25^th schedule in charge of the Pacer softball program on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011.

The 2012 Pacer softball schedule features 14 home doubleheaders at J.H. Satcher Field to go along with a full Peach Belt Conference slate. USC Aiken will play a doubleheader with its opposition on every one of its scheduled dates in the 2012 season.

“Again this year as in years in the past, we are facing a tough, challenging schedule,” noted Snyder. “It is loaded with not only the Peach Belt Conference schools, but also all of the schools that made it to last year's NCAA regionals. With a solid returning core and a strong new class, I feel confident that we should be successful.”

The Pacers will open the 2012 season on the road against Catawba on Saturday, Feb. 18. The first game of the doubleheader is scheduled to get underway at 1 p.m. USC Aiken has won three straight games against Catawba to now own a 17-3 all-time series lead. The Pacers took two from the Indians at J.H. Satcher Field last season. 

USC Aiken will begin its 2012 home campaign with three consecutive doubleheaders.

The first Pacer home twinbill of the year will feature USC Aiken squaring off against Queens on Sunday, Feb. 19. USC Aiken has taken five straight games from Queens. The two programs will open the doubleheader at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19.

Two days later, USC Aiken welcomes Erskine to its home facility. The Pacers and Flying Fleet will open the first game of their doubleheader at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21. The Pacers own a 15-4 all-time series lead over the Flying Fleet. Last year, USC Aiken downed Erskine twice in Due West, S.C.

USC Aiken and Chowan are scheduled to play a doubleheader next at J.H. Satcher Field with the Pacers and Hawks scheduled to get game one of their twinbill underway at 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24. USC Aiken is 4-0 all-time against the Hawks.

The Pacers the very next day will open the month of March by hosting Flagler in their first league home doubleheader of the year. The Pacers and Saints will begin their twinbill at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 1.

USC Aiken will close out their week with two doubleheaders over the course of the weekend, beginning with a home twinbill against South Atlantic Conference foe Wingate on Saturday, March 3. The doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. The weekend closes one day later in Gaffney, S.C. with the Pacers tangling with Limestone on Sunday, March 4. USC Aiken's doubleheader with Limestone is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. 

The Pacers will conclude what amounts to five doubleheaders in the first seven days of March with one road doubleheader against Carson-Newman on Tuesday, March 6 before returning home for a doubleheader against Le Moyne on Wednesday, March 14. The Carson-Newman doubleheader in Jefferson City, Tenn. is slated to begin at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6. On Wednesday, March 7, USC Aiken's home twinbill with first-time foe Le Moyne will commence at 3 p.m.

The Le Moyne doubleheader is the first of a season-high tying four doubleheaders at J.H. Satcher Field. One week after squaring off with the Dolphins of Le Moyne, USC Aiken welcomes regional power Lenoir-Rhyne for a doubleheader on Wednesday, March 14. The doubleheader is scheduled to get underway at 3 p.m. USC Aiken split a doubleheader with then nationally 13^th-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne last season in Hickory, N.C.

USC Aiken will close out its week with two conference doubleheaders at J.H. Satcher Field. The Pacers will first welcome Georgia Southwestern for a doubleheader on Saturday, March 17 and then welcome Columbus State one day for a doubleheader on Sunday, March 18. First pitch in game one against Georgia Southwestern is set for 1 p.m., while the inaugural game of the Columbus State doubleheader on Sunday, March 18 will get underway at 2 p.m.

The Pacers will close the month of March and begin the month of April by hitting the road for a season-long four consecutive doubleheaders. On Friday, March 23 the Pacers will travel to Laurinburg, N.C. for a doubleheader against St. Andrews. The twinbill is slated to begin with the first game at 2 p.m. Two days later, USC Aiken will travel to Milledgeville, Ga. for a league doubleheader with Georgia College. Action in game one of the doubleheader is scheduled to commence at 2 p.m.

The next weekend, USC Aiken will first travel to Pembroke, N.C. for a Peach Belt Conference doubleheader with UNC Pembroke. The action is scheduled to get underway at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 30.

USC Aiken will then hit the road for a doubleheader with defending Peach Belt Conference champion North Georgia in Dahlonega, Ga. on Sunday, April 1. The first game of the twinbill is slated for a 2 p.m. start.

Three of USC Aiken's final four doubleheaders of the season will be inside the friendly confines of J.H. Satcher Field. USC Aiken welcomes rival Augusta State to J.H. Satcher Field for a league twinbill on Wednesday, April 4. The doubleheader is scheduled to begin with the first game at 4 p.m. Two days later, USC Aiken welcomes Pfeiffer to its home facility for its final home non-conference doubleheader of the year. The Pacers and Falcons will kick off the action in the first game of the twinbill at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 6.

USC Aiken's final road doubleheader of the year features the Pacers traveling to Brevard, N.C. to face off against Brevard on Wednesday, April 11. The first game of the doubleheader is set to commence at 2 p.m.

USC Aiken welcomes league rival Armstrong Atlantic State to J.H. Satcher Field for its final regular season doubleheader of the year. The doubleheader, which is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. with game one, will serve as USC Aiken's Senior Day.