After three weeks of playing all of its games on the weekend, the Ball State University softball team will play a schedule in the next 10 days that more mirrors its upcoming schedule.
For the first time this season, the Cardinals will play games that are not on Friday, Saturday or Sunday when they travel to the University of South Florida Tournament on Tuesday and Wednesday in Tampa, Fla.
"We're still kind of in the playing-during-the-weekends mode," coach Craig Nicholson said. "We have to get ready for [mid-week games] because that is what we're going to be seeing."
The upcoming schedule with mid-week games mirrors the one Ball State will play after its road trip to Florida. Beginning March 18, the Tuesday after Spring Break, the Cardinals will play at least two mid-week games through the rest of the regular season.
Redshirt freshman Lisa Rozanski, who leads off and plays center field for the Cardinals, said she does not think the mid-week games will be a difficult adjustment for the team.
"I feel that it won't be any different than what we've been playing just because it's in the middle of the week," she said.
Ball State begins its road trip with games against Oregon State University and Florida International University at the Florida International Tournament in Miami. They continue the tournament Saturday and Sunday with games against Oregon State and Harvard University.
The Cardinals then make their way north for the South Florida Tournament, which lasts from Tuesday through Wednesday. Ball State will play Boston University, Indiana University, George Mason University and South Florida during the two days.
They then remain in Tampa for the Speedline Tournament, which begins March 14 and goes through March 16. In addition to playing George Mason again, Ball State will play Long Island University, Sam Houston State University and Georgia Southern University.
The opponents will be a tough test, Nicholson said, but the one-day rest in between tournaments will not be a difficult adjustment.
"As long as we get a day to rest and recover, the games are spread out enough, I don't think it will have huge impact," he said.
Rozanski, who is from Tampa, said she is looking forward to the weather and playing in front of her friends and family. She said she expects the Cardinals to have success in the tournaments.
"I think we'll do good," she said. "I feel that we have a chance at least to win every game."
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