By Nathan Keil | Sports Editor
Baylor softball shocked No. 2 seed University of Arizona last year in the Super Regionals to advance to the College World Series. After announcing its 2018 slate on Monday, the Bears will have a challenging hill to climb if they want to make a repeat trip this season.
Baylor’s schedule features 21 games against teams who made the NCAA Tournament in 2017, including four national seeds and both teams that competed in the World Series Championship Series.
Not only will the schedule feature some of the nation’s elite programs in Florida, LSU, Alabama and Big 12 rival and back-to-back College World Series champion Oklahoma, the schedule will send the Bears to both coasts and keep them on the road most of the year as they will only play 18 games at Getterman Stadium.