The best of the Best play at THE Spring Games!
In 2024, THE Spring Games will host the NCAA Division III’s Top 2023 collegiate softball teams in Central Florida, including the current National Champion: The Thunder from Trine University. Twenty-nine (29) of THE Spring Games’ 176 Division III teams made it to the Regionals in 2023, which should make this year’s competition fierce!
What does that look like for THE Spring Games?
From February 28th to March 28th, 2024, Central Florida will have highly competitive matchups for you to watch in Clermont Florida. Among other great competitions, on March 7th THE Spring Games will host a regional rematch at Legends Way in Clermont Florida between Trine University (46-6) and Waynesburg University (29-10).
The Trine Thunder opened their 2023 season in Central Florida at Polk County’s Winter Haven and Auburndale softball complexes, going 8-0 on the trip. Here’s what Coach Danklefsen has to say about THE Spring Games “We have selected THE Spring Games for years! To me, it’s the best option by a landslide. Easiest to travel to, best housing options, best entertainment options for the players on off days! The facilities keep getting better each year and they by far work the hardest for you to get games in! I have always felt at home at THE Spring Games. THE Spring Games is the only place we even look to go!”
This is Waynesburg Yellow Jackets’ first year at THE Spring Games. Here’s what coach Shimek says about 2024, “We have had historic seasons the last two years earning the school’s first-ever NCAA Regional bids. In both years at the Regionals, we ended up playing top-five ranked teams and ultimately losing both times. We chose the Spring games because we wanted to play the best competition possible and challenge ourselves to get better.”
Here is a list of teams in the 2023 NCAA DIII Top 50 who will be attending THE Spring Games in 2024:
Belhaven University (ASC)
Bethel University, MN (MIAC)
Case Western Reserve University (UAA)
Endicott College (CCC)
Framingham State University (MASCAC)
Grinnell College (Midwest)
Hiram College (NCAC)
Husson University (NAC)
Lebanon Valley College (MAC)
Luther College (ARC)
Marietta College (OAC)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (NEWMAC)
Millikin University (CCIW)
Moravian University (Landmark)
Penn State Berks College (United East)
Penn State Brandywine
Ramapo College (NJAC)
Rowan University (NJAC)
Simmons University (GNAC)
State University of New York at Geneseo (SUNYAC)
Swarthmore College (Centennial)
Trine University (MIAA)
Tufts University (NESCAC)
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (LEC)
University of Mount Union (OAC)
University of Rochester (Liberty)
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (WIAC)
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (WIAC)
Waynesburg University (PAC)
Tickets are now available online.
To learn more about THE Spring Games, go to www.THESpringGames.com. You can watch all of the games at THE Spring Games 2024 on FloSoftball.com.
