The Redhawks open the season at their third straight Kajikawa Classic hosted by Arizona State where they will face Bradley and ECU on Feb. 12, Fresno State on Feb. 13, and UC Riverside and Stanford on Feb. 14. The next two weekends they will complete the month of February in California with tournaments at Santa Clara (Feb. 19-21) and Saint Mary’s (Feb. 27-28). At Santa Clara’s Bronco Classic, SU will play Idaho State (Feb. 19, Feb. 21), CSU Fullerton (Feb. 20, Feb. 21), and host Santa Clara (Feb. 20) while at the Saint Mary’s Tournament, the Redhawks will face Saint Mary’s and Sacramento State each once per day.
Early March (Mar. 4-6) brings the first ever UW/SU Tournament co-hosted with the University of Washington. At Logan Field at SU Park there will be two games each on Friday and Sunday and three on Saturday. On Mar. 4, the Redhawks will play Montana and Bradley, taking on Pacific on Saturday and Boise State twice (Saturday and Sunday). Two neutral site games will also be played at Seattle U with Bradley facing Montana in the nightcap on Mar. 5 and Kent State facing Bradley in the early morning game on Mar. 6.
Seattle U closes out the month of March with three tournaments all in the state of California as well as a Mar. 22 doubleheader at Portland State. From Mar. 11-13, Seattle U will face Stonybrook, UC Davis, Colgate, and Nevada at the Aggies Tournament #3 in Davis, Calif. The following weekend at San Diego State’s SDSU Classic II (Mar. 18-20), SU will take on Princeton, host San Diego, Cal Poly, Illinois, and San Jose State. Two days after the Redhawks’ doubleheader in Portland, the Gaucho Classic II in Santa Barbara (Mar. 24-26) will bring contests vs. San Diego, UCSB, and Santa Clara.
With April comes the start of Western Athletic Conference play, as Seattle U will make two conference road trips this season, to defending WAC champions New Mexico State (Apr. 1-2) as well as CSU Bakersfield (Apr. 15-16). Seattle U is set to host a trio of WAC weekends including vs. Grand Canyon (Apr. 8-9), UMKC (Apr. 22-23), and Utah Valley (Apr. 29-30).
The Redhawks will host their second WAC Tournament in three years from May 12-14 at Logan Field at SU Park.
Stay tuned to GoSeattleU.com for all the latest updates and schedule changes throughout the 2016 campaign.