The Golden Bears will begin the season against West Virginia State on Feb. 5 at the UNC Pembroke Spring Tournament to kick start the 40-plus game schedule. As they have done in each of the past six seasons, the Golden Bears will look to extend the season into May with a run in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference playoffs.

February will end with the Catawba Tournament in North Caroline followed by the annual spring break trip to Florida. This year's spring break trip will be held at Clermont from March 5-14.

Shortly after returning from Florida, the Golden Bears will travel for a nonconference doubleheader with Goldey Beacom on March 16. Two day later, KU opens conference play with a doubleheader at West Chester on March 18, followed by a weekend tournament in Salem, Va.

KU will finally have the luxury of playing on its home turf in the final weekend of March with a PSAC Eastern Division doubleheader against East Stroudsburg.

The PSAC, which is separated into three divisions, will see road-and-home doubleheaders with the Eastern Division's WCU, ESU, Millersville and Shippensburg.

After finishing first in the Eastern Division, KU will face Central Division and NCAA Division II champ Lock Haven. They will travel for a doubleheader with Bloomsburg (Central Division) and host Gannon (Western Division) to complete the PSAC crossover schedule.

The PSAC playoffs will be played Friday April 23, with the finals set for Saturday May 1.

The Golden Bears, who fell in the NCAA Super Regional to Lock Haven in 2008, will return pitching staff ace Katlin Arbogast (Ambler/Wissahickon). Maria Schiavo (Old Forge/Old Forge), Heather Hannum (Hatboro/Hatboro-Horsham) and Krista Tedjeske (Summerhill/Forest Hills) are key offensive returnees.

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