EVANSVILLE, Ind. - University of Southern Indiana Softball will not be making the trip to North Carolina this weekend due to uncertain weather forecasts in the Elon, North Carolina area where rain is expected throughout the weekend.

The Screaming Eagles will now turn their attention to next weekend's Evansville Softball Classic hosted by the University of Evansville to make their 2023 season debut.

USI is entering its first season as an Ohio Valley Conference member. The Screaming Eagles were selected to finish 5^th in the Ohio Valley Conference preseason poll, as the University of Tennessee at Martin was projected for a first-place finish.

USI is coming off a 49-13 record last season, including a 26-2 mark in conference play, and winning the Great Lakes Valley Conference regular season and tournament titles. During the 2022 season, the Screaming Eagles had a stretch of 18 straight wins between March 7 and April 10 last year, tying a program record for consecutive wins.
 
In the last season before USI made the transition to NCAA Division I, the Screaming Eagles capped off their Division II status with a run to the 2022 NCAA II Softball Championships after winning the Midwest Super Regional. USI was in search of its second D-II National Title after winning the 2018 National Championship.

Southern Indiana will start conference play March 11-12 at Morehead State before hosting its home-opening series from USI Softball Field March 18-19 against Lindenwood University.