VILLANOVA, Pa. — The Villanova softball team announced its fall schedule Tuesday. 

The Wildcats begin their autumn slate with intersquad scrimmages on Sept. 6-7, both with a start time of 11 a.m.

VU then travels north, taking on Binghamton at noon on Sept. 13-14. 

Villanova returns home to face Long Island in a doubleheader on Sept. 21 beginning at noon before playing Div. II East Stroudsburg Sept. 27 at noon. 

A matchup with Saint Joseph's at noon Sept. 28 rounds out the month for the Wildcats. 

VU will end its fall schedule with a doubleheader at Branch Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey, starting with a matchup with Monmouth at 9:30 a.m. and ending at 11:30 a.m. against Rutgers. 

Head coach Bridget Orchard enters her 8th season at Villanova and 29th of her career. The Wildcats finished 27-26-1 in 2025, falling to Butler in the second round of the Big East Championship Tournament.