After finishing as the runner-up to the national champions UCLA in the Women’s College World Series in June, the Arizona softball team returns to the diamond for its fall schedule. The Wildcats will play 10 games over the course of three weeks in preparation for their upcoming season.

Arizona will play five games during the Arizona Fall Classic. The Wildcats will take on Arizona Western College at 6 p.m. on Oct. 15, New Mexico at 5:30 p.m. and Central Arizona at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 16, and Cypress at 3 p.m. and Pima at 5 p.m. on Oct. 17.

Softball to hold open tryouts

The Arizona softball team will hold open tryouts on Sept. 17 at 2:30 p.m. at Hillenbrand Stadium. The Wildcats finished 52-14 during the season and were runners up to UCLA after losing 2-0 in the championship series in the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City, Okla., in June. The team, led by head coach Mike Candrea,   has earned eight national titles. . Interested prospective players should contact assistant coach Larry Ray before Sept. 10 by visiting him at his office in room 239A in McKale Center.