BEAUMONT, Texas – Season tickets for the 2018 Lamar University softball season are now on sale.
 
The Cardinals, who enter their sixth season under head coach Holly Bruder after reviving the program in 2013, come off an historic season in 2017, as they made their first-ever appearance in a national postseason tournament, advancing to the finals of the National Invitational Softball Championship before losing a heartbreaking decision to host Liberty University in the finals.
 
Reserved seats for all 15 home dates, including the annual Cardinal Classic, are $80. General-admission season tickets are $65 for adults and $45 for senior citizens (over 65) and youths (17 and younger). Tickets are available online by CLICKING HERE, by phone at 409-880-1715, or at the LU Ticket Office located in the Montagne Center.
 
Individual-game tickets go on sale Feb. 1.
 
The Cardinals open the home season at 2 p.m. Feb. 19 with a doubleheader against the Washington Huskies, who advanced to the Women's College World Series last season. Other non-conference opponents are Eastern Kentucky, Dartmouth and Houston. The Cardinal Classic, which is scheduled for Feb. 23-25, includes Alabama A&M and Binghamton.
 
"We're excited to bring quality teams like Washington and Houston among others to Lamar University," Bruder said. "Washington is a tremendous program, and to bring a team of their caliber to LU is definitely a feather in our cap."
 
Last season, the Cardinals went 19-9 at the Lamar University Softball Complex.
 
"We're very proud of the LU Softball Complex, and we love to show it off," Bruder said. "We get great fan support. "
 
The Cardinals will play four Southland Conference home series this season, highlighted by visit from archrival McNeese, the defending Southland Conference champion, on April 20 and April 21.
 
The home schedule wraps up with a series vs. Incarnate Word on April 27 and April 28.