ST. JOSEPH – The weather is warming and snow is melting, but soggy field conditions have forced the Missouri Western softball team to postpone its home opening doubleheader against Texas Woman’s University on Tuesday.

Missouri Western was set to open an 18-game homestand against Texas Woman’s, but instead will travel to Illinois-Springfield for two games away from St. Joseph on Tuesday. The first game of that doubleheader will begin at 1:00 p.m.

The Griffons will then return home to open a 16-game homestand against Central Missouri on Friday.

Missouri Western is 11-10 overall and 1-3 in MIAA play after splitting a doubleheader at Northeastern State and dropping two games at No. 8 Central Oklahoma last week on the road. Griffon Softball fans will have a good chance of witnessing history during the three-week stretch of home games. Head coach Jen Bagley Trotter needs just six more wins to become the winningest softball coach in MIAA history. In her 18th season, Trotter has 609 wins at MWSU.

— MWSU Athletics —