Auburn softball’s opening day is set for Feb. 9, the program announced Thursday as it released its full 2024 slate.

Come opening day, Mickey Dean and the Tigers will get right to work as they open their 2024 season with the Tiger Invitational at Jane B. Moore Field, where they’ll host Virginia Tech, Belmont and Illinois in a three-day tournament.

Auburn, which finished the 2023 season ranked No. 19, will first see Virginia Tech on Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. in a game that immediately tests the Tigers as the Hokies finished last season ranked as the No. 21 team in the country. Auburn will square off against Virginia Tech a second time on Feb. 10 at 1 p.m.

Auburn will also see Belmont twice — once on Feb. 9 and once on Feb. 11, as well as one game against Illinois on Feb. 10 at 4 p.m.

After their season-opening weekend at home, the Tigers will then head to Mexico to compete in the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge, where they’ll play games against UC-Davis, Utah, Wichita State and Clemson. While Clemson and Utah both finished the 2023 season ranked in the top 15, Wichita State also finished last year inside the top 25.

Auburn will then return home from Mexico and host the Plainsman Invitational, which will run from Feb. 23-25 and will feature a pair of games against Longwood, Southeast Missouri State and Northern Iowa for the Tigers.

After a trip to Birmingham for a midweek tilt against UAB on Feb. 28, Auburn will return home to host the Jane B. Moore Memorial tournament from March 1-3. Auburn will first see USC-Upstate on March 1 at 1 p.m. followed by a meeting with Northwestern later that day at 4 p.m.

Auburn will see Northwestern, which finished the 2023 season ranked No. 7, a second time that weekend with a game at 5 p.m. on March 2.

The Tigers will also play a pair of games against North Texas in the Jane B. Moore Memorial tournament before a home game against Troy on March 6.

After playing 23 non-conference matchups in less than a month, Auburn will then look ahead to SEC play, which gets underway with a visit to Missouri the weekend of March 8-10.

On March 15-17, Auburn will host its second SEC series as Arkansas visits Jane B. Moore Field, followed by a midweek home game against Troy on March 19.

The Tigers will then visit Texas A&M on March 22-24 before welcoming last year’s SEC Tournament champions in Tennessee to The Plains on March 29-31.

On April 5-10, the Tigers will breakup their SEC action as they host the War Eagle Classic on April 5-6 — a two-day tournament that will feature a pair of games against Georgia Tech and Louisiana Tech for the Tigers.

Auburn will then put a bow on its non-conference action on April 10 as the UAB Blazers come to town.

Down the stretch of their SEC slate, the Tigers will visit LSU (April 12-14), host Kentucky (April 20-22), head to Ole Miss (April 26-28) and finally host Alabama (May 2-4) — all before hosting the SEC Tournament May 7-11.