2019 Southland Conference Softball Tournament

Classification| Division I
Teams| 8
Format| Single-elimination tournament (Gm 1-2), Double-elimination tournament (Gm 3-13)
Site|

* Lady Demon Diamond
* Natchitoches, Louisiana

Champions| Sam Houston State (3 title)
MVP| Lindsey McCleod (Sam Houston State)
Television| ESPNU

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* Southland Softball Tournament
* 2020 →

2019 Southland Conference softball standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Sam Houston State ‍†‍‡‍y | 22 | - | 5 |  | .815 |  |  | 35 | - | 23 |  | .603
Nicholls ‍‍‍ | 21 | - | 6 |  | .778 |  |  | 34 | - | 22 |  | .607
McNeese State ‍‍‍ | 19 | - | 8 |  | .704 |  |  | 33 | - | 32 |  | .508
Stephen F. Austin ‍‍‍ | 18 | - | 9 |  | .667 |  |  | 36 | - | 23 |  | .610
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍ | 17 | - | 10 |  | .630 |  |  | 34 | - | 23 |  | .596
Northwestern State ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 12 |  | .556 |  |  | 30 | - | 27 |  | .526
Lamar ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 13 |  | .519 |  |  | 23 | - | 34 |  | .404
Central Arkansas ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 15 |  | .444 |  |  | 26 | - | 28 |  | .481
Houston Baptist ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 17 |  | .370 |  |  | 23 | - | 23 |  | .500
Abilene Christian ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 21 |  | .222 |  |  | 13 | - | 31 |  | .295
Incarnate Word ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 22 |  | .154 |  |  | 8 | - | 40 |  | .167
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 23 |  | .115 |  |  | 8 | - | 43 |  | .157

† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 19, 2019[1]
Rankings from NFCA

The 2019 Southland Conference tournament was held at Lady Demon Diamond on the campus of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana from May 7 through May 10, 2019. The tournament winner, Sam Houston State, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The Championship game was broadcast on ESPNU.[2] The remainder of the tournament aired on the Southland Digital Network.

## Contents

* 1 Format
* 2 Tournament
* 3 Awards and honors
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Format[edit]

The 2019 tournament marked the second year with expanded format including the top 8 teams following Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word's eligibility for the tournament. The first two games were single elimination while the rest of the tournament was a double elimination format.

## Tournament[edit]

| Elimination Game |

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| 8 | Central Arkansas | 6 |
| 5 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7 |
| Elimination Game |

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| 7 | Lamar | 0 |
| 7 | Northwestern State | 4 |
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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | Final
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| | | | 1| Sam Houston State| 7| | | |
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| 4| Stephen F. Austin| 0| | | 5| Southeastern Louisiana| 0| | | | |
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| 5| Southeastern Louisiana| 2| | | | | | 3| McNeese State| 1| |
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| | | | | | | 5| Southeastern Louisiana| 0| |
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| | | | 1| Nicholls| 9| | | | |
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| 3| McNeese State| 3| | | 6| Northwestern State| 0| | | |
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| 6| Northwestern State| 4| | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1| Sam Houston State| 2
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| | | | | | | 2| Nicholls| 1
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| Lower round 1| | | Lower round 2| | | Lower final| | |
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| 4| Stephen F. Austin| 6| | | | | |
| | | | | | 3| McNeese State| 4| |
| 6| Northwestern State| 1| | | | | |
| | | 3| McNeese State| 3| | | 2| Nicholls| 10| |
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| | | 4| Stephen F. Austin| 0| | | | |
| 1| Sam Houston State| 2| | | | | |
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| 2| Nicholls| 0| | | | | |
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* New Orleans does not sponsor a softball team.

## Awards and honors[edit]

Source: [3]
Tournament MVP: Lindsey McCleod, Sam Houston State

All-Tournament Teams:

* Cayla Jones, Northwestern State
* Justyce McClain, McNeese State
* Margarita Corona, Stephen F. Austin
* Kassidy Wilbur, Stephen F. Austin
* Kali Clement, Nicholls
* Kasey Frederick, Nicholls
* Caitlin Garcia, Nicholls
* Meegan Landry, Nicholls
* Tiffany Thompson, Sam Houston State
* Brooke Malia, Sam Houston State
* Bailey White, Sam Houston State
* Lindsey McCleod, Sam Houston State (MVP)

## See also[edit]

2019 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Southland Conference Softball Standings". Southland.org. SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE. Retrieved Jun 13, 2019.
2. ^ "2019 Southland Softball Tournament". Southland Conference. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
3. ^ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 31. Retrieved February 17, 2020.

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Teams|

* Houston Christian Huskies
* Incarnate Word Cardinals
* Lamar Cardinals
* McNeese State Cowgirls
* Nicholls Colonels
* Northwestern State Lady Demons
* Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions
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* Southland Conference Softball Tournament

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