Southland Conference softball tournament

Collegiate softball tournament

Southland Conference softball tournament

Conference softball championship
Sport| Softball
Conference| Southland Conference
Number of teams| 7
Format| Double-elimination tournament
Current stadium| North Oak Park
Current location| Hammond, Louisiana
Played| 1983-1990;1996-Present
Last contest| 2024
Current champion| Southeastern Louisiana
Most championships| McNeese (9)
TV partner(s)| ESPN+
Official website| Southland.org Softball

The Southland Conference softball tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southland Conference (SLC). It is a double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.

## Tournament

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The Southland Conference softball tournament is a double-elimination tournament held each year at various SLC campus stadiums. The top seven SLC softball teams participate in the tournament (barring NCAA sanctions). Of the ten current members, only the University of New Orleans does not sponsor softball.

## History

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The tournament was first held in 1983 when the conference began sponsoring softball. The tournament was not held from 1991 to 1995 and was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

## Champions

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### Year-by-year

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source:[1]

Year  | School  | Venue  | City  | MVP **

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1983 | McNeese State[a] | Beaumont Athletic Complex  | Beaumont, Texas | No MVP
1984 | Southwestern Louisiana[b] | Unknown  | Lafayette, Louisiana | No MVP
1985 | Northeast Louisiana[c] | ULM Softball Complex | Monroe, Louisiana | No MVP
1986 | Northeast Louisiana[c] | Allan Saxe Field | Arlington, Texas | No MVP
1987  | Southwestern Louisiana[b] | Unknown  | Denton, Texas | No MVP
1988  | Sam Houston State[d] | Lady Demon Diamond | Natchitoches, Louisiana | Joanne Graham
1989  | Southwest Texas State[e] | Bearkat Softball Field  | Huntsville, Texas | Debra Jones
1990  | Stephen F. Austin | Bobcat Softball Stadium  | San Marcos, Texas | Sandi Green
1991-1995 |

No conference tournament

1996  | Nicholls State[f] | Colonels Softball Complex | Thibodaux, Louisiana | Leslie Efferson
1997  | Nicholls State[f] | ULM Softball Complex  | Monroe, Louisiana  | Courtney Blades
1998  | Northwestern State | Lady Demon Diamond  | Natchitoches, Louisiana  | Becca Allen
1999  | Southwest Texas State[e] | Lady Demon Diamond  | Natchitoches, Louisiana  | Amber Mosher
2000  | Northwestern State  | Lady Demon Diamond  | Natchitoches, Louisiana  | Erin Mancuso
2001  | Southwest Texas State[e] | Bobcat Softball Stadium  | San Marcos, Texas | Jessica Chase
2002  | Northwestern State  | Lady Demon Diamond  | Natchitoches, Louisiana  | Amanda Ortego
2003  | Texas-Arlington[g] | Lady Demon Diamond  | Natchitoches, Louisiana  | Katy Cox
2004  | Texas-San Antonio[h] | Bobcat Softball Stadium  | San Marcos, Texas  | Ursula Mares
2005  | McNeese State[a] | North Oak Park | Hammond, Louisiana | Jessica Denham
2006  | Texas-San Antonio[h] | Lady Demon Diamond  | Natchitoches, Louisiana  | Jessica Els
2007  | Sam Houston State[d] | Bearkat Softball Complex | Huntsville, Texas  | Brandi Crnkovic
2008  | Stephen F. Austin | Bobcat Softball Stadium  | San Marcos, Texas  | Monika Covington
2009 | Southwest Texas State[e] | Cowgirl Diamond | Lake Charles, Louisiana | Chandler Hall
2010 | McNeese State[a] | Bobcat Softball Complex  | San Marcos, Texas  | Meagan Bond
2011 | Southwest Texas State[e] | Bearkat Softball Complex  | Huntsville, Texas  | Chandler Hall
2012 | Southwest Texas State[e] | Roadrunner Field  | San Antonio, Texas | Chandler Hall
2013 | Northwestern State  | Lady Demon Diamond  | Natchitoches, Louisiana  | Kylie Roos
2014 | Northwestern State  | North Oak Park  | Hammond, Louisiana  | Kaylee Guidry
2015 | Central Arkansas | Lady Demon Diamond  | Natchitoches, Louisiana  | Kylee Studioso
2016 | McNeese State[a] | Cowgirl Diamond  | Lake Charles, Louisiana  | Erika Piancastelli
2017 | McNeese State[a] | Farris Field | Conway, Arkansas  | Erika Piancastelli
2018 | McNeese State[a] | Joe Miller Field | Lake Charles, Louisiana  | Morgan Catron
2019 | Sam Houston | Lady Demon Diamond  | Natchitoches, Louisiana  | Lindsey McLeod
2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 | McNeese  | North Oak Park  | Hammond, Louisiana  | Whitney Tate, McNeese
2022 | McNeese  | North Oak Park  | Hammond, Louisiana  | Crislyne Moreno, McNeese
2023 | McNeese | Joe Miller Field  | Lake Charles, Louisiana  | Reese Reyna, McNeese
2024 | Southeastern Louisiana | North Oak Park  | Hammond, Louisiana  | Lexi Johnson, Southeastern Louisiana

Notes

1. ^ a b c d e f Now branded athletically as McNeese, without "State".
2. ^ a b Now branded athletically as Louisiana, with no city identifier.
3. ^ a b Now branded athletically as Louisiana–Monroe.
4. ^ a b Now branded athletically as Sam Houston, without "State".
5. ^ a b c d e f Now branded athletically as Texas State.
6. ^ a b Now branded athletically as Nicholls, without "State".
7. ^ Now branded both athletically and academically as UT Arlington.
8. ^ a b Now branded both athletically and academically as UTSA.

* Former Southland members in italics.
* MVP from tournament champion team unless otherwise noted.

### By school

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Current Southland members, as of the next NCAA softball season in 2025, in bold.

School  | Championships  | Years

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McNeese
(McNeese State) | 9  | 1983, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
Texas State
(Southwest Texas State) | 6  | 1989, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2012
Northwestern State | 5  | 1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014
Sam Houston
(Sam Houston State) | 3  | 1988, 2007, 2019
Louisiana–Monroe
(Northeast Louisiana) | 2  | 1985, 1986
Louisiana
(Southwestern Louisiana) | 2  | 1984, 1987
Nicholls
(Nicholls State) | 2  | 1996, 1997
Stephen F. Austin | 2  | 1990, 2008
UTSA
(Texas–San Antonio) | 2  | 2004, 2006
Central Arkansas  | 1  | 2015
Southeastern Louisiana | 1  | 2024
UT Arlington
(Texas–Arlington) | 1  | 2003

## See also

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Southland Conference baseball tournament

## References

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1. ^ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved May 8, 2023.

## External links

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* Southland.org
* Southland Conference 2015 Softball

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Teams|

* Houston Christian Huskies
* Incarnate Word Cardinals
* Lamar Lady Cardinals
* McNeese State Cowgirls
* Nicholls Colonels
* Northwestern State Lady Demons
* Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions
* Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks
* Texas A&M–Commerce Lions
* Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders

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