Southland Conference softball tournament

Collegiate softball tournament

Southland Conference softball tournament

Conference softball championship
Sport| Softball
Conference| Southland Conference
Number of teams| 8
Format| Double-elimination tournament
Played| 1983-1990;1996-Present
Last contest| 2025
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 number of tournament teams has varied over the years. After three years with a 7 team format, the 2025 tournament is moving back to an 8 team format. Of the twelve current conference members, University of New Orleans and UT Rio Grande Valley do 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
2025 | Southeastern Louisiana | Joe Miller Field  | Lake Charles, Louisiana  | Chloe Magee, 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
Southeastern Louisiana | 2  | 2024, 2025
Stephen F. Austin | 2  | 1990, 2008
UTSA
(Texas–San Antonio) | 2  | 2004, 2006
Central Arkansas  | 1  | 2015
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|

* East Texas A&M Lions
* 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–Corpus Christi Islanders

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