Teams | 7 |
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Format | Double-elimination tournament |
Finals site |
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Champions | Northeast Louisiana (1st title) |
Winning coach | Rosemary Holloway–Hill [1] (1 title) |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwestern Louisiana † | 12 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 39 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas–Arlington | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .667 | 27 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .551 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeast Louisiana ‡ | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .583 | 34 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .583 | 19 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .380 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .500 | 14 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 2 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .167 | 9 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .243 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 0 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .000 | 2 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .069 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 1985 [2] Rankings from Coaches' Poll |
The 1985 Southland Conference tournament was held in Monroe, Louisiana. [3] Northeast Louisiana won the seven team tournament. The Indians season ended with the tournament championship as they were not selected to the compete in the 1985 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
The tournament was a 7 team double elimination format. All teams which competed in conference play were members of the tournament field. Regular season champion, Southwestern Louisiana, received a first round bye.
Round | Game | Matchup | Score | Notes | |||
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First round | |||||||
1 | 1 | Lamar vs. McNeese State | 3–0 [3] | Lamar wins | |||
2 | Northeast Louisiana vs. North Texas State | 2–1 [4] [3] | Northeast Louisiana wins | ||||
3 | Texas-Arlington vs. Arkansas State | 1–0 [5] [3] | Texas-Arlington wins | ||||
Winner's Bracket | |||||||
2 | 4 | Southwestern Louisiana vs. Lamar | 5–1 [3] | Southwestern Louisiana wins | |||
5 | Northeast Louisiana vs. Texas-Arlington | 2–1 [4] [5] [3] | Northeast Louisiana wins | ||||
Consolation Bracket | |||||||
3 | 6 | North Texas State vs. Arkansas State | 5–3 [3] | Arkansas State eliminated | |||
7 | Texas-Arlington vs. McNeese State | 3–1 [5] [3] | McNeese State eliminated | ||||
8 | North Texas State vs. Lamar | 2–1 [3] | Lamar eliminated | ||||
9 | North Texas State vs. Texas-Arlington | 4–0 [5] [3] | Texas-Arlington eliminated | ||||
Semifinals | |||||||
4 | 10 | Southwestern Louisiana vs. Northeast Louisiana | 2–0 [4] [3] | Southwestern Louisiana wins | |||
11 | Northeast Louisiana vs. North Texas State | 10–4 [4] [3] | North Texas State eliminated | ||||
Championship | |||||||
5 | 12 | Northeast Louisiana vs. Southwestern Louisiana | 2–0 [4] [3] | Northeast Louisiana wins game one. | |||
13 | Northeast Louisiana vs. Southwestern Louisiana | 2–0 [4] [3] | Northeast Louisiana wins championship. | ||||
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