1986 Southland Conference softball tournament

1986 Southland Conference
softball tournament

Teams	7
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Allan Saxe Field Arlington, Texas
Champions	Northeast Louisiana  (2nd title)
Winning coach	Rosemary Holloway–Hill [1]  (2nd title)
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1986 Southland Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Southwestern Louisiana  ‍†‍‍	10	–	2		.833			30	–	19		.612
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍	10	–	2		.833			25	–	25		.500
Lamar  ‍‍‍	8	–	4		.667			16	–	19		.457
McNeese State  ‍‍‍	6	–	6		.500			19	–	24		.442
North Texas  ‍‍‍	5	–	7		.417			9	–	25		.265
Northeast Louisiana  ‍‍‡‍	3	–	9		.250			17	–	32		.347
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	0	–	12		.000			3	–	28		.097
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 1986 [2] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 1986 Southland Conference tournament was held at Allan Saxe Field in Arlington, Texas on the Texas-Arlington campus. ^[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 1986 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

Format

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.

Tournament

Source: ^{[4] [5] [3]}

Round	Game	Matchup	Score	Notes
First round
1	1	McNeese State vs. North Texas State	2–1 [3]	McNeese State wins
	2	Northeast Louisiana vs. Lamar	5–3 [4] [3]	Northeast Louisiana wins
	3	Texas-Arlington vs. Arkansas State	11–0 [5] [3]	Texas-Arlington wins
Winner's Bracket
2	4	Southwestern Louisiana vs. McNeese State	2–0 [3]	Southwestern Louisiana wins
	5	Northeast Louisiana vs. Texas-Arlington	2–0 [4] [5] [3]	Northeast Louisiana wins
Consolation Bracket
3	6	Lamar vs. Arkansas State	8–1 [3]	Arkansas State eliminated
7	McNeese State vs. Lamar	5–0 [3]	Lamar eliminated
8	North Texas State vs. Texas-Arlington	1–0 [3] [5]	Texas-Arlington eliminated
9	McNeese State vs. North Texas State	1–0 [3]	North Texas State eliminated
Semifinals
4	10	Northeast Louisiana vs. Southwestern Louisiana	2–1 [4] [3]	Northeast Louisiana wins
	11	Southwestern Louisiana vs. McNeese State	3–1 [3]	McNeese State eliminated
Championship
5	12	Southwestern Louisiana vs. Northeast Louisiana	4–2 [4] [3]	Southwestern Louisiana wins game one.
	13	Northeast Louisiana vs. Southwestern Louisiana	2–1 [4] [3]	Northeast Louisiana wins championship.

References

1. "Holloway-Hill Announces Retirement After 30 Seasons at ULM". University of Louisiana Monroe Athletics. May 23, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
2. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 13. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
3. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 28. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
4. "FINAL 1986 Women's Softball Statistics Report - Northeast Louisiana University (1986 SOFTBALL RESULTS)". NCAA.org. p. 2. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
5. "FINAL 1986 Women's Softball Statistics Report - Texas-Arlington (1986 SOFTBALL RESULTS)". NCAA.org. p. 2. Retrieved February 23, 2024.