1986 Southland Conference softball tournament

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1986 Southland Conference
softball tournament
Teams7
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Northeast Louisiana  (2nd title)
Winning coachRosemary Holloway–Hill [1]  (2nd title)
1986 Southland Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Southwestern Louisiana  ‍†‍‍10–2–0 .83330–19–0 .612
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍10–2–0 .83325–25–0 .500
Lamar  ‍‍‍8–4–0 .66716–19–0 .457
McNeese State  ‍‍‍6–6–0 .50019–24–0 .442
North Texas  ‍‍‍5–7–0 .4179–25–0 .265
Northeast Louisiana  ‍‍‡‍3–9–0 .25017–32–0 .347
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍0–12–0 .0003–28–0 .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.

Contents

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]

RoundGameMatchupScoreNotes
First round
11 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
24 Southwestern Louisiana vs. McNeese State2–0 [3] Southwestern Louisiana wins
5Northeast Louisiana vs. Texas-Arlington2–0 [4] [5] [3] Northeast Louisiana wins
Consolation Bracket
36Lamar vs. Arkansas State8–1 [3] Arkansas State eliminated
7McNeese State vs. Lamar5–0 [3] Lamar eliminated
8North Texas State vs. Texas-Arlington1–0 [3] [5] Texas-Arlington eliminated
9McNeese State vs. North Texas State1–0 [3] North Texas State eliminated
Semifinals
410Northeast Louisiana vs. Southwestern Louisiana2–1 [4] [3] Northeast Louisiana wins
11Southwestern Louisiana vs. McNeese State3–1 [3] McNeese State eliminated
Championship
512Southwestern Louisiana vs. Northeast Louisiana4–2 [4] [3] Southwestern Louisiana wins game one.
13Northeast Louisiana vs. Southwestern Louisiana2–1 [4] [3] Northeast Louisiana wins championship.

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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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 28. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "FINAL 1986 Women's Softball Statistics Report - Northeast Louisiana University (1986 SOFTBALL RESULTS)". NCAA.org. p. 2. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "FINAL 1986 Women's Softball Statistics Report - Texas-Arlington (1986 SOFTBALL RESULTS)". NCAA.org. p. 2. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
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