2017 Southland Conference softball tournament

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2017 Southland Conference
softball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions McNeese State  (5 title)
Winning coachJoanna Hardin (2 title)
Television ESPN3
2017 Southland Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
McNeese State **  ‍‍‡‍y24–3–0 .88943–18–0 .705
Abilene Christian *  ‍‍‍20–7–0 .74133–22–0 .600
Nicholls  ‍‍‍19–8–0 .70437–20–0 .649
Lamar  ‍‍‍17–10–0 .63034–31–0 .523
Sam Houston  ‍‍‍14–13–0 .51924–27–0 .471
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍14–13–0 .51925–34–0 .424
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍12–15–0 .44426–29–0 .473
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍12–15–0 .44423–33–1 .412
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍9–15–0 .37517–33–0 .340
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍8–19–0 .29617–26–0 .395
Incarnate Word *  ‍‍‍6–21–0 .22213–40–0 .245
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍4–20–0 .16710–36–0 .217
† – Conference champion
‡ – SLC Tournament Champion
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition
**Southland Tournament #1 seed and regular season champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 30, 2017 [1]
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

The 2017 Southland Conference tournament was held at Farris Field on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas from May 10 through 12, 2017. The tournament winner, the McNeese State Cowgirls, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I softball tournament. [2] [3] [4] The Championship game was broadcast on ESPN3 with the remainder of the tournament airing on the Southland Digital Network. [5]

Contents

Format

The top 6 teams qualified for the Southland softball tournament. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word were ineligible due to their transition from D2 to D1. Abilene Christian finished the regular season in second place. Since Abilene Christian was ineligible for tournament play, the third through sixth-place finishers moved up in seeding. In addition, the Northwestern State Lady Demons, finishing the regular season in seventh place, qualified for the tournament.

Tournament

Sources: [6] [7] [8] [9]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
5Central Arkansas2
3 Lamar 43Lamar1
6 Northwestern State 25Central Arkansas7
6Northwestern State4
6Northwestern State4
4 Sam Houston State 34Sam Houston State2
5 Central Arkansas 2
1McNeese State8
2Nicholls0
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
2 Nicholls 2
2Nicholls4
3Lamar1
1McNeese State115Central Arkansas2
2Nicholls2
1 McNeese State 9
4Sam Houston State1

See also

2017 Southland Conference baseball tournament

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