2021 Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks softball team

2021 Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks softball
Southland Conference Regular Season champions
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	35–12 (25–2 Southland)
Head coach	Nicole Dickson (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Brynn Baca Morgan Spearman
Home stadium	SFA Softball Field
Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 Southland Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Stephen F. Austin  ‍†‍‍	25	–	2		.926			35	–	12		.745
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍	21	–	6		.778			37	–	19		.661
McNeese State  ‍‍‡‍y	18	–	9		.667			35	–	26		.574
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	16	–	11		.593			24	–	22		.522
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			28	–	23		.549
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			22	–	17		.564
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			19	–	31		.380
Abilene Christian  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			14	–	33		.298
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍	9	–	18		.333			16	–	27		.372
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			18	–	30		.375
Nicholls  ‍‍‍	5	–	22		.185			12	–	28		.300
Lamar  ‍‍‍	4	–	23		.148			8	–	43		.157
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 22, 2021 [1] Rankings from NFCA

The 2021 Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks softball team represented Stephen F. Austin State University in the 2021 NCAA Division I softball season. The Ladyjacks played their home games at SFA Softball Field and were led by fifth year head coach Nicole Dickson. They were members of the Southland Conference.

Preseason

Southland Conference Coaches Poll

The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 5, 2021. Stephen F. Austin was picked to finish first in the Southland Conference with 235 votes and 17 first place votes. ^[2]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Stephen F. Austin	235 (17)
2	McNeese State	217 (4)
3	Southeastern Louisiana	183
4	Sam Houston State	172 (1)
5	Central Arkansas	162 (1)
6	Northwestern State	156 (1)
7	Nicholls	131
8	Lamar	86
9	Abilene Christian	82
10	Houston Baptist	81
11	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	47
12	Incarnate Word	32

Preseason All-Southland team

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First Team

• Kaylyn Shephard (UCA, R-SR, 1st Base)
• Cayla Joens (NSU, JR, 2nd Base)
• Cylla Hall (UCA, R-SR, 3rd Base)
• Cori McCrary (MCNS, SR, Shortstop)
• Ella Manzer (SELA, SR, Catcher)
• Samantha Bradley (ACU, R-SR, Designated Player)
• Linsey Tomlinson (ACU, R-SR, Outfielder)
• Kaylee Lopez (MCNS, SO, Outfielder)
• Elise Vincent (NSU, SR, Outfielder)
• Madisen Blackford (SELA, SR, Outfielder)
• Megan McDonald (SHSU, SR, Outfielder)
• Kayla Beaver (UCA, R-FR, Pitcher)
• Kassidy Wilbur (SFA, JR, Pitcher)
• E. C. Delafield (NSU, JR, Utility)

Second Team

• Shaylon Govan (SFA, SO, 1st Base)
• Brooke Malia (SHSU, SR, 2nd Base)
• Bryana Novegil (SFA, SR, 2nd Base)
• Caitlin Garcia (NICH, JR, 3rd Base)
• Alex Hudspeth (SFA, JR, Shortstop)
• Alexis Perry (NSU, SO, Catcher)
• Bailey Richards (SFA, SR, Catcher)
• Caitlyn Brockway (HBU, SO, Designated Player)
• Reagan Sperling (UCA, R-JR, Outfielder)
• Alayis Seneca (MCNS, SO, Outfielder)
• Hayley Barbazon (NSU, SR, Outfielder)"
• Saleen Flores (MCNS, SO, Pitcher)
• MC Comeaux (SELA, FR, Pitcher)
• Sammi Thomas (TAMUCC, SO, Utility)

National Softball Signing Day

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Player	Position	Hometown	Previous Team
Mikaelah Burkland	Liberty, Texas	Liberty HS
Ryleigh Mata	Utility	Santa Fe, Texas	Santa Fe HS
Emily Berryhill	Outfielder	Leander, Texas	Glenn HS
Dahkotah Pool	Shortstop	Cuypress, Texas	Cy-Fair HS
Sydney Carithers	Catcher/Utility	Fort Worth, Texas	Brewer HS
Alexis Telford	Pitcher	Allen, Texas	Allen HS
Kelby Robbins	Infielder	Mansfield, Texas	Legacy HS
Kassie Rhodes	Pitcher	Quitman, Arkansas	Quitman HS
Brooke Gainous	Pitcher	Kingwood, Texas	Kingwood Park HS
Kaleigh Vega	Pitcher	Lovington, Texas	Lovington HS

Roster

2021 Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks roster
	Pitchers 10 Kassidy Wilbur - Junior 29 Reagan Chism - Sophomore 30 Raigan Mock - Freshman Outfielders 1 Simone Medeiros - Freshman 7 Madison Nguyen - Freshman 14 Kayla Wallace - Freshman 18 Lexi Benson - Freshman 20 Taylor Trosclair - Junior 21 Marisa Arriaga - Senior		Catchers 2 Gaby Garcia - Sophomore 8 Emily Land - Freshman 23 Alex Dubose - Freshman 27 Savanna Parker - Junior Infielders 3 Alex Hedspeth - Junior 5 Cassidy Tucker - Junior 6 Amzee Gerard - Sophomore 9 Mackenzie Bennett - Junior 11 Amanda Carden - Freshman 12 Shaylon Govan - Sophomore 15 Camryn Middlebrook - Sophomore 28 Bryana Novegil - Senior 32 Sydnee Hebert - Sophomore 33 Bailey Richards - Senior

Coaching staff

2021 Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks coaching staff
Nicole Dickson – Head Coach – 5th year Brynn Baca – Assistant Head Coach – 2nd year Morgan Spearman – Assistant Head Coach – 4th year Margarita Corona – Volunteer Assistant Coach

Schedule and results

Legend
	Stephen F. Austin win
	Stephen F. Austin loss
	Postponement/Cancellation
Bold	Stephen F. Austin team member

2021 Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks softball game log
Regular season (34-10)
February (1-7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC record Aggie Classic Feb. 12 vs. Utah Valley Davis Diamond • College Station, TX Game cancelled due to threat of freezing rain/sleet/snow in College Station Feb. 12 vs. Utah Valley Davis Diamond • College Station, TX Game cancelled due to threat of freezing rain/sleet/snow in College Station Feb. 13 at Texas A&M Davis Diamond • College Station, TX Game cancelled due to threat of freezing rain/sleet/snow in College Station Feb. 13 at Texas A&M Davis Diamond • College Station, TX Game cancelled due to threat of freezing rain/sleet/snow in College Station Feb. 16 Texas Southern SFA Softball Stadium • Nacogdoches, TX Game postponed due to threat of freezing rain/sleet/snow in Beaumont Alex Wilcox Memorial Tournament Feb. 21 vs. Missouri State Nusz Park • Starkville, MS L 0-7 Dickerson (1-0) Wilbur (0-1) None 58 0-1 Feb. 21 at No. 22 Mississippi State Nusz Park • Starkville, MS L 2-4 Willis (2-0) Govan (0-1) None SECN+ 250 0-2 Feb. 22 vs. Missouri State Nusz Park • Starkville, MS L 0-4 Hunsaker (2-0) Wilbur (0-2) None 32 0-3 Feb. 22 vs. Southern Illinois Nusz Park • Starkville, MS L 4-5 Clark (2-0) Govan (0-2) None 42 0-4 Feb. 24 Texas Southern SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX Game cancelled Feb. 24 Texas Southern SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX Game cancelled North Texas Invitational Feb. 26 at North Texas Lovelace Stadium • Denton, TX L 1-9 Trautwein (3-1) Govan (0-3) None 65 0-5 Feb. 26 vs. Tarleton State Lovelace Stadium • Denton, TX W 6-0 Wilbur (1-2) Erwin (0-2) None 45 1-5 Feb. 27 vs. Tarleton State Lovelace Stadium • Denton, TX L 1-2 Wernet (3-2) Wilbur (1-3) None 52 1-6 Feb. 27 at North Texas Lovelace Stadium • Denton, TX L 1-2 Wall (3-2) Mock (0-1) Trautwein (1) 91 1-7
March (17-1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC record Adam Brown Memorial Shamrock Classic Mar. 5 vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff Farris Field • Conway, AR W 10-0 (5 inns) Wilbur (2-3) Green (0-2) None 37 2-7 Mar. 5 vs. Western Michigan Farris Field • Conway, AR W 2-1 Wilbur (3-3) Galloway (1-2) None 42 3-7 Mar. 6 vs. Mississippi Valley State Farris Field • Conway, AR W 6-0 Wilbur (4-3) Matthews (0-4) None 64 4-7 Mar. 6 vs. Western Michigan Farris Field • Conway, AR W 8-7 Wilbur (4-3) Stefanick (0-2) None 56 5-7 Mar. 7 vs. Western Michigan Farris Field • Conway, AR W 6-2 Wilbur (5-3) Galloway (1-4) None 45 6-7 Mar. 9 Louisiana Tech SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 4-0 Wilbur (7-3) Hutchinson (2-1) None 153 7-7 Mar. 12 at Incarnate Word H-E-B Field • San Antonio, TX W 11-1 (5 inns) Wilbur (8-3) Floyd (0-1) None 75 8-7 1-0 Mar. 12 at Incarnate Word H-E-B Field • San Antonio, TX W 8-0 Wilbur (9-3) Myers (0-3) None 9-7 2-0 Mar. 13 at Incarnate Word H-E-B Field • San Antonio, TX W 8-2 Wilbur (10-3) Trapp (0-2) None 75 10-7 3-0 Mar. 16 at Baylor Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX L 2-3 Mansell (5-0) Mock (0-2) None ESPN+ 280 10-8 Mar. 19 Nicholls SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 6-0 Wilbur (10-3) Danehower (3-3) None 236 11-8 4-0 Mar. 19 Nicholls SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 12-2 (5 inns) Chism (1-0) Turner (0-1) None 217 12-8 5-0 Mar. 20 Nicholls SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 9-4 Wibur (11-3) Moon (1-4) None 299 13-8 6-0 Mar. 24 UT Arlington SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 2-0 Chism (2-0) Hines (1-8) Wilbur (2) 132 14-8 Mar. 26 Lamar SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 10-1 (5 inns) Wilbur (12-3) Mixon (1-6) None 150 15-8 7-0 Mar. 26 Lamar SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 14-2 (5 inns) Chism (3-0) Reyna (0-8) None 113 16-8 8-0 Mar. 27 Lamar SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 9-1 (5 inns) Wilbur (13-3) Mixon (1-7) None 85 17-8 9-0 Mar. 30 at Prairie View A&M Lady Panther Softball Field • Prairie View, TX W 10-1 (5 inns) Wilbur (14-3) Salinas (1-1) None 76 18-8
April (13–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC record Apr. 2 at Abilene Christian Poly Wells Field • Abilene, TX W 9-1 (6 inns) Wilbur (15-3) Bradley (3-12) None 142 19-8 10-0 Apr. 2 at Abilene Christian Poly Wells Field • Abilene, TX W 10-5 Wilbur (16-3) White (4-9) None 142 20-8 11-0 Apr. 3 at Abilene Christian Poly Wells Field • Abilene, TX W 8-0 (5 inns) Wilbur (17-3) Sinnott (0-2) None 163 21-8 12-0 Apr. 9 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 2-0 Wilbur (18-3) Lara (10-6) None 137 22-8 13-0 Apr. 9 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 6-1 Wilbur (19-3) McNeill (1-5) None 137 23-8 14-0 Apr. 10 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 7-2 Wilbur (20-3) Lara (10-7) None 153 24-8 15-0 Apr. 17 Northwestern State SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 2-0 Wilbur (21-3) Howell (5-6) None 500 25-8 16-0 Apr. 17 Northwestern State SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 9-5 Wilbur (22-3) Rhoden (4-4) None 150 26-8 17-0 Apr. 18 Northwestern State SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 6-0 Wilbur (23-3) Howell (5-7) None 217 27-8 18-0 Apr. 24 at Central Arkansas Farris Field • Conway, AR W 3-0 Wilbur (24-3) Johnson (9-7) None 119 28-8 19-0 Apr. 24 at Central Arkansas Farris Field • Conway, AR L 2-7 Beaver (14-6) Chism (3-1) None 206 28-9 19-1 Apr. 25 at Central Arkansas Farris Field • Conway, AR W 6-0 Wilbur (25-3) Sanchez (4-4) None 136 29-9 20-1 Apr. 30 at Sam Houston State Bearkat Softball Complex • Huntsville, TX W 3-0 Wilbur (26-3) Vento (7-7) None 115 30-9 21-1 Apr. 30 at Sam Houston State Bearkat Softball Complex • Huntsville, TX W 1-0 Wilbur (27-3) Dunn (6-10) None 115 31-9 22-1
May (3-1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC record May 1 at Sam Houston State Bearkat Softball Complex • Huntsville, TX W 11-8 Wilbur (28-3) Dunn (6-11) None 112 32-9 23-1 May 7 Houston Baptist SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX L 1-3 Patak (8-9) Wilbur (28-4) None 143 32-10 23-2 May 7 Houston Baptist SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 5-4 Chism (3-1) Swanson (9-2) Wilbur (3) 116 33-10 24-2 May 8 Houston Baptist SFA Softball Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 1-0 Wilbur (29-4) Patak (8-10) None 135 34-10 25-2
Post-Season (1-2)
Southland Tournament (1-2) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC record May 13 vs. (4) Northwestern State (1) North Oak Park • Hammond, LA W 4-1 Wilbur (30-4) Howell (6-10) None ESPN+ 335 35-10 May 14 vs. (3) McNeese State (1) North Oak Park • Hammond, LA L 1-4 Tate (13-7) Wilbur (30-5) None ESPN+ 304 35-11 May 15 vs. (2) Central Arkansas (1) North Oak Park • Hammond, LA L 4-5 Beaver (21-6) Wilbur (30-6) None ESPN+ 307 35-12

Schedule source: ^[5]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.

Postseason

Conference accolades

• Player of the Year: Kassidy Wilbur – SFA
• Hitter of the Year: Shaylon Govan – SFA
• Pitcher of the Year: Kassidy Wilbur – SFA
• Freshman of the Year: Jenna Wildeman – UCA
• Newcomer of the Year: Jenna Edwards – MCNS
• Coach of the Year: Nicole Dickson – SFA

All Conference First Team Shaylon Govan (SFA) Bryana Novegil (SFA) Haylee Brinlee (MCNS) Cori McCrary (MCNS) Heidi Jaquez (HBU) E. C. Delafield (NSU) Mackenzie Bennett (SFA) Jenna Wildeman (UCA) Megan McDonald (SHSU) Aeriyl Mass (SELA) Kayla Beaver (UCA) Kassidy Wilbur (SFA)

All Conference Second Team Kaylyn Shephard (UCA) Mary Kate Brown (UCA) Lindsey Rizzo (SELA) Camryn Middlebrook (SFA) Hannah Scheaffer (SHSU) Gaby Garcia (SFA) Kaylee Lopez (MCNS) Donelle Johnson (ACU) Jil Poullard (MCNS) Audrey Greely (SELA) Jordan Johnson (UCA) Whitney Tate (MCNS)

All Conference Third Team Caitlyn Brockway (HBU) Cayla Jones (NSU) Alex Hedspeth (SFA) Ashlyn Reavis (NICH) Chloe Gomez (MCNS) Jasie Roberts (HBU) Anna Rodenberg (SELA) Kaitlyn St. Clair (NSU) Sheridan Fisher (SHSU) Pal Egan (TAMUCC) Lyndie Swanson (HBU) Heather Zumo (SELA)

References: ^[6]

References

1. "Southland Softball Standings". www.southland.org. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
2. "Ladyjacks Tabbed 2021 Softball Preseason Favorites". www.southland.org. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
3. "2021 Southland Preseason All-Conference Softball Teams Announced". www.southland.org. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
4. "Dickson Announces Addition of 2021-22 Ladyjack Signing Class". Stephen F. Austin State University Athletics. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
5. "2021 Softball Schedule". Stephen F. Austin State University Athletics. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
6. "SFA's Kassidy Wilbur Named Southland Player of the Year". www.southland.org. Retrieved January 6, 2022.