2022 McNeese State Cowgirls softball team

2022 McNeese State Cowgirls softball
Southland Conference Tournament champions Southland Conference Regular season champion
NCAA Evanston Regional, 2–2
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	40–21 (15–3 Southland)
Head coach	James Landreneau (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Shellie Landry Alyssa Denham
Home stadium	Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond
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2022 Southland Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
McNeese State  ‍†‍‡‍y	15	–	3		.833			40	–	21		.656
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍	14	–	4		.778			40	–	16		.714
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	11	–	7		.611			25	–	27		.481
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	10	–	8		.556			29	–	22		.569
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍	5	–	13		.278			15	–	36		.294
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍	4	–	13		.235			19	–	29		.396
Nicholls  ‍‍‍	4	–	14		.222			12	–	38		.240
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2022 McNeese State Cowgirls softball team represented McNeese State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Cowgirls played their home games at Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond and were led by sixth-year head coach James Landreneau. They were members of the Southland Conference.

Preseason

Southland Conference Coaches Poll

The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 4, 2022. McNeese State was picked to finish first in the Southland Conference with 132 votes and 12 first place votes. ^[2]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	McNeese State	132 (12)
2	Northwestern State	120 (2)
3	Southeastern Louisiana	113
4	Houston Baptist	102
5	Incarnate Word	84
6	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	82
7	Nicholls	81

Preseason All-Southland team

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First Team

• Caitlyn Brockway (HBU, JR, 1st Base)
• Cayla Jones (NSU, SR, 2nd Base)
• Lindsey Rizzo (SELA, SR, 3rd Base)
• Ashleigh Sgambelluri (TAMUCC, JR, Shortstop)
• Chloe Gomez (MCNS, SO, Catcher)
• Kaylee Lopez (MCNS, JR, Designated Player)
• Jil Poullard (MCNS, SO, Outfielder)
• Audrey Greely (SELA, SO, Outfielder)
• Aeriyl Mass (SELA, SR, Outfielder)
• Pal Egan (TAMUCC, JR, Outfielder)
• Lyndie Swanson (HBU, R-FR, Pitcher)
• Whitney Tate (MCNS, SO, Pitcher)
• Jasie Roberts (HBU, R-FR, Utility)

Second Team

• Haley Moore (TAMUCC, SO, 1st Base)
• Shelby Echols (HBU, SO, 2nd Base)
• Autumn Sydlik (HBU, JR, 3rd Base)
• Keely DuBois (NSU, SO, Shortstop)
• Bailey Krolczyk (SELA, SO, Catcher)
• Lexi Johnson (SELA, SO, Designated Player)
• Toni Perrin (MCNS, SR, Outfielder)
• Cam Goodman (SELA, SO, Outfielder)
• Alexandria Torres (TAMUCC, SO, Outfielder)
• Ashley Vallejo (MCNS, SO, Pitcher)
• Heather Zumo (SELA, SR, Pitcher)
• Beatriz Lara (TAMUCC, JR, Pitcher)
• Melise Gossen (NICH, JR, Utility)

National Softball Signing Day

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Player	Position	Hometown	Previous Team
Grace Janik	Infielder/Outfielder	Missouri City, Texas	Ridge Point HS
Brooke Otto	Outfielder	Smithville, Texas	Smithville HS
Lindsay Davis	Pitcher	Troup, Texas	Troup HS
Jada McKelvey-Muñoz	Infielder	San Antonio, Texas	Sandra Day O'Connor HS
Reese Reyna	Infielder	Santa Fe, Texas	Santa Fe HS
Rylee Eyster	Outfielder	Southaven, Mississippi	Hernando HS
Delaney Dunham	Outfielder	Mont Belvieu, Texas	Barbers Hill HS
Makynlie Jones	Infielder	Vardaman, Mississippi	Vardaman HS
Ryann Schexnayder	Pitcher	Walker, Louisiana	Walker HS

Personnel

2022 McNeese State Cowgirls softball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Year Home town 3 RHP Ashley Vallejo R/R 5 ft 7 in(1.7 m) Jr New Waverly, Texas 4 U Kaylee Lopez L/L 5 ft 5 in(1.65 m) Sr Indian Bayou, Louisiana 5 RHP Whitney Tate L/R 5 ft 7 in(1.7 m) Jr Columbia, Louisiana 6 OF Erin Ardoin L/R 5 ft 6 in(1.68 m) So Moss Bluff, Louisiana 9 INF Caleigh Cross L/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) Jr Forney, Texas 14 INF Crislyne Moreno R/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) So Converse, Texas 15 OF Kendall Talley L/R 5 ft 7 in(1.7 m) Sr San Antonio, Texas 20 RHP Olivia Johnson R/R 5 ft 7 in(1.7 m) Jr Bentley, Louisiana 21 U Jil Poullard L/R 5 ft 5 in(1.65 m) Jr Moss Bluff, Louisiana 22 INF Reese Reyna R/R 5 ft 3 in(1.6 m) So Santa Fe, Texas 24 LHP Shaelyn Sanders R/L 5 ft 5 in(1.65 m) Jr Splendora, Texas 25 C Chloe Gomez R/R 5 ft 3 in(1.6 m) Jr Spring, Texas 26 C Kelsey Gaspard  R/R 5 ft 4 in(1.63 m) Fr Roanoke, Louisiana 27 LHP Amanda Allen  R/L 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) Fr Richmond, Texas 28 OF Alayis Seneca L/R 5 ft 8 in(1.73 m) Sr The Woodlands, Texas	Head coach James Landreneau (McNeese State) Assistant coach(es) Shellie Landry (Louisiana) Alyssa Denham (Arizona) Cori McCrary (McNeese State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 18 June 2022

Schedule and results

Legend
	McNeese State win
	McNeese State loss
	Postponement/Cancellation
Bold	McNeese State team member

2022 McNeese State Cowgirls softball game log
Regular season (35–19)
February (8–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record The Evangeline Bank and Trust Invitational I Feb. 11 Texas Southern Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 11–4 Johnson (1-0) Gendorf (0-1) None 564 1–0 Feb. 12 Tulsa Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 6–0 Vallejo (1-0) Pochop (0-1) None 2–0 Feb. 12 UAB Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 4–39 Sanders (1-0) Tindell (0-1) None 612 3–0 Feb. 13 North Texas Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 1–0 Vallejo (2-0) Peters (1-1) None 4–0 Feb. 13 Texas Southern Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 7–0 Tate (1-0) Reyes (0-2) None 313 5–0 Feb. 16 at No. 11 Texas Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX L 4–8 Simpson (1-0) Vallejo (2-1) None LHN 894 5–1 Houston Classic Feb. 18 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX L 1–155 Bahl (3-0) Tate (1-1) None 5–2 Feb. 18 at Houston Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX W 8–5 Vallejo (3-1) Wilkey (2-1) None ESPN+ 728 6–2 Feb. 19 vs. Texas State Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX L 3–5 Pierce (2-1) Tate (1-2) None 6–3 Feb. 19 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX L 0–115 Trautwein (3-0) Vallejo (3-2) None 6–4 The Evangeline Bank and Trust Invitational II Feb. 24 Sam Houston State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 0–1 Wasik (2-0) Vallejo (3-2) None 177 6–5 Feb. 25 UNLV Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 0–3 Bressler (5-0) Tate (1-3) None 473 6–6 Feb. 26 Manhattan Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 12–05 Sanders (2-0) Metzger (0-1) None 473 7–6 Feb. 26 Memphis Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 3–1 Vallejo (4-3) Siems (2-3) None 473 8–6 Feb. 27 UT Arlington Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA Game postponed
March (9–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record Mar. 1 Louisiana Tech Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 1–6 Pickett (7-2) Tate (1-4) None 456 8–7 Mar. 4 Tarleton State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 4–5 Ferguson (3-0) Vallejo (4-4) None 465 8–8 Mar. 5 Tarleton State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 3–2 Tate (2-4) Mayo (1-2) None 456 9–8 Mar. 8 Tarleton State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 8–1 Vallejo (5-4) Ellett (1-2) None 456 10–8 Mar. 9 at No. 22 Louisiana Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA L 3–5 Lamb (4-2) Vallejo (5-5) None 1,772 10–9 Mar. 11 Boise State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 1–4 Bailey (7-1) Tate (2-5) None 406 10–10 Mar. 12 Boise State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 4–7 Caudill (7-3) Johnson (1-1) None 447 10–11 Mar. 12 Boise State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 1–4 Bailey (8-1) Tate (2-6) None 447 10–12 Mar. 16 Southern Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 14–15 Sanders (3-0) Corona (0-5) None 534 11–12 Mar. 18 at Baylor Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX L 2–5 Orme (5-6) Tate (2-7) None ESPN+ 695 11–13 Mar. 19 at Baylor Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX W 5–4 Sanders (4-0) West (3-1) None ESPN+ 793 12–13 Mar. 19 at Baylor Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX L 0–3 Binford (5-2) Vallejo (5-6) None ESPN+ 793 12–14 Mar. 23 Southern Miss Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 8–5 Sanders (5-0) Kilgore (2-2) None ESPN+ 423 13–14 Mar. 25 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 5–410 Vallejo (6-6) Gilbert (2-5) None ESPN+ 159 14–14 1–0 Mar. 25 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 9–05 Tate (3-7) Smith (2-6) None ESPN+ 159 15–14 2–0 Mar. 26 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 9–3 Vallejo (7-6) Gilbert (2-6) None 259 16–14 3–0 Mar. 29 Louisiana–Monroe Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 7–5 Tate (4-7) Abrams (5-2) Sanders (1) 436 17–14 Mar. 30 at No. 20 LSU Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA Game postponed
April (16–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record Apr. 1 Houston Baptist Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 1–0 (by forfeit) 4–0 Apr. 3 Houston Baptist Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 9–16 Sanders (6-0) Cotton (2-5) None 411 18–14 5–0 Apr. 3 Houston Baptist Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 9–15 Vallejo (8-6) Swanson (4-3) None 411 19–14 6–0 Apr. 4 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 13–15 Tate (5-7) Hubbard (0-5) None 376 20–14 Apr. 4 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 16–15 Johnson (2-1) Schmidt (1-8) None 376 21–14 Apr. 6 Louisiana Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 6–513 Tate (6-7) Schorman (6-4) None ESPN+ 560 22–14 Apr. 8 Southeastern Louisiana Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 1–6 Zumo (13-3) Sanders (6-1) None 417 22–15 6–1 Apr. 9 Southeastern Louisiana Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 4–0 Vallejo (9-6) Ladner (3-2) None 473 23–15 7–1 Apr. 9 Southeastern Louisiana Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 9–3 Tate (7-7) Findley (2-1) None 473 24–15 8–1 Apr. 12 Houston Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA Game postponed Apr. 14 at Northwestern State Lady Demon Diamond • Natchitoches, LA W 1–0 Vallejo (10-6) Hoover (9-5) None 228 25–15 9–1 Apr. 15 at Northwestern State Lady Demon Diamond • Natchitoches, LA W 3–2 Tate (8-7) Seely (3-6) Vallejo (1) 237 26–15 10–1 Apr. 15 at Northwestern State Lady Demon Diamond • Natchitoches, LA L 3–8 Rhoden (5-3) Sanders (6-2) None 244 26–16 10–2 Apr. 19 No. 21 LSU Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 1–7 Chaffin (6-2) Vallejo (10-7) None 1,150 26–17 Apr. 22 at Lamar Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX W 6–2 Tate (9-7) Ruiz (7-13) Sanders (2) 504 27–17 Apr. 23 Lamar Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 8–1 Vallejo (11-7) Ruiz (7-14) None ESPN+ 375 28–17 Apr. 23 Lamar Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 7–3 Tate (10-7) Ruiz (7-15) None 375 29–17 Apr. 26 at No. 19 LSU Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA L 1–105 Sunseri (7-7) Tate (10-8) None 1,756 29–18 Apr. 27 Louisiana–Monroe Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA W 3–0 Vallejo (12-7) Abrams (7-6) None ESPN+ 325 30–18 Apr. 29 Incarnate Word Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 9–05 Vallejo (13-7) Trapp (4-8) None ESPN+ 447 31–18 11–2 Apr. 30 Incarnate Word Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 6–7 Trapp (5-8) Tate (10-9) Gunther (3) ESPN+ 507 31–19 11–3 Apr. 30 Incarnate Word Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 8–05 Vallejo (14-7) Garcia (2-10) None ESPN+ 507 32–19 12–3
May (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record May 6 at Nicholls Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park • Thibodaux, LA W 3–1 Vallejo (15-7) Lehman (5-14) None 201 33–19 13–3 May 6 at Nicholls Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park • Thibodaux, LA W 7–0 Tate (11-9) Turner (7-15) None 201 34–19 14–3 May 7 at Nicholls Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park • Thibodaux, LA W 3–0 Vallejo (16-7) Lehman (5-15) None 155 35–19 15–3
Post-season (5–2)
Southland Tournament (3–0) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 11 vs. (4) Northwestern State (1) North Oak Park • Hammond, LA W 6–58 Vallejo (17-7) Rhoden (6-5) None ESPN+ 267 36–19 1–0 May 12 vs. (2) Southeastern Louisiana (1) North Oak Park • Hammond, LA W 7–68 Tate (12-9) Zumo (20-5) None ESPN+ 381 37–19 2–0 May 13 vs. (2) Southeastern Louisiana (1) North Oak Park • Hammond, LA W 10–4 Sanders (7-2) Romano (0-3) None ESPN+ 331 38–19 3–0
NCAA Division I softball tournament (2–2) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record Evanston Regionals May 20 vs. (2)/No. 21 Notre Dame (3) Sharon J. Drysdale Field • Evanston, IL W 11–15 Tate (13-9) Tidd (15-4) None ESPN+ 840 39–19 1–0 May 21 vs. (1)/No. 10 Northwestern (3) Sharon J. Drysdale Field • Evanston, IL L 3–175 Williams (28-4) Vallejo (17-8) None ESPN+ 39–20 1–1 May 21 vs. (2)/No. 21 Notre Dame (3) Sharon J. Drysdale Field • Evanston, IL W 3–1 Vallejo (18-8) Becker (10-4) None ESPN+ 987 40–20 2–1 May 22 vs. (1)/No. 10 Northwestern (3) Sharon J. Drysdale Field • Evanston, IL L 2–105 Williams (29-4) Tate (13-10) None ESPN+ 1,120 40–21 2–2

Schedule Source: ^[5]

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

References

1. "2022 Softball Standings". southland.org. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
2. "Cowgirls Voted to Top Spot in 2022 Softball Preseason Poll". www.southland.org. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
3. "2022 Softball Preseason All-Conference Teams Announced". www.southland.org. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
4. "Softball Inks Eight Early Signees In a Top 50 Class". McNeese State University Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
5. "Landreneau Releases 2022 Softball Schedule". McNeese State University Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2022.