2022 Southland Conference softball tournament

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2022 Southland Conference
softball tournament
Teams7
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsMcNeese (8th title)
Winning coachJames Landreneau (4th title)
MVP Crislyne Moreno (McNeese)
Attendance3,451
Television ESPN+
2022 Southland Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
McNeese State  y153 .8334021 .656
Southeastern Louisiana  144 .7784016 .714
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  117 .6112527 .481
Northwestern State  108 .5562922 .569
Incarnate Word  513 .2781536 .294
Houston Baptist  413 .2351929 .396
Nicholls  414 .2221238 .240
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2022 [1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2022 Southland Conference tournament was held at North Oak Park in Hammond, Louisiana, from May 10 through 13, 2022. [2] The tournament winner, McNeese, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were broadcast on ESPN+. [3]

Contents

Format

The tournament was a 7 team double elimination format. The top seeded team, McNeese, received a bye in first round competition.

Seeds

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. All seven teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Tie–breaker procedures were not required.

SeedSchoolConference
1 McNeese 15–3
2 Southeastern Louisiana 14–4
3 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 11–7
4 Northwestern State 10–8
5 Incarnate Word 5–13
6 Houston Baptist 4–13
7 Nicholls 4–14

Source: [4]

Tournament

Source: [2]

RoundGameTime*MatchupScoreAttendanceNotesTelevision
First day – Tuesday, May 10, 2022|-
112:00 pmNo. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 5 Incarnate Word 4–3 191 ESPN+
22:45 pmNo. 3 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 6 Houston Baptist 4–5 225
36:05 pmNo. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 7 Nicholls 10–2 336
Second day – Wednesday, May 11, 2022
2411:00 amNo. 1 McNeese vs No. 4 Northwestern State 6–5 267ESPN+
52:27 pmNo. 6 Houston Baptist vs. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana 5–8 367
611:00 amNo. 3 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 7 Nicholls 8–2 372Elimination game (Nicholls)
78:15 pmNo. 5 Incarnate Word vs. No. 6 Houston Baptist 4–8 250Elimination game (Incarnate Word)
Third day – Thursday, May 12, 2022
384:00 pmNo. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 3 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 3–4 242Elimination game (Northwestern State)ESPN+
92:02 pmNo. 1 McNeese vs. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana 7–6 381
105:27 pmNo. 6 Houston Baptist vs. No. 3 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 5–3 231Elimination Game (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)
118:05 pmNo. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 6 Houston Baptist 11–7 258Elimination Game (Houston Baptist)
Championship – Friday, May 13, 2022
4
1212:00 pmNo. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 1 McNeese 2–10 331McNeese tournament championESPN+
13Rematch (if necessary)Not necessary
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Awards and honors


Tournament MVP: Crislyne Moreno, McNeese

All-Tournament Teams: Source: [3]

Crislyne Moreno, McNeese - MVP
Kaylee Lopez, McNeese
Jil Poullard, McNeese
Whitney Tate, McNeese
Madisen Blackford, Southeastern
Aeriyl Mass, Southeastern
Heather Zumo, Southeastern
Caitlin Brockway, Houston Baptist
Madison Cotton, Houston Baptist
Sarah Venker, Houston Baptist
Laney Roos, Northwestern State
Pal Egan, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi

See also

2022 Southland Conference baseball tournament

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