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Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 29–24 (13–11 Southland) |
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Home stadium | Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park |
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McNeese †‡y | 21 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .875 | 47 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .746 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana | 19 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .792 | 47 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .770 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls | 13 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .542 | 29 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .547 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 12 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .500 | 22 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 11 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .458 | 24 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 10 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .417 | 25 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Christian | 9 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .375 | 20 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .377 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word | 8 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .333 | 16 | – | 30 | – | 1 | .351 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–Commerce* | 5 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .208 | 9 | – | 39 | – | 0 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 21, 2023 [2] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today |
The 2023 Nicholls Colonels softball team represented Nicholls State University during the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season. The Colonels played their home games at Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park and were led by second-year head coach Justin Lewis. They are members of the Southland Conference.
The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on January 26, 2023. Nicholls was picked to finish ninth in the Southland Conference with 32 votes. [3]
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1 | McNeese State | 128 (16) |
2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 113 (2) |
3 | Northwestern State | 91 |
4 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 85 |
5 | Houston Christian | 58 |
6 | Lamar | 49 |
7 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 47 |
8 | Incarnate Word | 45 |
9 | Nicholls | 32 |
Two Nicholls players were named to the conference preseason second team. [3]
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Justin Lewis (Louisiana–Monroe)
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