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Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 31–26 (16–8 Southland) |
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Home stadium | Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park |
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McNeese † | 22 | – | 2 | .917 | 40 | – | 20 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana ‡y | 17 | – | 7 | .708 | 47 | – | 15 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | 31 | – | 26 | .544 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word | 14 | – | 9 | .609 | 34 | – | 17 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 26 | – | 25 | .510 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 21 | – | 22 | .488 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Christian | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 23 | – | 27 | .460 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 5 | – | 18 | .217 | 19 | – | 31 | .380 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–Commerce* | 2 | – | 22 | .083 | 9 | – | 45 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 19, 2024 [2] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today |
The 2024 Nicholls Colonels softball team represented Nicholls State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. The Colonels played their home games at Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park and were led by third-year head coach Justin Lewis. They are members of the Southland Conference. The team compiled a 31–26 overall record and a 16–8 record in conference play finishing in third place. As the third seeded team in the SLC tournament, the Colonels were 2–2 defeating seventh seeded Houston Chrstian 5–4 and fifth seeded Lamar 5–48. They were defeated by second seeded Southeastern Louisiana 1–4 and first seeded McNeese 3–48.
The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 2, 2024. Nicholls was picked to finish third in the Southland Conference with 97 votes. [3]
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1 | McNeese State | 128 (16) |
2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 114 (2) |
3 | Nicholls | 97 |
4 | Lamar | 78 |
5 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 72 |
6 | Northwestern State | 63 |
7 | Houston Christian | 49 |
8 | Incarnate Word | 30 |
9 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 17 |
Erin Kraus and Alexa Poche were named to the conference preseason first team. [3]
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Justin Lewis (Louisiana–Monroe)
Ron Frost (Alabama State)
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*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.
Reglin Heflin was named as a conference first team member. Abby Anderson was named as a second team member. [7]
Player of the Year: Victoria Altamirano, UIW
Hitter of the Year: Ka'Lyn Watson, Southeastern
Pitcher of the Year: Shaelyn Sanders, McNeese
Freshman of the Year: Alexis Dibbley, McNeese
Newcomer of the Year: Shenita Tucker, Lamar
Coach of the Year: James Landreneau, McNeese
Honors | Player | Position | Date Awarded | Ref. |
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SLC Pitcher of the week | Audrey McNeill | RHP | February 12, 2024 | [8] |
SLC Hitter of the week | Molly VandenBout | DP | February 26, 2024 | [9] |
SLC Pitcher of the week | Audrey McNeill | RHP | March 11, 2024 | [10] |
SLC Pitcher of the week | Audrey McNeill | RHP | May 6, 2024 | [11] |
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