2024 Southland Conference softball tournament

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2024 Southland Conference
softball tournament
Southland Conference primary logo.svg
Teams7
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Southeastern Louisiana  (1st title)
Winning coachRick Fremin (1st title)
MVP Lexi Johnson (Southeastern Louisiana)
Attendance3,725
Television ESPN+
2024 Southland Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
McNeese  222 .9174020 .667
Southeastern Louisiana  y177 .7084715 .758
Nicholls  168 .6673126 .544
Incarnate Word  149 .6093417 .667
Lamar  1212 .5002625 .510
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 915 .3752122 .488
Houston Christian 915 .3752327 .460
Northwestern State  518 .2171931 .380
Texas A&M–Commerce* 222 .083945 .167
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
* Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II [1]
As of May 19, 2024 [2]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2024 Southland Conference tournament was held at North Oak Park in Hammond, Louisiana from May 7 through 10, 2024. [3] The tournament winner, Southeastern Louisiana, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were broadcast on ESPN+.

Contents

Format

The tournament was a modified 7 team double elimination format. The first game was single elimination game. The first and second seeded teams received byes to the second round.

Seeds

Teams were seeded by record within the conference with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top seven teams in the conference play qualified for the tournament. [4]

SeedSchoolConferenceTie-breaker #1Tie-breaker #2
1 McNeese 22–2Not needed
2 Southeastern Louisiana 17–7Not needed
3 Nicholls 16–8Not needed
4 Incarnate Word 14–8Not needed
5Lamar12–12Not needed
6Texas A&M–Corpus Christi9–152–1 vs Houston Christian
7Houston Christian9–151–2 vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi

Tournament

Source: [5] [6]

RoundGameTime*MatchupScoreAttendanceNotesTelevision
First day – Tuesday, May 7, 2024
111:00 pmNo. 6 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 7 Houston Christian2–7205Texas A&M–Corpus Christi eliminated [7] ESPN+
24:10 pmNo. 4 Incarnate Word vs. No. 5 Lamar5–48322
37:49 pmNo. 3 Nicholls vs. No. 7 Houston Christian5–4322
Second day – Wednesday, May 8, 2024
2411:00 amNo. 1 McNeese vs. No. 4 Incarnate Word 2–3332ESPN+
51:49 pmNo. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 3 Nicholls 4–1456
64:19 pmNo. 5 Lamar vs. No. 3 Nicholls 4–58322Lamar eliminated
77:34 pmNo. 7 Houston Christian vs. No. 1 McNeese 6–8322Houston Christian eliminated
Third day– Thursday, May 9, 2024
381:00 pmNo. 4 Incarnate Word vs. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana 1–6467ESPN+
93:30 pmNo. 3 Nicholls vs. No. 1 McNeese 3–48520Nicholls eliminated
106:00 pmNo. 4 Incarnate Word vs. No. 1 McNeese 8–7322McNeese eliminated
Championship – Friday, May 10, 2024
41112:00 pmNo. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 4 Incarnate Word 8–7457Southeastern Louisiana is tournament championESPN+
12TBDGame 11 winner vs. Game 10 loserNot necessary
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and results

Single elimination round

Tuesday, May 7
Team R
No. 6 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi2
No. 7 Houston Christian7
Notes: Texas A&M–Corpus Christi eliminated.

Main bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
4 Incarnate Word 3
4 Incarnate Word 581 McNeese 2
5Lamar44 Incarnate Word 1
2 Southeastern Louisiana 6
3 Nicholls 1
3 Nicholls 52 Southeastern Louisiana 4
7Houston Christian4
2 Southeastern Louisiana 8
4 Incarnate Word 7
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
5Lamar48
4 Incarnate Word 8
3 Nicholls 5
3 Nicholls 381 McNeese 7
1 McNeese 4
7Houston Christian6
1 McNeese 8

Championship playoff (not needed)

Friday, May 10
Team R
Game 11 winner 
Game 11 loser 

Awards and honors


Tournament MVP: Lexi Johnson, Southeastern Louisiana

All-Tournament Teams: Source: [8]

Lexi Johnson, 1B, Southeastern Louisiana - MVP
Bailey Krolczyk, C, Southeastern
Cera Blanchard, RHP, Southeastern
Maddie Watson, 2B, Southeastern
Ka'Lyn Watson, OF, Southeastern
Maddison Guillen, 3B, UIW
Avalon Sanchez, DP, UIW
Victoria Altamirano, 1B, UIW
Samantha Portillo, RHP, UIW
Alexis Dibbley, OF, McNeese
Shaelyn Sanders, RHP, McNeese
Claire Sisco, 2B, Nicholls

See also

2024 Southland Conference baseball tournament

References

  1. "Texas A&M University-Commerce Officially Joins NCAA Division I and the Southland Conference". Texas A&M University-Commerce. July 1, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  2. "Southland Standings". D1Softball.com. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  3. "2024 college softball conference tournaments: Schedules, brackets, auto-bids". TURNER SPORTS INTERACTIVE, INC. April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  4. "Baseball Tie-Breaking Procedures". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  5. "No title". D1SOFTBALL. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  6. "2024 Southland Softball Tournament". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  7. "Houston Christian 7 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2". Turner Sports Interactive, LLC. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  8. Anthony Goss (May 10, 2024). "Johnson miraculous swing sends No. 2 to first ever NCAA Tournament, Lions stun No. 4 UIW on walk-off home run in SLC Softball Championship game". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 10, 2024.