2015 Southland Conference Softball Tournament

The 2015 Southland Conference tournament was held at Lady Demon Diamond on the campus of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana from May 6 through May 8, 2015. The tournament winner, Central Arkansas earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The Championship game was broadcast on ESPN3 with the remainder of the tournament airing on the Southland Digital Network.[1]

2015 Southland Conference Softball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Site	Lady Demon Diamond Natchitoches, Louisiana
Champions	Central Arkansas (1 title)
Winning coach	David Kuhn (1 title)
MVP	Kylee Studioso (Central Arkansas)
Attendance	5,432
Television	ESPN3

Format

The top 6 teams qualify for the Southland Softball Tournament. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word are currently ineligible due to their transition from D2 to D1. Had either of the two teams been in the top 6 spots, the seventh and if necessary eighth teams would have qualified for the tournament and would have taken their respective spots.

2015 Southland Conference softball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northwestern State **  ‍‍‍	22	–	3	–	0		.880			36	–	18	–	0		.667
McNeese State  ‍‍‍	21	–	5	–	0		.808			36	–	20	–	0		.643
Central Arkansas ‡  ‍‍‍	16	–	8	–	0		.667			35	–	21	–	0		.625
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍	15	–	10	–	0		.600			22	–	30	–	0		.423
Lamar  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			26	–	28	–	0		.481
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	15	–	11	–	0		.577			20	–	28	–	1		.418
Nicholls  ‍‍‍	12	–	14	–	0		.462			26	–	22	–	0		.542
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍	11	–	15	–	0		.423			19	–	32	–	0		.373
Sam Houston  ‍‍‍	10	–	15	–	0		.400			19	–	28	–	0		.404
Abilene Christian *  ‍‍‍	8	–	19	–	0		.296			14	–	33	–	0		.298
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍	5	–	20	–	0		.200			13	–	32	–	0		.289
Incarnate Word *  ‍‍‍	4	–	23	–	0		.148			12	–	39	–	0		.235
‡ – SLC Tournament Champion *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition **Southland Tournament #1 seed champion As of May 22, 2015[2]; Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

Tournament

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals					Finals
						1	Northwestern State	1
	4	Southeastern Louisiana	1			5	Lamar	6
	5	Lamar	3								5	Lamar	0
											3	Central Arkansas	7
						2	McNeese State	2
	3	Central Arkansas	1			3	Central Arkansas	6
	6	Texas A&M-CC	0^(13)													3	Central Arkansas	4	–
																1	Northwestern State	2	–
	1	Northwestern State	3
	6	Texas A&M-CC	1								5	Lamar	10
						1	Northwestern State	9			1	Northwestern State	16^(9)
						4	Southeastern Louisiana	2
	2	McNeese State	1
	4	Southeastern Louisiana	5

• All times listed are Central Daylight Time.

Line Scores

Day One

Game 1 (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs Central Arkansas)

May 6, 2015 11:00 am CDT at Lady Demon Diamond, Natchitoches, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Central Arkansas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12	0
WP: Studioso, K. (25-12)   LP: Carter, L. (14-17)   Sv: None Attendance: 375 Notes: Longest game in Southland Conference Softball Tournament history [[3] Boxscore]

Game 2 (Lamar vs Southeastern Louisiana)

May 6, 2015 3:00 pm CDT at Lady Demon Diamond, Natchitoches, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Lamar	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	7	0
Southeastern Louisiana	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3
WP: Napoli, L. (18-16)   LP: Bishop, T. (14-8)   Sv: None Attendance: 403 [[4] Boxscore]

Game 3 (Central Arkansas vs McNeese State)

May 6, 2015 5:30 pm CDT at Lady Demon Diamond, Natchitoches, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central Arkansas	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	6	5	0
McNeese State	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	5	1
WP: Studioso, K. (25-12)   LP: Smith, R. (12-6)   Sv: None Attendance: 641 [[5] Boxscore]

Game 4 (Lamar vs Northwestern State)

May 6, 2015 8:15 pm CDT at Lady Demon Diamond, Natchitoches, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Lamar	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	10	1
Northwestern State	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
WP: Napoli, L. (18-16)   LP: Brown, M. (11-3)   Sv: None Attendance: 819 [[6] Boxscore]

Day Two

Game 5 (Northwestern State vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)

May 7, 2015 11:00 am CDT at Lady Demon Diamond, Natchitoches, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Northwestern State	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	5	1
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
WP: Brown, M. (12-3)   LP: Carter, L. (14-18)   Sv: Bouvier, M. (1) Attendance: 412 [[7] Boxscore]

Game 6 (Southeastern Louisiana vs McNeese State)

May 7, 2015 1:30 pm CDT at Lady Demon Diamond, Natchitoches, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Southeastern Louisiana	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	5	6	0
McNeese State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
WP: Adkinson, S. (4-5)   LP: Vincent, E. (14-6)   Sv: None Attendance: 383 [[8] Boxscore]

Game 7 (Central Arkansas vs Lamar)

May 7, 2015 5:30 pm CDT at Lady Demon Diamond, Natchitoches, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central Arkansas	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	7	8	0
Lamar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
WP: Studioso, K. (27-12)   LP: Napoli, L. (19-17)   Sv: None Attendance: 397 [[9] Boxscore]

Semi-Final Game One (Southeastern Louisiana vs Northwestern State)

May 7, 2015 7:45 pm CDT at Lady Demon Diamond, Natchitoches, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Southeastern Louisiana	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
Northwestern State	1	1	4	3	0	0	X	9	14	0
WP: Bouvier, M. (14-5)   LP: Bishop, T. (14-9)   Sv: None Attendance: 661 [[10] Boxscore]

Day Three

Semi-Final Game Two (Northwestern State vs Lamar)

May 9, 2015 10:30 am CDT at Lady Demon Diamond, Natchitoches, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Northwestern State	0	0	2	1	4	0	3	0	6	16	17	1
Lamar	2	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	10	15	1
WP: Brown, M. (13-3)   LP: Dannelley, L (8-8)   Sv: None Attendance: 639 Notes: Northwestern State and Lamar combine for a total of 32 hits a tournament record [[11] Boxscore]

Championship Game (Northwestern State vs Central Arkansas)

May 9, 2015 2:20 pm CDT at Lady Demon Diamond, Natchitoches, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Northwestern State	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
Central Arkansas	3	0	0	0	1	0	X	4	6	2
WP: Gomness, K. (4-1)   LP: Brown, M. (13-4)   Sv: None Attendance: 702 Notes: Central Arkansas wins first Southland Conference Softball Tournament championship [[12] Boxscore]

Awards and honors

Source: [13]
Tournament MVP: Kylee Studioso – Central Arkansas

All-Tournament Teams:

• Sarah Bigej – Central Arkansas
• Sam Forrest – Central Arkansas
• Jessie Taylor – Central Arkansas
• Brianna Whisenhunt – Central Arkansas
• Micayla Sorosiak – Northwestern State
• Kellye Kincannon – Northwestern State
• Sarah Ragsdale – Lamar
• Laura Napoli – Lamar
• Katie Lacour – Southeastern Louisiana
• Spencer Adkinson – Southeastern Louisiana

See also

2015 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

References

1. "Southland Softball - 2015 Southland Conference Softball Tournament" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
2. "2015 Softball Standings". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
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4. "Lamar vs Southeastern La, (May 6, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
5. "Central Arkansas vs McNeese State (May 6, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
6. "Lamar vs Northwestern State (May 6, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
7. "Northwestern State vs A&M-Corpus Christi (May 7, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
8. "Southeastern La. vs McNeese State (May 7, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
9. "Central Arkansas vs Lamar (May 7, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
10. "Southeastern La. vs Northwestern State (May 7, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
11. "Northwestern State vs Lamar (May 9, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
12. "Northwestern State vs Central Arkansas (May 9, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
13. "Central Arkansas Wins First Southland Softball Title". Southland Conference. May 8, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.