2015 Southland Conference softball tournament

2015 Southland Conference
softball tournament
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals 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
	← 2014; Southland Softball Tournament; 2016 →;

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]

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
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		PCT		W	L		PCT
East Division
Northwestern State ** ^x ‍‍‍	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
Nicholls ‍‍‍	12	–	14	–	0	.462		26	–	22	–	0	.542
West Division
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ^x ‍‍‍	15	–	11	–	0	.577		20	–	28	–	1	.418
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 ^x Division Champions champion As of May 22, 2015^[2] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

Tournament


Upper round 1			Upper round 2			Upper final			Final



			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

Lower round 1			Lower round 2			Lower final



1	Northwestern State	3
						5	Lamar	10
6	Texas A&M-CC	1
			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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

References

^ "Southland Softball - 2015 Southland Conference softball tournament" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
^ "2015 Softball Standings". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
^ "A&M-Corpus Christi vs Central Arkansas (May 6, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
^ "Lamar vs Southeastern La, (May 6, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
^ "Central Arkansas vs McNeese State (May 6, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
^ "Lamar vs Northwestern State (May 6, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
^ "Northwestern State vs A&M-Corpus Christi (May 7, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
^ "Southeastern La. vs McNeese State (May 7, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
^ "Central Arkansas vs Lamar (May 7, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
^ "Southeastern La. vs Northwestern State (May 7, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
^ "Northwestern State vs Lamar (May 9, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
^ "Northwestern State vs Central Arkansas (May 9, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
^ "Central Arkansas Wins First Southland Softball Title". Southland Conference. May 8, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.

[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.

[3] "A&M-Corpus Christi vs Central Arkansas (May 6, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.

[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.

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