The Southland Conference softball tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southland Conference (SLC). It is a double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Tournament The Southland Conference softball tournament is a double-elimination tournament held each year at various SLC campus stadiums. The number of tournament teams has varied over the years. After three years with a 7 team format, the 2025 tournament is moving back to an 8 team format. Of the twelve current conference members, University of New Orleans and UT Rio Grande Valley do not sponsor softball.
History The tournament was first held in 1983 when the conference began sponsoring softball. The tournament was not held from 1991 to 1995 and was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Champions
Year-by-year source: Year School Venue City MVP ** 1983 Beaumont Athletic Complex Beaumont, Texas No MVP 1984 Unknown Lafayette, Louisiana No MVP 1985 ULM Softball Complex Monroe, Louisiana No MVP 1986 Allan Saxe Field Arlington, Texas No MVP 1987 Unknown Denton, Texas No MVP 1988 Lady Demon Diamond Natchitoches, Louisiana Joanne Graham 1989 Bearkat Softball Field Huntsville, Texas Debra Jones 1990 Bobcat Softball Stadium San Marcos, Texas Sandi Green 1991-1995 1996 Colonels Softball Complex Thibodaux, Louisiana Leslie Efferson 1997 ULM Softball Complex Monroe, Louisiana Courtney Blades 1998 Lady Demon Diamond Natchitoches, Louisiana Becca Allen 1999 Lady Demon Diamond Natchitoches, Louisiana Amber Mosher 2000 Lady Demon Diamond Natchitoches, Louisiana Erin Mancuso 2001 Bobcat Softball Stadium San Marcos, Texas Jessica Chase 2002 Lady Demon Diamond Natchitoches, Louisiana Amanda Ortego 2003 Lady Demon Diamond Natchitoches, Louisiana Katy Cox 2004 Texas-San Antonio Bobcat Softball Stadium San Marcos, Texas Ursula Mares 2005 McNeese State North Oak Park Hammond, Louisiana Jessica Denham 2006 Texas-San Antonio Lady Demon Diamond Natchitoches, Louisiana Jessica Els 2007 Sam Houston State Bearkat Softball Complex Huntsville, Texas Brandi Crnkovic 2008 Stephen F. Austin Bobcat Softball Stadium San Marcos, Texas Monika Covington 2009 Southwest Texas State Cowgirl Diamond Lake Charles, Louisiana Chandler Hall 2010 McNeese State Bobcat Softball Complex San Marcos, Texas Meagan Bond 2011 Southwest Texas State Bearkat Softball Complex Huntsville, Texas Chandler Hall 2012 Southwest Texas State Roadrunner Field San Antonio, Texas Chandler Hall 2013 Northwestern State Lady Demon Diamond Natchitoches, Louisiana Kylie Roos 2014 Northwestern State North Oak Park Hammond, Louisiana Kaylee Guidry 2015 Central Arkansas Lady Demon Diamond Natchitoches, Louisiana Kylee Studioso 2016 McNeese State Cowgirl Diamond Lake Charles, Louisiana Erika Piancastelli 2017 McNeese State Farris Field Conway, Arkansas Erika Piancastelli 2018 McNeese State Joe Miller Field Lake Charles, Louisiana Morgan Catron 2019 Sam Houston Lady Demon Diamond Natchitoches, Louisiana Lindsey McLeod 2020Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 McNeese North Oak Park Hammond, Louisiana Whitney Tate, McNeese 2022 McNeese North Oak Park Hammond, Louisiana Crislyne Moreno, McNeese 2023 McNeese Joe Miller Field Lake Charles, Louisiana Reese Reyna, McNeese 2024 Southeastern Louisiana North Oak Park Hammond, Louisiana Lexi Johnson, Southeastern Louisiana 2025 Southeastern Louisiana Joe Miller Field Lake Charles, Louisiana Chloe Magee, Southeastern Louisiana 2026 McNeese Joe Miller Field Lake Charles, Louisiana Kassidy Chance, McNeese
Notes
Former Southland members in italics. MVP from tournament champion team unless otherwise noted.
By school Current Southland members, as of the next NCAA softball season in 2026, in bold. School Championships Years McNeese 10 1983, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2026 Texas State 6 1989, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2012 Northwestern State 5 1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014 Sam Houston 3 1988, 2007, 2019 Louisiana–Monroe 2 1985, 1986 Louisiana 2 1984, 1987 Nicholls 2 1996, 1997 Southeastern Louisiana 2 2024, 2025 Stephen F. Austin 2 1990, 2008 UTSA 2 2004, 2006 Central Arkansas 1 2015 UT Arlington 1 2003
See also Southland Conference baseball tournament
References
External links Southland.org Southland Conference 2015 Softball