2022 McNeese State Cowgirls softball team

The 2022 McNeese State Cowgirls softball team represented McNeese State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Cowgirls played their home games at Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond and were led by sixth-year head coach James Landreneau. They were members of the Southland Conference.

Preseason

Southland Conference Coaches Poll The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 4, 2022. McNeese State was picked to finish first in the Southland Conference with 132 votes and 12 first place votes.

Coaches poll 1 McNeese State 132 (12) 2 Northwestern State 120 (2) 3 Southeastern Louisiana 113 4 Houston Baptist 102 5 Incarnate Word 84 6 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 82 7 Nicholls 81

Preseason All-Southland team

First Team Caitlyn Brockway (HBU, JR, 1st Base) Cayla Jones (NSU, SR, 2nd Base) Lindsey Rizzo (SELA, SR, 3rd Base) Ashleigh Sgambelluri (TAMUCC, JR, Shortstop) Chloe Gomez (MCNS, SO, Catcher) Kaylee Lopez (MCNS, JR, Designated Player) Jil Poullard (MCNS, SO, Outfielder) Audrey Greely (SELA, SO, Outfielder) Aeriyl Mass (SELA, SR, Outfielder) Pal Egan (TAMUCC, JR, Outfielder) Lyndie Swanson (HBU, R-FR, Pitcher) Whitney Tate (MCNS, SO, Pitcher) Jasie Roberts (HBU, R-FR, Utility)

Second Team Haley Moore (TAMUCC, SO, 1st Base) Shelby Echols (HBU, SO, 2nd Base) Autumn Sydlik (HBU, JR, 3rd Base) Keely DuBois (NSU, SO, Shortstop) Bailey Krolczyk (SELA, SO, Catcher) Lexi Johnson (SELA, SO, Designated Player) Toni Perrin (MCNS, SR, Outfielder) Cam Goodman (SELA, SO, Outfielder) Alexandria Torres (TAMUCC, SO, Outfielder) Ashley Vallejo (MCNS, SO, Pitcher) Heather Zumo (SELA, SR, Pitcher) Beatriz Lara (TAMUCC, JR, Pitcher) Melise Gossen (NICH, JR, Utility)

National Softball Signing Day

Grace Janik Infielder/Outfielder Missouri City, Texas Ridge Point HS Brooke Otto Outfielder Smithville, Texas Smithville HS Lindsay Davis Pitcher Troup, Texas Troup HS Jada McKelvey-Muñoz Infielder San Antonio, Texas Sandra Day O'Connor HS Reese Reyna Infielder Santa Fe, Texas Santa Fe HS Rylee Eyster Outfielder Southaven, Mississippi Hernando HS Delaney Dunham Outfielder Mont Belvieu, Texas Barbers Hill HS Makynlie Jones Infielder Vardaman, Mississippi Vardaman HS Ryann Schexnayder Pitcher Walker, Louisiana Walker HS

Personnel

Schedule and results Legend McNeese State win McNeese State loss Postponement/CancellationBoldMcNeese State team member

2022 McNeese State Cowgirls softball game log Regular season (35–19) February (8–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record The Evangeline Bank and Trust Invitational IFeb. 11 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W11–4 Johnson(1-0) Gendorf(0-1) None 564 1–0 Feb. 12 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W6–0 Vallejo(1-0) Pochop(0-1) None 2–0 Feb. 12 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W4–39 Sanders(1-0) Tindell(0-1) None 612 3–0 Feb. 13 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W1–0 Vallejo(2-0) Peters(1-1) None 4–0 Feb. 13 Texas Southern Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W7–0 Tate(1-0) Reyes(0-2) None 313 5–0 Feb. 16 at No. 11 Texas Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX L4–8 Simpson(1-0) Vallejo(2-1) None LHN 894 5–1 Houston ClassicFeb. 18 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX L1–155 Bahl(3-0) Tate(1-1) None 5–2 Feb. 18 at Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX W8–5 Vallejo(3-1) Wilkey(2-1) None ESPN+ 728 6–2 Feb. 19 vs. Texas State Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX L3–5 Pierce(2-1) Tate(1-2) None 6–3 Feb. 19 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX L0–115 Trautwein(3-0) Vallejo(3-2) None 6–4 The Evangeline Bank and Trust Invitational IIFeb. 24 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L0–1 Wasik(2-0) Vallejo(3-2) None 177 6–5 Feb. 25 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L0–3 Bressler(5-0) Tate(1-3) None 473 6–6 Feb. 26 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W12–05 Sanders(2-0) Metzger(0-1) None 473 7–6 Feb. 26 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W3–1 Vallejo(4-3) Siems(2-3) None 473 8–6 Feb. 27 UT Arlington Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA Game postponed March (9–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC RecordMar. 1 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L1–6 Pickett(7-2) Tate(1-4) None 456 8–7 Mar. 4 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L4–5 Ferguson(3-0) Vallejo(4-4) None 465 8–8 Mar. 5 Tarleton State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W3–2 Tate(2-4) Mayo(1-2) None 456 9–8 Mar. 8 Tarleton State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W8–1 Vallejo(5-4) Ellett(1-2) None 456 10–8 Mar. 9 at No. 22 Louisiana Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA L3–5 Lamb(4-2) Vallejo(5-5) None 1,772 10–9 Mar. 11 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L1–4 Bailey(7-1) Tate(2-5) None 406 10–10 Mar. 12 Boise State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L4–7 Caudill(7-3) Johnson(1-1) None 447 10–11 Mar. 12 Boise State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L1–4 Bailey(8-1) Tate(2-6) None 447 10–12 Mar. 16 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W14–15 Sanders(3-0) Corona(0-5) None 534 11–12 Mar. 18 at Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX L2–5 Orme(5-6) Tate(2-7) None ESPN+ 695 11–13 Mar. 19 at Baylor Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX W5–4 Sanders(4-0) West(3-1) None ESPN+ 793 12–13 Mar. 19 at Baylor Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX L0–3 Binford(5-2) Vallejo(5-6) None ESPN+ 793 12–14 Mar. 23 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W8–5 Sanders(5-0) Kilgore(2-2) None ESPN+ 423 13–14 Mar. 25 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W5–410 Vallejo(6-6) Gilbert(2-5) None ESPN+ 159 14–14 1–0Mar. 25 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W9–05 Tate(3-7) Smith(2-6) None ESPN+ 159 15–14 2–0Mar. 26 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W9–3 Vallejo(7-6) Gilbert(2-6) None 259 16–14 3–0Mar. 29 Louisiana–Monroe Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W7–5 Tate(4-7) Abrams(5-2) Sanders(1) 436 17–14 Mar. 30 at No. 20 Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA Game postponed April (16–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC RecordApr. 1 Houston Baptist Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W1–0(by forfeit) 4–0Apr. 3 Houston Baptist Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W9–16 Sanders(6-0) Cotton(2-5) None 411 18–14 5–0Apr. 3 Houston Baptist Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W9–15 Vallejo(8-6) Swanson(4-3) None 411 19–14 6–0Apr. 4 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W13–15 Tate(5-7) Hubbard(0-5) None 376 20–14 Apr. 4 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W16–15 Johnson(2-1) Schmidt(1-8) None 376 21–14 Apr. 6 Louisiana Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W6–513 Tate(6-7) Schorman(6-4) None ESPN+ 560 22–14 Apr. 8 Southeastern Louisiana Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L1–6 Zumo(13-3) Sanders(6-1) None 417 22–15 6–1Apr. 9 Southeastern Louisiana Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W4–0 Vallejo(9-6) Ladner(3-2) None 473 23–15 7–1Apr. 9 Southeastern Louisiana Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W9–3 Tate(7-7) Findley(2-1) None 473 24–15 8–1Apr. 12 Houston Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA Game postponedApr. 14 at Northwestern State Lady Demon Diamond • Natchitoches, LA W1–0 Vallejo(10-6) Hoover(9-5) None 228 25–15 9–1Apr. 15 at Northwestern State Lady Demon Diamond • Natchitoches, LA W3–2 Tate(8-7) Seely(3-6) Vallejo(1) 237 26–15 10–1Apr. 15 at Northwestern State Lady Demon Diamond • Natchitoches, LA L3–8 Rhoden(5-3) Sanders(6-2) None 244 26–16 10–2Apr. 19 No. 21 LSU Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L1–7 Chaffin(6-2) Vallejo(10-7) None 1,150 26–17 Apr. 22 at Lamar Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX W6–2 Tate(9-7) Ruiz(7-13) Sanders(2) 504 27–17 Apr. 23 Lamar Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W8–1 Vallejo(11-7) Ruiz(7-14) None ESPN+ 375 28–17 Apr. 23 Lamar Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W7–3 Tate(10-7) Ruiz(7-15) None 375 29–17 Apr. 26 at No. 19 LSU Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA L1–105 Sunseri(7-7) Tate(10-8) None 1,756 29–18 Apr. 27 Louisiana–Monroe Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA W3–0 Vallejo(12-7) Abrams(7-6) None ESPN+ 325 30–18 Apr. 29 Incarnate Word Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W9–05 Vallejo(13-7) Trapp(4-8) None ESPN+ 447 31–18 11–2Apr. 30 Incarnate Word Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L6–7 Trapp(5-8) Tate(10-9) Gunther(3) ESPN+ 507 31–19 11–3Apr. 30 Incarnate Word Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W8–05 Vallejo(14-7) Garcia(2-10) None ESPN+ 507 32–19 12–3 May (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC RecordMay 6 at Nicholls Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park • Thibodaux, LA W3–1 Vallejo(15-7) Lehman(5-14) None 201 33–19 13–3May 6 at Nicholls Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park • Thibodaux, LA W7–0 Tate(11-9) Turner(7-15) None 201 34–19 14–3May 7 at Nicholls Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park • Thibodaux, LA W3–0 Vallejo(16-7) Lehman(5-15) None 155 35–19 15–3 Postseason (5–2) (3–0) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament recordMay 11 vs. (4) Northwestern State (1) North Oak Park • Hammond, LA W6–58 Vallejo(17-7) Rhoden(6-5) None ESPN+ 267 36–19 1–0May 12 vs. (2) Southeastern Louisiana (1) North Oak Park • Hammond, LA W7–68 Tate(12-9) Zumo(20-5) None ESPN+ 381 37–19 2–0May 13 vs. (2) Southeastern Louisiana (1) North Oak Park • Hammond, LA W10–4 Sanders(7-2) Romano(0-3) None ESPN+ 331 38–19 3–0 NCAA Division I softball tournament (2–2) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record Evanston RegionalsMay 20 vs. (2)/No. 21 (3) Sharon J. Drysdale Field • Evanston, IL W11–15 Tate(13-9) Tidd(15-4) None ESPN+ 840 39–19 1–0May 21 vs. (1)/No. 10 (3) Sharon J. Drysdale Field • Evanston, IL L3–175 Williams(28-4) Vallejo(17-8) None ESPN+ 39–20 1–1May 21 vs. (2)/No. 21 Notre Dame (3) Sharon J. Drysdale Field • Evanston, IL W3–1 Vallejo(18-8) Becker(10-4) None ESPN+ 987 40–20 2–1May 22 vs. (1)/No. 10 Northwestern (3) Sharon J. Drysdale Field • Evanston, IL L2–105 Williams(29-4) Tate(13-10) None ESPN+ 1,120 40–21 2–2 Schedule source: *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.

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