The 2024 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions softball team represented Southeastern Louisiana University during the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. The Lady Lions played their home games at North Oak Park in Hammond, LA and were led by ninth-year head coach Rick Fremin. They are members of the Southland Conference. They compiled a 47–15 overall record including a 17–7 record in conference play and a regular season second place finish. The Lady Lions won the Southland Conference tournament for the first time in program history. Earning the conference's auto-bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament, the team competed in the NCAA Division I tournament's Tuscaloosa regional. The team had a 2–2 record defeating 23rd ranked Clemson twice and losing to 14th ranked twice. Their season ended with a loss to Alabama in the regional finals round.
Preseason Southland Conference Coaches Poll The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 2, 2024. Southeastern Louisiana was picked to finish second in the Southland Conference with 114 overall votes and two first place votes.
Coaches poll 1 McNeese State 128 (16) 2 Southeastern Louisiana 114 (2) 3 Nicholls 97 4 Lamar 78 5 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 72 6 Northwestern State 63 7 Houston Christian 49 8 Incarnate Word 30 9 Texas A&M–Commerce 17
Preseason All-Southland team Lexi Johnson, Bailey Krolczyk, and Audrey Greely were named to the conference preseason first team. Cam Goodman and Ka'Lyn Watson were named to the conference preseason second team.
First Team Lexi Johnson (SELA, SR, 1st Base) Erin Kraus (NICH, SO, 2nd Base) Haylie Savage HCU, JR, 3rd Base) Reese Reyna (MCNS, JR, Shortstop) Bailey Krolczyk (SELA, SR, Catcher) Chloe Gomez (MCNS, SR, Utility) Audrey Greely (SELA, SR, Designated Player) Alexa Poche (NICH, SR, Outfielder) AB Garcia (HCU, SO, Outfielder) Erin Ardoin (MCNS, JR, Outfielder) Ashley Vallejo (MCNS, JR, Pitcher) Primrose Ahoelei (TAMUCC, JR, Pitcher)
Second Team Crislyne Mareno (MCNS, JR, 1st Base) Mariana Torres (MCNS, JR, 2nd Base) Rylie Bouvier (MCNS, JR, 3rd Base) Brooke Davis (LU, SR, Shortstop) Ashlyn Walker (NWST, SR, Catcher) Sydney Hoyt (TAMUCC, SR, Utility) Cameron Niedenthal (LU, SR, Designated Player) Cam Goodman (SELU, SR, Outfielder) Ka'Lyn Watson (SELU, SR, Outfielder) Laney Roos (NWST, SR, Outfielder) Maggie Darr (NWST, SR, Pitcher) Shaelyn Sanders (MCNS, SR, Pitcher)
Personnel
Schedule and results Legend Southeastern Louisiana win Southeastern Louisiana loss Postponement/CancellationBoldSoutheastern Louisiana team member * Non-Conference game † Make-Up Game
2024 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions softball game log Regular season (47–15) February (12–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC record 2024 Mardi Gras MamboFeb. 8 vs. * Youngsville Sports Complex • Youngsville, LA 13–0 Blanchard, Cera (1-0) Paeton Kring (0-1) None 115 1–0 Feb. 9 vs. * Youngsville Sports Complex • Youngsville, LA 2–0 DuBois, Ellie (1-0) Riley Quirk (0-1) Bennett, Chloe (1) 232 2–0 Feb. 9 vs. * Youngsville Sports Complex • Youngsville, LA 3–0 Comeaux, Mary-Cathryn (MC) (1-0) Hoelscher, Emily (0-1) Blanchard, Cera (1) 234 3–0 Feb. 10 vs. * Youngsville Sports Complex • Youngsville, LA 5–0 Bennett, Chloe (1-0) Brinka, Emmalyn (1-1) None 345 4–0 Feb. 10 vs. * Youngsville Sports Complex • Youngsville, LA 8–0 DuBois, Ellie (2-0) Camryn Lasot (0-0) None 345 5–0 Feb. 14 at * Lady Techster Softball Complex • Ruston, LA 1–4 FLOYD, Allie (1-0) Bennett, Chloe (1-1) None 607 5–1 2024 Lion ClassicFeb. 16 * North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 8–6 Blanchard, Cera (2-0) Verni, Julianna (1-1) None 186 6–1 Feb. 17 * North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 4–1 DuBois, Ellie (3-0) Courtney Wyche (1-3) 235 7–1 Feb. 17 * North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 10–2 DuBois, Ellie (4-0) KELL, Delaney (1-1) None 8–1 Feb. 20 South Alabama* North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 1–9(6 inn) Olivia Lackie (6–1) DuBois, Ellie (4–1) None ESPN+ 312 8–2 2024 Texas A&M InvitationalFeb. 22 vs. * Davis Diamond • College Station, TX 8–0(5 inn) Blanchard, Cera (3-0) GILBERT (1-3) None 9–2 southeasFeb. 22 at * Davis Diamond • College Station, TX 1–4 Ackerman, Shaylee (3-0) Comeaux, Mary-Cathryn (MC) (1-1) None SECN+ 1,579 9–3 Feb. 23 vs. * Davis Diamond • College Station, TX 5–2 Comeaux, Mary-Cathryn (MC) (2-1) Morgan Klein (0-2) None 10–3 Feb. 23 vs. North Dakota State* Davis Diamond • College Station, TX 5–1 Blanchard, Cera (4-0) Savy Williams (1-3) None 11–3 Feb. 24 vs. St. Thomas* Davis Diamond • College Station, TX 9–1 Bennett, Chloe (2-1) Christina Crawford (0-6) None 12–3 March (16–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC recordOle Miss ClassicMar 1 vs. * Ole Miss Softball Complex • Oxford, MS 4–5 NUECHTERLEIN (5-1) DuBois, Ellie (4-2) IRELAN (2) 12–4 Mar 1 at * Ole Miss Softball Complex • Oxford, MS 0–2 M. Klietherm (6-1) Blanchard, Cera (4-1) A. Furbush (3) SECN+ 400 12–5 Mar 2 at * Ole Miss Softball Complex • Oxford, MS 4–1 DuBois, Ellie (5-2) Leigha Kirby (3-5) None 78 13–5 Mar 2 at Ole Miss* Ole Miss Softball Complex • Oxford, MS 9–4 Brunson, Allison (1-0) Catelyn Riley (1-2) None SECN+ 400 14–5 Mar 3 vs. Kent State* Ole Miss Softball Complex • Oxford, MS 6–5 Blanchard, Cera (5-1) NUECHTERLEIN, Megan (5-3) None 47 15–5 Mar 6 * North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 6–2 Blanchard, Cera (6-1) Loganne Stepp (2-3) None ESPN+ 188 16–5 Mar 9 Incarnate Word North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 4–3 Brunson, Allison (2-0) Annie Gunther (2-1) Blanchard, Cera (2) ESPN+ 160 17–5 1–0Mar 9 Incarnate Word North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 2–0 Blanchard, Cera (7-1) Larissa Jacquez (3-3) None ESPN+ 160 18–5 2–0Mar 10 Incarnate Word North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 3–6 Bella Mitchell (4-0) Comeaux, Mary-Cathryn (MC) (2-2) Larissa Jacquez (1) 151 18–6 2–1Mar 15 Texas A&M–Commsoutheaserce John Cain Family Softball Complex • Commerce, TX 14–0(5 inn) Blanchard, Cera (8-1) Arredondo, Anissa (0-4) None ESPN+ 19–6 3–1Mar 15 Texas A&M–Commerce John Cain Family Softball Complex • Commerce, TX 17–0(5 inn) DuBois, Ellie (6-2) Muller, Maddie (2-10) None ESPN+ 202 20–6 4–1Mar 16 Texas A&M–Commerce John Cain Family Softball Complex • Commerce, TX 14–1 Blanchard, Cera (9-1) Muller, Maddie (2-11) None ESPN+ 87 21–6 5–1Mar 20 at * Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA 3–2 DuBois, Ellie (7-2) Abrams, Victoria (7-5) Blanchard, Cera (3) 22–6 Mar 22 Houston Christian North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 9–1 Blanchard, Cera (10-1) Swanson, Lyndie (4-3) None ESPN+ 205 23–6 6–1Mar 22 Houston Christian North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 2–3 southeas Grofman, Ronni (4-5) DuBois, Ellie (7-3) None ESPN+ 205 23–7 6–2Mar 23 Houston Christian North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 4–0 DuBois, Ellie (8-3) Janes, Katy (4-2) None ESPN+ 127 24–7 7–2Mar 27 at * Bill Simoni Field • Stockton, CA 6–3 Bennett, Chloe (3-1) Lloyd, Scarlett (3-3) Blanchard, Cera (2) ESPN+ 103 25–7 Mar 27 at Pacific* Bill Simoni Field • Stockton, CA 11–2 Comeaux, Mary-Cathryn (MC) (3-2) Strong, Vanessa (0-7) None ESPN+ 59 26–7 Mar 28 at Pacific* Bill Simoni Field • Stockton, CA 5–3 Brunson, Allison (3-0) Smith, Desiree (2-6) Comeaux, Mary-Cathryn (MC) (1) ESPN+ 57 27–7 Mar 28 at * SCU Softball Field • Santa Clara, CA 10–2 DuBois, Ellie (9-3) VALDEZ, Alaina (3-3) None ESPN+ 71 28–7 Mar 29 at Santa Clara* SCU Softball Field • Santa Clara, CA Cancelled April (14–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC recordApr 2 * North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 8–1 DuBois, Ellie (10-3) Gonzalez, Sofia (3-5) None ESPN+ 151 29–7 Apr 2 Jackson State* North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 4–2 Blanchard, Cera (11-1) Salazar, Victoria (9-5) Comeaux, Mary-Cathryn (MC) (2) ESPN+ 151 30–7 Apr 5 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX 3–0 Blanchard, Cera (12-1) Aholelei, Primrose (13-6) Comeaux, Mary-Cathryn (MC) (3) ESPN+ 178 31–7 8–2Apr 5 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX 9–2 DuBois, Ellie (11-3) Saenz, Ariella (2-3) Brunson, Allison (1) ESPN+ 180 32–7 9–2Apr 6 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX 5–0 Blanchard, Cera (13-1) Aholelei, Primrose (13-7) None ESPN+ 272 33–7 10–2Apr 9 * 6 Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA 5–7 Raelin Chaffin (W, 10-2) Blanchard, Cera (L, 13-2) None SECN+ 2,093 33–8 Apr 12 Northwestern State North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 5–4 DuBois, Ellie (12-3) Seely, Kenzie (7-11) None ESPN+ 245 34–8 11–2Apr 12 Northwestern State North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 5–1 Blanchard, Cera (14-2) Darr, Maggie (5-12) None ESPN+ 245 35–8 12–2Apr 13 Northwestern State North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 8–4 Blanchard, Cera (15-2) Darr, Maggie (5-13) None ESPN+ 174 36–8 13–2Apr 19 at Nicholls Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park • Thibodaux, LA 3–1 Blanchard, Cera (16-2) Yoo, Molly (6-7) None ESPN+ 202 37–8 14–2Apr 19 at Nicholls Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park • Thibodaux, LA 3–4 McNeill, Audrey (10-11) DuBois, Ellie (12-4) None ESPN+ 202 37–9 14–3Apr 20 at Nicholls Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park • Thibodaux, LA 5–7 McNeill, A. (11-11) Comeaux, Mary-Cathryn (MC) (3-3) Yoo, M. (1) 123 37–10 14–4Apr 23 * North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 7–0 Comeaux, Mary-Cathryn (MC) (4-3) Kiri Parker (3-13) None ESPN+ 150 38–10 Apr 23 Alcorn State* North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 16–1(5 inn) Bennett, Chloe (4-1) Ta'Niyah Fletcher (1-8) None ESPN+ 130 39–10 Apr 26 Lamar North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 9–1(5 inn) Blanchard, Cera (17-2) Wardlaw, Emma (9-6) None ESPN+ 205 40–10 15–4Apr 26 Lamar North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 8–0(5 inn) DuBois, Ellie (13-4) Mitchell, Karyana (13-7) None ESPN+ 205 41–10 16–4Apr 27 Lamar North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 10–0(5 inn) Comeaux, Mary-Cathryn (MC) (5-3) Wardlaw, Emma (9-7) None ESPN+ 186 42–10 17–4 May (0–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC recordMay 3 at McNeese Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA 0–3 Sanders, Shaelyn (19-9) Brunson, Allison (3-1) None ESPN+ 1,041 42–11 17–5May 3 at McNeese Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA 3–5 Schexnayder, Ryann (7-2) DuBois, Ellie (13-5) Sanders, Shaelyn (3) ESPN+ 42–12 17–6May 4 at McNeese Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA 2–6 Schexnayder, Ryann (8-2) Brunson, Allison (3-2) None ESPN+ 912 42–13 17–7 Post-Season (5–2) (3–0) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament recordMay 8 (3) Nicholls (2) North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 4–1 Blanchard, Cera (18-2) Yoo, Molly (7-9) None ESPN+ 456 43–13 1–0May 9 (4) Incarnate Word (2) North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 6–1 DuBois, Ellie(14-5) Larissa Jacquez(11-6) None ESPN+ 467 44–13 2–0May 10 (4) Incarnate Word (2) North Oak Park • Hammond, LA 8–7 Larissa Jacquez(11-7) Comeaux, MC(6-3) None ESPN+ 457 45–13 3–0 (2–2) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament recordMay 17 vs. Clemson 23 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 6–2 DuBois, Ellie (15-5) Cagle, V (8-7) None ACCN 46–13 1–0May 18 at (14)/19 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 3–6(9 inn) Kayla Beaver (17-8) Cera Blanchard (18-3) None ESPN+ 46–14 1–1May 18 vs. Clemson 23 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 6–2 DuBois, Ellie (16-5) Brooke McCubbin (10-3) None ESPN+ 2,217 47–14 2–1May 19 at Alabama (14)/19 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 2–12(5 inn) Jocelyn Briski (9-5) DuBois, Ellie (16-6) None ESPN2 2,278 47–15 2–2 Schedule source:*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.
Conference awards and honors Post-season All-Southland Conference Teams Southeastern led the way with eight all-conference selections after posting a league-best 42 wins during the 2024 regular season.
Player of the Year: Victoria Altamirano, UIW
Hitter of the Year: Ka'Lyn Watson, Southeastern
Pitcher of the Year: Shaelyn Sanders, McNeese
Freshman of the Year: Alexis Dibbley, McNeese
Newcomer of the Year: Shenita Tucker, Lamar