Southland Conference Softball Tournament

Southland Conference Softball Tournament
Conference Softball Championship
Sport Softball
Conference Southland Conference
Number of teams 6
Format Double-elimination tournament
Current stadium Lady Demon Diamond
Current location Natchitoches, Louisiana
Played 1983-1990;1996-Present
Last contest 2014 - North Oak Park, Hammond, Louisiana
Current champion Northwestern State
Most championships Texas State (6)
Northwestern State (5)
Official website Southland.org Softball

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 Southland Conference campus stadiums. Six of the 13 teams in the SLC make the tournament each year (New Orleans does not sponsor a softball team).

History

With the exception of the period from 1991 to 1995, the tournament has been held since 1983, when the SLC began sponsoring softball.

Champions

Year-by-year

Year School Venue
1983 McNeese State Beaumont, Texas
1984 *Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana
1985 *Louisiana-Monroe Monroe, Louisiana
1986 *Louisiana-Monroe Arlington, Texas
1987 *Louisiana-Lafayette Denton, Texas
1988 Sam Houston State Natchitoches, Louisiana
1989 *Texas State Huntsville, Texas
1990 Stephen F. Austin San Marcos, Texas
1991-1995 No Tournament
1996 Nicholls State Thibodaux, Louisiana
1997 Nicholls State Monroe, Louisiana
1998 Northwestern State Natchitoches, Louisiana
1999 *Texas State Natchitoches, Louisiana
2000 Northwestern State Natchitoches, Louisiana
2001 *Texas State San Marcos, Texas
2002 Northwestern State Natchitoches, Louisiana
2003 *Texas-Arlington Natchitoches, Louisiana
2004 *Texas-San Antonio San Marcos, Texas
2005 McNeese State Hammond, Louisiana
2006 *Texas-San Antonio Natchitoches, Louisiana
2007 Sam Houston State Huntsville, Texas
2008 Stephen F. Austin San Marcos, Texas
2009 *Texas State Lake Charles, Louisiana
2010 McNeese State San Marcos, Texas
2011 *Texas State Huntsville, Texas
2012 *Texas State San Antonio, Texas
2013 Northwestern State Natchitoches, Louisiana
2014 Northwestern State Hammond, Louisiana
2015 Natchitoches, Louisiana

-*Former Southland member

By school

School Championships Years
*Texas State 6 1989, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2012
Northwestern State 5 1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014
McNeese State 3 1983, 2005, 2010
Nicholls State 2 1996, 1997
Sam Houston State 2 1988, 2007
Stephen F. Austin 2 1990, 2008
*Texas-San Antonio 2 2004, 2006
*Louisiana-Monroe 2 1985, 1986
*Louisiana-Lafayette 2 1984, 1987
*Texas-Arlington 1 2003

-*Former Southland member

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