2025 Southland Conference softball tournament
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Southeastern Louisiana (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Rick Fremin (2nd title) |
| MVP | Chloe Magee (Southeastern Louisiana) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State † | 23 | – | 4 | .852 | 41 | – | 20 | .672 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana ‡y | 21 | – | 6 | .778 | 50 | – | 16 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls | 19 | – | 8 | .704 | 31 | – | 24 | .564 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | 29 | – | 21 | .580 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | 29 | – | 27 | .518 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | 27 | – | 29 | .482 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Christian | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | 17 | – | 33 | .340 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 6 | – | 21 | .222 | 12 | – | 36 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Texas A&M | 6 | – | 21 | .222 | 10 | – | 42 | .192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 4 | – | 23 | .148 | 7 | – | 43 | .140 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 18, 2025[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Southland Conference softball tournament was held from May 1 through 4 and May 8 to 10.[2] As the tournament winner,[3] Southeastern Louisiana earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Seeding and format
The tournament format was the same as used in the conference 2022 and 2025 baseball tournaments. The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight, and played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The bracket winners moved to the championship series to be held at the home field of the highest remaining seeded team. Teams were seeded by record within the conference with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament.[4]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tie-breaker #1 | Tie-breaker #2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McNeese State | 23–4 | Not needed | |
| 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 21–6 | Not needed | |
| 3 | Nicholls | 19–8 | Not needed | |
| 4 | Incarnate Word | 17–10 | ||
| 5 | Lamar | 15–12 | ||
| 6 | Stephen F. Austin | 14–13 | ||
| 7 | Houston Christian | 10–17 | ||
| 8 | East Texas A&M | 6–21 |
Northwestern State failed to qualify. New Orleans and UT Rio Grande Valley do not sponsor a softball team.
Tournament
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Incarnate Word | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Lamar | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Incarnate Word | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | McNeese | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | McNeese State | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | East Texas A&M | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | McNeese | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Group 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Incarnate Word | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Lamar | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | East Texas A&M | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Lamar | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Incarnate Word | 105 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | McNeese | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Nicholls | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Stephen F. Austin | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Stephen F. Austin | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Houston Christian | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Group 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Nicholls | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Nicholls | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Houston Christian | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Nicholls | 115 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Stephen F. Austin | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Awards and honors
Tournament MVP: Chloe Magee, Southeastern Louisiana
All-Tournament Teams: Source:[5]
- Chloe Magee, Southeastern Louisiana - MVP
- Victoria Altamirano, Incarnate Word
- Molly Vandenbout, Nicholls
- Rylie Bouvier, McNeese
- Reese Reyna, McNeese
- Sam Mundine, McNeese
- Maddie Taylor, McNeese
- Brilee Ford, Southeastern Louisiana
- Cydnee Schneider, Southeastern Louisiana
- Maria Detillier, Southeastern Louisiana
- Macie LaRue, Southeastern Louisiana
- Lainee Bailey, Southeastern Louisiana
See also
2025 Southland Conference baseball tournament
References
- ^ "2025 Softball Standings". southland.org. Southland Conference. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Southland Conference Softball Championship". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
- ^ Kemmler Chapple (May 10, 2025). "Southeastern stages dramatic rally to walk-off with Southland Softball Tournament title at McNeese". Crescent City Sports Enterprises LLC. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ^ Anthony Goss. "Southeastern Selected to Repeat as Southland Softball Champions; Preseason All-Conference Team Released". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 12, 2025.|quote=The 2025 Southland Conference Softball Championship tournament will be played as a split bracket in separate pods on May 1–4 at the sites of the number 1 and 2 seeds, with the two bracket winners advancing to a best two-of-three series at the site of the highest-remaining seed on May 8–10.
- ^ Anthony Goss (May 10, 2025). "Ford's Walk-Off Single Caps Incredible Southeastern Rally to Win Second Straight Southland Championship". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2025.