2024 Southland Conference softball tournament

The 2024 Southland Conference tournament was held at North Oak Park in Hammond, Louisiana from May 7 through 10, 2024.^[3] The tournament winner, Southeastern Louisiana earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were be broadcast on ESPN+.

2024 Southland Conference
softball tournament

Teams	7
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	North Oak Park Hammond, Louisiana
Champions	Southeastern Louisiana (1 title)
Winning coach	Rick Fremin (1 title)
MVP	Lexi Johnson (Southeastern Louisiana)
Attendance	3,725
Television	ESPN+
← 2023 Southland Softball Tournament 2025 →

2024 Southland Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
McNeese ‍†‍‍	22	–	2		.917			40	–	20		.667
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	7		.708			47	–	15		.758
Nicholls ‍‍‍	16	–	8		.667			31	–	26		.544
Incarnate Word ‍‍‍	14	–	9		.609			34	–	17		.667
Lamar ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			26	–	25		.510
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			21	–	22		.488
Houston Christian ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			23	–	27		.460
Northwestern State ‍‍‍	5	–	18		.217			19	–	31		.380
Texas A&M–Commerce* ‍‍‍	2	–	22		.083			9	–	45		.167
* Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II[1]
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 19, 2024[2] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

Format

The tournament was a modified 7 team double elimination format. The first game was single elimination game. The first and second seeded teams received byes to the second round.

Seeds

Teams were seeded by record within the conference with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top seven teams in the conference play qualified for the tournament.^[4]

Seed	School	Conference	Tie-breaker #1	Tie-breaker #2
1	McNeese	22–2	Not needed
2	Southeastern Louisiana	17–7	Not needed
3	Nicholls	16–8	Not needed
4	Incarnate Word	14–8	Not needed
5	Lamar	12–12	Not needed
6	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	9–15	2–1 vs Houston Christian
7	Houston Christian	9–15	1–2 vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi

• Northwestern State and Texas A&M–Commerce did not qualify for the tournament. New Orleans does not sponsor a softball team.

Tournament

Source:^[5][6]

Round	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Notes	Television
First day – Tuesday, May 7, 2024
1	1	1:00 pm	No. 6 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 7 Houston Christian	2–7	205	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi eliminated[7]	ESPN+
	2	4:10 pm	No. 4 Incarnate Word vs. No. 5 Lamar	5–48	322
	3	7:49 pm	No. 3 Nicholls vs. No. 7 Houston Christian	5–4	322
Second day – Wednesday, May 8, 2024
2	4	11:00 am	No. 1 McNeese vs. No. 4 Incarnate Word	2–3	332		ESPN+
	5	1:49 pm	No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 3 Nicholls	4–1	456
	6	4:19 pm	No. 5 Lamar vs. No. 3 Nicholls	4–58	322	Lamar eliminated
	7	7:34 pm	No. 7 Houston Christian vs. No. 1 McNeese	6–8	322	Houston Christian eliminated
Third day– Thursday, May 9, 2024
3	8	1:00 pm	No. 4 Incarnate Word vs. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana	1–6	467		ESPN+
	9	3:30 pm	No. 3 Nicholls vs. No. 1 McNeese	3–48	520	Nicholls eliminated
	10	6:00 pm	No. 4 Incarnate Word vs. No. 1 McNeese	8–7	322	McNeese eliminated
Championship – Friday, May 10, 2024
4	11	12:00 pm	No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 4 Incarnate Word	8–7	457	Southeastern Louisiana is tournament champion	ESPN+
	12	TBD	Game 11 winner vs. Game 10 loser	–		Not necessary
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and results

Single elimination round

Tuesday, May 7

Team	R
No. 6 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	2
No. 7 Houston Christian	7
Notes: Texas A&M–Corpus Christi eliminated.

Main bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Final
						4	Incarnate Word	3
	4	Incarnate Word	58			1	McNeese	2
	5	Lamar	4								4	Incarnate Word	1
											2	Southeastern Louisiana	6
						3	Nicholls	1
	3	Nicholls	5			2	Southeastern Louisiana	4
	7	Houston Christian	4
																2	Southeastern Louisiana	8
																4	Incarnate Word	7
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower final
	5	Lamar	48
											4	Incarnate Word	8
	3	Nicholls	5
						3	Nicholls	38			1	McNeese	7
						1	McNeese	4
	7	Houston Christian	6
	1	McNeese	8

Championship playoff (not needed)

Friday, May 10

Team	R
Game 11 winner
Game 11 loser

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: Lexi Johnson, Southeastern Louisiana

All-Tournament Teams: Source:^[8]

Lexi Johnson,1B, Southeastern Louisiana - MVP

Bailey Krolczyk, C, Southeastern

Cera Blanchard, RHP, Southeastern

Maddie Watson, 2B, Southeastern

Ka'Lyn Watson, OF, Southeastern

Maddison Guillen, 3B, UIW

Avalon Sanchez, DP, UIW

Victoria Altamirano, 1B, UIW

Samantha Portillo, RHP, UIW

Alexis Dibbley, OF, McNeese

Shaelyn Sanders, RHP, McNeese

Claire Sisco, 2B, Nicholls

See also

2024 Southland Conference baseball tournament

References

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2. "Southland Standings". D1Softball.com. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
3. "2024 college softball conference tournaments: Schedules, brackets, auto-bids". TURNER SPORTS INTERACTIVE, INC. April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
4. "Baseball Tie-Breaking Procedures". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
5. "No title". D1SOFTBALL. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
6. "2024 Southland Softball Tournament". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
7. "Houston Christian 7 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2". Turner Sports Interactive, LLC. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
8. Anthony Goss (May 10, 2024). "Johnson miraculous swing sends No. 2 to first ever NCAA Tournament, Lions stun No. 4 UIW on walk-off home run in SLC Softball Championship game". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 10, 2024.