2021 Southland Conference: Hammond, USA
Collegiate softball tournament
2021 Southland Conference softball tournament Teams 7 Format Double-elimination tournament Finals site Champions McNeese (7th title) Winning coach James Landreneau (3rd title) MVP Whitney Tate (McNeese) Television ESPN+
The 2021 Southland Conference tournament was held at North Oak Park in Hammond, Louisiana , from May 11 through 14, 2021.[ 2] The tournament winner, McNeese, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament . All games were broadcast on ESPN+ .[ 3] [ 4]
The tournament was a 7 team double elimination format. The top seeded team, McNeese, received a bye in first round competition.
Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. All seven teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Tie–breaker procedures were not required.
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Tournament
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Round
Game
Time*
Matchup
Score
Attendance
Notes
Television
First day – Tuesday, May 12, 2021
1
1
5:00 pm
No. 6 Houston Baptist vs. No. 7 Sam Houston State
3–4
172
ESPN+
2
7:30 pm
No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 8 Abilene Christian
4–3
222
Second day – Thursday, May 13, 2021
2
3
11:00 am
No. 3 McNeese State vs. No. 7 Sam Houston State
3–1
277
ESPN+
4
1:30 pm
No. 4 Northwestern State vs No. 5 Southeastern Louisiana
7–4
343
5
4:00 pm
No. 2 Central Arkansas vs. No. 3 McNeese State
5–6
335
6
7:20 pm
No. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 4 Northwestern State
4–1
335
Third day – Friday, May 14, 2021
3
7
11:00 am
No. 5 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 2 Central Arkansas
1–2
275
Elimination game (Southeastern Louisiana)
ESPN+
8
1:30 pm
No. 7 Sam Houston State vs. No. 4 Northwestern State
0–8 5
242
Elimination game (Sam Houston State)
9
4:00 pm
No. 3 McNeese vs. No. 1 Stephen F. Austin
4–1
304
10
6:30 pm
No. 2 Central Arkansas vs. No. 4 Northwestern State
5–2
339
Elimination Game (Northwestern State)
Championship – Saturday, May 15, 2021
4
11
11:00 pm
No. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 2 Central Arkansas
4–5
307
Elimination Game (Stephen F. Austin)
ESPN+
12
1:50 pm
No. 2 Central Arkansas vs. No. 1 McNeese
0–1
345
McNeese tournament champion
*Game times in CDT . #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Awards and honors
Tournament MVP : Whitney Tate, McNeese
All-Tournament Teams:
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Whitney Tate, McNeese - MVP
Haylee Brinlee, McNeese
Jenna Edwards, McNeese
Kaylee Lopez, McNeese
Cori McCrary, McNeese
Toni Perrin, McNeese
Kayla Beaver, Central Arkansas
Mary Kate Brown, Central Arkansas
Cylla Hill, Central Arkansas
Kaylyn Shepherd, Central Arkansas
Kristen Whitehouse, Central Arkansas
Mackenzie Bennett, Stephen F. Austin
See also
2021 Southland Conference baseball tournament
References
^ "Southland Softball Standings" . www.southland.org . Retrieved March 20, 2021 .
^ a b "2021 Southland Softball Tournament" . Southland Conference. Retrieved January 19, 2024 .
^ a b Pam LaFosse (May 15, 2021). "McNeese vanquishes Southeastern to claim Southland Softball Tournament Championship" . 2024 Crescent City Sports Enterprises LLC. Retrieved January 19, 2024 .
^ Erik Hall (May 11, 2021). "2021 Southland Conference Softball Tournament bracket, schedule, game times" . 2024 www.shreveporttimes.com. Retrieved January 19, 2024 .
^ "2021 Southland Softball Tournament Field Finalized" . Southland Conference. May 8, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2024 .