2010 Southland Conference Softball Tournament

The 2010 Southland Conference tournament was held at Bobcat Softball Complex on the campus of Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas from May 13 through May 15, 2010. The tournament winner, McNeese State earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The Championship game was broadcast over the regionally syndicated Southland Conference Television Network for the first time with the remainder of the tournament airing on the Southland Digital Network. Doug Anderson and LaDarrin McClane called the games.[1]

2010 Southland Conference Softball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Site	Bobcat Softball Complex San Marcos, Texas
Champions	McNeese State (3 title)
Winning coach	Natalie Poole (1 title)
MVP	Meagan Boyd (McNeese State)
Television	Southland Conference Television Network

Format

The top 6 teams qualified for the Southland Softball Tournament. The tournament was played in a double-elimination format with a maximum of eleven games.

2010 Southland Conference softball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Stephen F. Austin **  ‍‍‍	20	–	10		.667			29	–	20		.592
Texas State  ‍‍‍	20	–	10		.667			27	–	26		.509
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍	16	–	12		.571			29	–	25		.537
McNeese State ‡  ‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			38	–	27		.585
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			35	–	22		.614
Nicholls  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			25	–	22		.532
Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			23	–	29		.442
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍	13	–	16		.448			25	–	31		.446
Sam Houston  ‍‍‍	13	–	16		.448			21	–	28		.429
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			27	–	27		.500
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍	3	–	25		.107			11	–	37		.229
‡ – SLC Tournament Champion **Southland Tournament #1 seed champion As of May 22, 2011[2][3]; Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

Tournament

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals					Finals
						1	Stephen F. Austin	8
	4	McNeese State	6			6	Nicholls State	4
	5	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	0								1	Stephen F. Austin	0
											3	Texas-Arlington	2
						3	Texas-Arlington	3
	3	Texas-Arlington	3			5	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	2
	6	Nicholls State	2													2	Texas State	2	–
																4	McNeese State	3	–
	1	Stephen F. Austin	1
	4	McNeese State	4								2	Texas State	4
						2	Texas State	1			3	Texas-Arlington	1
						4	McNeese State	0
	2	Texas State	10
	3	Texas-Arlington	1

• All times listed are Central Daylight Time.

Line Scores

Game 1 (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs McNeese State)

May 13, 2010 11:02 am CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McNeese State	0	1	2	0	1	2	0	6	10	2
WP: Bond, M. (21-10)   LP: Tallman, A. (12-8)   Sv: None [[4] Boxscore]

Game 2 (Nicholls State vs Texas-Arlington)

May 13, 2010 1:29 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Nicholls State	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
Texas-Arlington	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	10	2
WP: Lyles, T. (14-13)   LP: Gros, L. (13-8)   Sv: None [[5] Boxscore]

Game 3 (McNeese State vs Stephen F. Austin)

May 13, 2010 4:16 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
McNeese State	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0
Stephen F. Austin	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	1
WP: Shepherd, K. (9-8)   LP: Covington, M. (14-11)   Sv: None [[6] Boxscore]

Game 4 (Texas-Arlington vs Texas State)

May 13, 2010 6:45 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Texas-Arlington	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1
Texas State	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	12	1
WP: Hall, C. (18-13)   LP: Lyles, T. (14-14)   Sv: None Attendance: 505 [[7] Boxscore]

Game 5 (Stephen F. Austin vs Nicholls State)

May 14, 2010 6:30 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Stephen F. Austin	2	0	0	3	0	1	2	8	8	2
Nicholls State	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	4	9	3
WP: White, A. (14-8)   LP: Wood, A. (6-7)   Sv: Covington, M. (2) [[8] Boxscore]

Game 6 (Texas-Arlington vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)

May 14, 2010 9:23 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Texas-Arlington	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	2
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	8	0
WP: Hulme, C. (14-10)   LP: Tallman, A. (12-9)   Sv: Lyles, T. (3) Attendance: 412 [[9] Boxscore]

Game 7 (Texas State vs McNeese State)

May 15, 2010 9:55 am CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Texas State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
McNeese State	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
WP: Bond, M. (22-10)   LP: Hall, C. (18-14)   Sv: None [[10] Boxscore]

Semi-Final Game One (Stephen F. Austin vs Texas-Arlington)

May 15, 2010 12:35 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Stephen F. Austin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Texas-Arlington	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6	0
WP: Lyles, T. (15-14)   LP: Covington, M. (14-11)   Sv: None [[11] Boxscore]

Semi-Final Game Two (Texas-Arlington vs Texas State)

May 15, 2010 2:51 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Texas-Arlington	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Texas State	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	6	0
WP: Dennis, L. (3-5)   LP: Hulme, C. (14-11)   Sv: Hall, C. (2) [[12] Boxscore]

Championship Game (McNeese State vs Texas State)

May 15, 2010 6:05 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
McNeese State	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	8	0
Texas State	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2
WP: Shepherd, K. (10-8)   LP: Dennis, L. (3-6)   Sv: None Attendance: 506 [[13] Boxscore]

Awards and honors

Source: [14]
Tournament MVP: Meagan Bond - McNeese State

All-Tournament Teams:

• Kendal Harper - Stephen F. Austin
• Teri Lyles - Texas-Arlington
• McKenzie Baak - Texas State
• Jenna Emery - Texas State
• Chandler Hall - Texas State
• Anna Hernandez - Texas State
• Molly Guidry - McNeese State
• Marissa Koetting - McNeese State
• Heather Mosser - McNeese State
• Claire Terracina - McNeese State
• Meagan Bond - McNeese State

See also

2010 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

References

1. "Southland Conference Softball Tournament Field Set". Southland Conference. May 10, 2010. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
2. "Game Results". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
3. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
4. "A&M-Corpus Christi vs McNeese State (May 13, 2010)". Southland Conference. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
5. "Nicholls vs UT Arlington (May 13, 2010)". Southland Conference. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
6. "McNeese State vs Stephen F. Austin (May 13, 2010)". Southland Conference. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
7. "UT Arlington vs Texas State (May 13, 2010)". Southland Conference. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
8. "Stephen F. Austin vs Nicholls (May 14, 2010)". Southland Conference. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
9. "UT Arlington vs A&M-Corpus Christi (May 14, 2010)". Southland Conference. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
10. "Texas State vs McNeese State (May 15, 2010)". Southland Conference. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
11. "Stephen F. Austin vs UT Arlington (May 15, 2010)". Southland Conference. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
12. "UT Arlington vs Texas State (May 15, 2010)". Southland Conference. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
13. "McNeese State vs Texas State (May 15, 2010)". Southland Conference. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
14. "Southland Conference". Southland Conference. Retrieved 8 April 2016.