2023 Southland Conference softball tournament

The 2023 Southland Conference tournament was held at Joe Miller Field on the campus of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, from May 9 through 13, 2023.^[3] The tournament winner, McNeese, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were broadcast on ESPN+.^[4]

2023 Southland Conference
softball tournament

Teams	7
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Joe Miller Field Lake Charles, Louisiana
Champions	McNeese (9th title)
Winning coach	James Landreneau (5th title)
MVP	Reese Reyna (McNeese)
Television	ESPN+
← 2022 Southland Softball Tournament 2024 →

2023 Southland Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
McNeese  ‍†‍‡‍y	21	–	3	–	0		.875			47	–	16	–	0		.746
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍	19	–	5	–	0		.792			47	–	14	–	0		.770
Nicholls  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			29	–	24	–	0		.547
Lamar  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			22	–	34	–	0		.393
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			24	–	24	–	0		.500
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			25	–	27	–	0		.481
Houston Christian  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			20	–	33	–	0		.377
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0		.333			16	–	30	–	1		.351
Texas A&M–Commerce*  ‍‍‍	5	–	19	–	0		.208			9	–	39	–	0		.188
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament * Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II[1] As of May 21, 2023[2] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

Format

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. The top seven teams in the conference qualify for the tournament. Tiebreakers were not needed in 2023.

Seed	School	Conference
1	McNeese	21–3
2	Southeastern Louisiana	19–5
3	Nicholls	13–11
4	Lamar	12–12
5	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	11–13
6	Northwestern State	10–14
7	Houston Christian	9–15

• Incarnate Word 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 9, 2023
1	1	1:30 pm	No. 4 Lamar vs. No. 5 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	2–3	Not recorded		ESPN+
	2	4:25 pm	No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 7 Houston Christian	7–1	Not recorded	Rain delay; Game resumed at 7:35 pm
	3	8:40 pm	No. 3 Nicholls vs. No. 6 Northwestern State	2–8	457	Start delayed due to rain
Second day – Wednesday, May 10, 2023
2	4	1:30 pm	No. 5 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 1 McNeese	1–2	Not recorded	Delayed; rain	ESPN+
	5	5:32 pm	No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 6 Northwestern State	13–1(5)	394	Game started 30 minutes after game 4 conclusion
Third day– Thursday, May 11, 2023
2	6	11:00 am	No. 7 Houston Christian vs. No. 3 Nicholls	1–2	Not recorded	Elimination game	ESPN+
	7	1:30 pm	No. 4 Lamar vs. No. 6 Northwestern State	5–4	Not recorded	Elimination game
	8	4:00 pm	No. 5 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 3 Nicholls	0–1	Not recorded	Elimination game
	9	6:30 pm	No. 1 McNeese vs. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana	6–2	528
Fourth day – Friday, May 12, 2023
3	10	11:00 pm	No. 3 Nicholls vs. No. 4 Lamar	4–5	Not recorded	Elimination Game	ESPN+
	11	1:30 pm	No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 4 Lamar	8–0(5)	363	Elimination Game
Championship – Saturday, May 13, 2023
4	12	12:00 pm	No. 1 McNeese vs. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana	1– 0(8)	607		ESPN+
	13	2:30 pm	Rematch (if necessary)	–	Not necessary
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: Reese Reyna, McNeese

All-Tournament Teams: Source:^[7]

Reese Reyna, McNeese - MVP

Mariana Torres, McNeese

Alayis Seneca, McNeese

Whitney Tate, McNeese

Ashley Vallejo, McNeese

Madison Rayner, Southeastern

Lexi Johnson, Southeastern

Audrey Greely, Southeastern

Ka’Lyn Watson, Southeastern

KK Ladner, Southeastern

Cameron Niedenthal, Lamar

Alexa Poche’, Nicholls

See also

2023 Southland Conference baseball tournament