The 2021 Southland Conference tournament was held at North Oak Park in Hammond, Louisiana, from May 11 through 14, 2021. 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+.

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. All seven teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Tie–breaker procedures were not required. SeedSchoolConference1 Stephen F. Austin 25–22 Central Arkansas 21–63 McNeese 18–94 Northwestern State 16–115 Southeastern Louisiana 14–106 Houston Baptist 15–127 Sam Houston 14–138 Abilene Christian 10–17 Incarnate Word, Nicholls, Lamar, and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi failed to qualify as members in the tournament field. New Orleans does not sponsor a softball team. Source:

Tournament Source: Round GameTime*MatchupScoreAttendance NotesTelevisionFirst day – Tuesday, May 12, 2021115:00 pmNo. 6 Houston Baptist vs. No. 7 Sam Houston State 3–4 172ESPN+27:30 pmNo. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 8 Abilene Christian 4–3 222 Second day – Thursday, May 13, 20212311:00 amNo. 3 McNeese State vs. No. 7 Sam Houston State 3–1 277 ESPN+41:30 pm No. 4 Northwestern State vs No. 5 Southeastern Louisiana7–434354:00 pm No. 2 Central Arkansas vs. No. 3 McNeese State 5–6 335 67:20 pm No. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 4 Northwestern State 4–1 335 Third day – Friday, May 14, 20213711:00 am No. 5 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 2 Central Arkansas 1–2 275 Elimination game (Southeastern Louisiana)ESPN+81:30 pm No. 7 Sam Houston State vs. No. 4 Northwestern State 0–85 242 Elimination game (Sam Houston State)94:00 pm No. 3 McNeese vs. No. 1 Stephen F. Austin 4–1 304106:30 pm No. 2 Central Arkansas vs. No. 4 Northwestern State 5–2 339 Elimination Game (Northwestern State)Championship – Saturday, May 15, 202141111:00 pm No. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 2 Central Arkansas 4–5 307 Elimination Game (Stephen F. Austin)ESPN+121:50 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: Source: 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

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