The 2024 Southland Conference tournament was held at North Oak Park in Hammond, Louisiana from May 7 through 10, 2024. The tournament winner, Southeastern Louisiana, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were broadcast on ESPN+.
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. SeedSchoolConference Tie-breaker #1 Tie-breaker #21 McNeese 22–2 Not needed 2 Southeastern Louisiana 17–7 Not needed3 Nicholls 16–8 Not needed4 Incarnate Word 14–8 Not needed5 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: Round GameTime*MatchupScoreAttendance NotesTelevisionFirst day – Tuesday, May 7, 2024111:00 pmNo. 6 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 7 Houston Christian 2–7 205 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi eliminatedESPN+24:10 pmNo. 4 Incarnate Word vs. No. 5 Lamar 5–4 322 37:49 pmNo. 3 Nicholls vs. No. 7 Houston Christian 5–4 322 Second day – Wednesday, May 8, 202424 No. 1 McNeese vs. No. 4 Incarnate Word2–3332ESPN+51:49 pm No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 3 Nicholls 4–1 456 64:19 pm No. 5 Lamar vs. No. 3 Nicholls 4–5 322 Lamar eliminated77:34 pm No. 7 Houston Christian vs. No. 1 McNeese 6–8 322 Houston Christian eliminatedThird day– Thursday, May 9, 2024381:00 pm No. 4 Incarnate Word vs. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana 1–6 467 ESPN+93:30 pm No. 3 Nicholls vs. No. 1 McNeese 3–4 520 Nicholls eliminated106:00 pm No. 4 Incarnate Word vs. No. 1 McNeese 8–7 322 McNeese eliminatedChampionship – Friday, May 10, 2024411 No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 4 Incarnate Word 8–7 457 Southeastern Louisiana is tournament championESPN+12TBD Game 11 winner vs. Game 10 loser – Not necessary*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket and results
Single elimination round
Main bracket
Championship playoff (not needed)
Awards and honors
Tournament MVP: Lexi Johnson, Southeastern Louisiana
All-Tournament Teams: Source: 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
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