2009 Southland Conference Softball Tournament

2009 Southland Conference Softball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Site	Cowgirl Diamond Lake Charles, Louisiana
Champions	Texas State (3 title)
Winning coach	Ricci Woodard (2 title)
MVP	Chandler Hall (Texas State)
Southland Conference Softball Tournament «2008  2010»

The 2009 Southland Conference tournament was held at Cowgirl Diamond on the campus of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana from May 7 through May 9, 2009. The tournament winner, Texas State, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.

Format

The top 6 teams will qualify for the Southland Softball Tournament. The tournament used a true double-elimination format with a maximum of eleven games.

2009 Southland Conference softball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Texas State **‡	23	–	6	–	0		.793			40	–	18	–	0		.690
McNeese State	20	–	10	–	0		.667			31	–	28	–	0		.525
Texas–San Antonio	18	–	11	–	0		.621			29	–	29	–	0		.500
Stephen F. Austin	17	–	12	–	0		.586			29	–	27	–	0		.518
Texas–Arlington	17	–	13	–	0		.567			23	–	24	–	0		.489
Sam Houston	15	–	14	–	0		.517			28	–	26	–	0		.519
Central Arkansas	14	–	15	–	0		.483			24	–	31	–	0		.436
Nicholls	14	–	16	–	0		.467			30	–	25	–	0		.545
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	12	–	16	–	0		.429			23	–	31	–	0		.426
Southeastern Louisiana	8	–	22	–	0		.267			20	–	33	–	0		.377
Northwestern State	3	–	26	–	0		.103			5	–	45	–	0		.100
‡ – SLC Tournament Champion **Southland Tournament #1 seed champion As of May 22, 2009[1][2]; Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

Tournament

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals					Finals
						4	Stephen F. Austin	1
	4	Stephen F. Austin	7			6	Sam Houston State	2
	5	Texas-Arlington	0								3	UTSA	1
											6	Sam Houston State	4
						3	UTSA	12
	3	UTSA	5			5	Texas-Arlington	3
	6	Sam Houston State	4													1	Texas State	2	–
																2	McNeese State	1	–
	1	Texas State	3
	4	Stephen F. Austin	1								2	McNeese State	3
						1	Texas State	1			6	Sam Houston State	2
						2	McNeese State	0
	2	McNeese State	4
	3	UTSA	3

• All times listed are Central Daylight Time.

Awards and honors

Source: ^[3]
Tournament MVP: Chandler Hall - Texas State

All-Tournament Teams:

• Amber Anderson - UTSA
• Morgan Mikulin - Sam Houston State
• Hailey Wiginton - Sam Houston State
• Bethany Stefinsky - McNeese State
• Lindsey Langner - McNeese State
• Liz Morvant - McNeese State
• Leah Boatwright - Texas State
• Ryan Kos - Texas State
• Taylor Hall - Texas State
• Allyce Rother - Texas State
• Chandler Hall - Texas State (MVP)

See also

2009 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

References

1. "Game Results". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
2. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 16. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
3. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 32. Retrieved April 8, 2016.