2014 Southland Conference Softball Tournament

2014 Southland Conference Softball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Site	North Oak Park Hammond, Louisiana
Champions	Northwestern State (5 title)
Winning coach	Donald Pickett (2 title)
MVP	Kaylee Guidry (Northwestern State)
Southland Conference Softball Tournament «2013  2015»

The 2014 Southland Conference tournament was held at North Oak Park on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana from May 8 through May 11, 2014. The tournament winner, Northwestern State earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. Due to weather delays, the championship broadcast on ESPN3 was canceled, leaving the entire tournament to air on the Southland Digital Network. Southland Conference assistant commissioner Chris Mycoskie and former Southeastern Louisiana pitcher Kati Morse called the action.^[1]

Format

The top 6 teams qualified for the Southland Softball Tournament. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word were currently ineligible due to their transition from D2 to D1. Had either of the two teams been in the top 6 spots, the seventh and if necessary eighth teams would have qualified for the tournament and would have taken their respective spots.

2014 Southland Conference softball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
McNeese State **	20	–	6	–	0		.769			40	–	17	–	0		.702
Northwestern State ‡	15	–	10	–	0		.600			30	–	22	–	0		.577
Sam Houston	15	–	11	–	0		.577			27	–	27	–	0		.500
Stephen F. Austin	14	–	11	–	0		.560			26	–	27	–	0		.491
Houston Baptist	14	–	13	–	0		.519			22	–	28	–	0		.440
Central Arkansas	13	–	13	–	0		.500			25	–	34	–	0		.424
Abilene Christian*	10	–	10	–	0		.500			21	–	28	–	0		.429
Lamar	12	–	14	–	0		.462			20	–	30	–	0		.400
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	11	–	15	–	0		.423			16	–	36	–	0		.308
Southeastern Louisiana	10	–	17	–	0		.370			19	–	29	–	0		.396
Nicholls	9	–	16	–	0		.360			19	–	34	–	0		.358
Incarnate Word*	7	–	14	–	0		.333			21	–	31	–	0		.404
‡ – SLC Tournament Champion *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition **Southland Tournament #1 seed champion As of May 4, 2014[2]; Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

Tournament

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals					Finals
						1	McNeese State	5
	4	Stephen F. Austin	7			5	Houston Baptist	0
	5	Houston Baptist	8								1	McNeese State	2
											2	Northwestern State	3
						2	Northwestern State State	5
	3	Sam Houston State	0			3	Central Arkansas	3
	6	Central Arkansas	1													2	Northwestern State	11	–
																1	McNeese State	0	–
	3	Sam Houston State	6
	5	Houston Baptist	1								1	McNeese State	9
						3	Sam Houston State	6			4	Stephen F. Austin	0
						4	Stephen F. Austin	8
	4	Stephen F. Austin	5
	6	Central Arkansas	0

• All times listed are Central Daylight Time.

Line Scores

Day One

Game 1 (Houston Baptist vs Stephen F. Austin)

May 8, 2014 11:00 am CDT at North Oak Park, Hammond, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Houston Baptist	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	8	10	3
Stephen F. Austin	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	7	9	3
WP: Stiefel, K. (6-10)   LP: Thomas, C. (16-10)   Sv: None [[3] Boxscore]

Game 2 (Central Arkansas vs Sam Houston State)

May 8, 2014 2:10 pm CDT at North Oak Park, Hammond, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central Arkansas	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0
Sam Houston State	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
WP: Studioso, K. (17-11)   LP: Lancaster, S. (10-10)   Sv: None [[4] Boxscore]

Game 3 (Houston Baptist vs McNeese State)

May 8, 2014 4:25 pm CDT at North Oak Park, Hammond, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Houston Baptist	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
McNeese State	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	5	8	0
WP: Allred (26-7)   LP: O'Conner, S. (8-7)   Sv: None [[5] Boxscore]

Game 4 (Central Arkansas vs Northwestern State)

May 8, 2014 6:45 pm CDT at North Oak Park, Hammond, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central Arkansas	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	1
Northwestern State	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	5	6	1
WP: Gray, B. (7-5)   LP: Studioso, K. (17-12)   Sv: None Attendance: 550 [[6] Boxscore]

Day Two

Game 5 (Sam Houston State vs Houston Baptist)

May 10, 2014 11:00 am CDT at North Oak Park, Hammond, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Sam Houston State	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	6	11	1
Houston Baptist	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
WP: Lancaster, S. (11-10)   LP: O'Conner, S. (8-8)   Sv: None [[7] Boxscore]

Game 6 (Stephen F. Austin vs Central Arkansas)

May 10, 2014 1:15 pm CDT at North Oak Park, Hammond, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Stephen F. Austin	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	5	10	1
Central Arkansas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
WP: Thomas, C. (17-14)   LP: Studioso, K. (17-13)   Sv: None [[8] Boxscore]

Game 7 (McNeese State vs Northwestern State)

May 10, 2014 3:35 pm CDT at North Oak Park, Hammond, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
McNeese State	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	3	3
Northwestern State	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	5	1
WP: Guidry, K. (11-3)   LP: Smith (8-5)   Sv: None [[9] Boxscore]

Semi-Final Game One (Stephen F. Austin vs Sam Houston State)

May 10, 2014 6:00 pm CDT at North Oak Park, Hammond, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Stephen F. Austin	1	0	3	0	0	1	3	8	10	3
Sam Houston State	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	6	8	2
WP: Thomas, C. (17-14)   LP: Lancaster, S. (11-11)   Sv: Nonve Attendance: 539 [[10] Boxscore]

Semi-Final Game Two (McNeese State vs Stephen F. Austin)

May 10, 2014 9:40 pm CDT at North Oak Park, Hammond, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
McNeese State	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	9	9	0
Stephen F. Austin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
WP: Allred (27-7)   LP: Lewis, B. (7-10)   Sv: None Attendance: 539 [[11] Boxscore]

Day Three

Championship Game (Northwestern State vs McNeese State)

May 11, 2014 8:00 am CDT at North Oak Park, Hammond, LA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Northwestern State	2	1	5	0	3	11	14	0
McNeese State	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
WP: Guidry, K. (12-3)   LP: Allred (27-8)   Sv: None Attendance: 318 [[12] Boxscore]

Awards and honors

Source: ^[13]
Tournament MVP: Kaylee Guidry – Northwestern State All-Tournament Teams:

• Tiffany Castillo – Sam Houston State
• Shalie Day – Stephen F. Austin
• Carlie Thomas – Stephen F. Austin
• Alanna DiVittorio – McNeese State
• Marissa Taunton – McNeese State
• Ashley Modzelewski – McNeese State
• Lauren Wagner – McNeese State
• Jamie Allred – McNeese State
• Shenequia Abby – Northwestern State
• Cali Burke – Northwestern State
• Tara McKenney – Northwestern State
• Kaylee Guidry – Northwestern State

See also

2014 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

References

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