2021 Southland Conference softball tournament

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.

Seed	School	Conference
1	Stephen F. Austin	25–2
2	Central Arkansas	21–6
3	McNeese	18–9
4	Northwestern State	16–11
5	Southeastern Louisiana	14–10
6	Houston Baptist	15–12
7	Sam Houston	14–13
8	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.

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Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: Whitney Tate, McNeese
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