Southland Conference softball tournament


The Southland Conference softball tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southland Conference. It is a double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.

Tournament

The Southland Conference softball tournament is a double-elimination tournament held each year at various SLC campus stadiums. The number of tournament teams has varied over the years. After three years with a 7 team format, the 2025 tournament is moving back to an 8 team format. Of the twelve current conference members, University of New Orleans and UT Rio Grande Valley do not sponsor softball.

History

The tournament was first held in 1983 when the conference began sponsoring softball. The tournament was not held from 1991 to 1995 and was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Champions

Year-by-year

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;Notes
  • Former Southland members in italics.
  • MVP from tournament champion team unless otherwise noted.

By school

Current Southland members, as of the next NCAA softball season in 2025, in bold.
SchoolChampionshipsYears
McNeese
91983, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
Texas State
61989, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2012
Northwestern State51998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014
Sam Houston
31988, 2007, 2019
Louisiana–Monroe
21985, 1986
Louisiana
21984, 1987
Nicholls
21996, 1997
Southeastern Louisiana22024, 2025
Stephen F. Austin21990, 2008
UTSA
22004, 2006
Central Arkansas12015
UT Arlington
12003