The 1983 Southland Conference tournament was held at the Beaumont Athletic Complex in Beaumont, Texas[2] The tournament was the conference's first. McNeese State won the six team tournament. McNeese State's season ended with the tournament championship as the Cowgirls were not one of the eight teams selected to the compete in the 1983 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[3]
| Teams | 6 |
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| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | McNeese State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Vicky Chapman (1 title) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Zone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Arlington x | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .833 | 39 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .672 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .750 | 9 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .000 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Southwestern Louisiana x | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .750 | 22 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State ‡ | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .625 | 19 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | 5 | – | 40 | – | 0 | .111
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| x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 20, 1983[1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format
editThe tournament was a 6 team double elimination format. All teams which competed in conference play were members of the tournament field. North and South Zone division winners, Texas-Arlington and Southwestern Louisiana respectively, received byes in first round competition.
Tournament
editSource:[2]
| Round | Game | Matchup | Score | Notes | |||
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| First round | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | McNeese State vs. Arkansas State | 13–6 | McNeese State wins | |||
| 2 | Lamar vs. Northeast Louisiana | 4–2 | Lamar wins | ||||
| Winner's Bracket | |||||||
| 2 | 3 | McNeese State vs. Texas-Arlington | 4–1 | McNeese State wins | |||
| 4 | Southwestern Louisiana vs. Lamar | 3–2 | Southwestern Louisiana wins | ||||
| Consolation Bracket | |||||||
| 2 | 5 | Lamar vs. Arkansas State | 8–4 | Arkansas State eliminated | |||
| 6 | Texas-Arlington vs. Northeast Louisiana | 3–0 | Northeast Louisiana eliminated | ||||
| 7 | Texas-Arlington vs. Lamar | 1–0 | Lamar eliminated | ||||
| Semifinals | |||||||
| 3 | 8 | McNeese State vs. Southwestern Louisiana | 2–0 | McNeese State wins | |||
| 9 | Texas-Arlington vs. Southwestern Louisiana | 6–3 | Southwestern Louisiana eliminated | ||||
| Championship | |||||||
| 4 | 10 | McNeese State vs. Texas-Arlington | 4–3 | McNeese State wins championship | |||
References
edit- ^ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 13. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ a b "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 28. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
- ^ "1983 Cowgirls claim SLC's first-ever championship". McNeese State University Athletics. May 2, 1983. Retrieved February 21, 2024.