# 2010 Southland Conference softball tournament

The 2010 Southland Conference tournament was held at Bobcat Softball Complex on the campus of Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, from May 13 through 15, 2010. The tournament winner, McNeese State earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I softball tournament. The Championship game was broadcast over the regionally syndicated Southland Conference Television Network for the first time with the remainder of the tournament airing on the Southland Digital Network. Doug Anderson and LaDarrin McClane called the games.

## Format

The top 6 teams qualified for the Southland softball tournament. The tournament was played in a double-elimination format with a maximum of eleven games.

## Tournament

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Stephen F. Austin | 8 | | | | | | |
| 4 | McNeese State | 6 | 6 | Nicholls State | 4 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 0 | | | | 1 | Stephen F. Austin | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Texas-Arlington | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Texas-Arlington | 3 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Texas-Arlington | 3 | 5 | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 2 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Nicholls State | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Nicholls State | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Texas State | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | McNeese State | 3 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | | | |
| 1 | Stephen F. Austin | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Stephen F. Austin | 1 | | | | 2 | Texas State | 4 | | | |
| 4 | McNeese State | 4 | | | | 2 | Texas State | 4 | | | |
| 4 | McNeese State | 4 | 2 | Texas State | 1 | 3 | Texas-Arlington | 1 | | | |
| | | | 4 | McNeese State | 0 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Texas State | 10 | 4 | McNeese State | 0 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Texas-Arlington | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
* All times listed are Central Daylight Time.

## Line Scores
### Day One
#### Game 1 (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs McNeese State)

May 13, 2010 11:02 am CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McNeese State | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| WP: Bond, M. (21–10) LP: Tallman, A. (12–8) Sv: None |||||||||||

#### Game 2 (Nicholls State vs Texas-Arlington)

May 13, 2010 1:29 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Nicholls State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Texas-Arlington | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| WP: Lyles, T. (14–13) LP: Gros, L. (13–8) Sv: None |||||||||||

#### Game 3 (McNeese State vs Stephen F. Austin)

May 13, 2010 4:16 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| McNeese State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Shepherd, K. (9–8) LP: Covington, M. (14–11) Sv: None |||||||||||

#### Game 4 (Texas-Arlington vs Texas State)

May 13, 2010 6:45 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Texas-Arlington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Texas State | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 1 |
| WP: Hall, C. (18–13) LP: Lyles, T. (14–14) Sv: None Attendance: 505 |||||||||||

### Day Two
#### Game 5 (Stephen F. Austin vs Nicholls State)

May 14, 2010 6:30 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Stephen F. Austin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Nicholls State | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| WP: White, A. (14–8) LP: Wood, A. (6–7) Sv: Covington, M. (2) |||||||||||

#### Game 6 (Texas-Arlington vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)

May 14, 2010 9:23 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Texas-Arlington | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Hulme, C. (14–10) LP: Tallman, A. (12–9) Sv: Lyles, T. (3) Attendance: 412 |||||||||||

### Day Three
#### Game 7 (Texas State vs McNeese State)

May 15, 2010 9:55 am CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Texas State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| McNeese State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| WP: Bond, M. (22–10) LP: Hall, C. (18–14) Sv: None |||||||||||

#### Semi-final Game One (Stephen F. Austin vs Texas-Arlington)

May 15, 2010 12:35 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Stephen F. Austin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Texas-Arlington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Lyles, T. (15–14) LP: Covington, M. (14–11) Sv: None |||||||||||

#### Semi-final Game Two (Texas-Arlington vs Texas State)

May 15, 2010 2:51 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Texas-Arlington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Texas State | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Dennis, L. (3–5) LP: Hulme, C. (14–11) Sv: Hall, C. (2) |||||||||||

#### Championship Game (McNeese State vs Texas State)

May 15, 2010 6:05 pm CDT at Bobcat Softball Complex, San Marcos, Texas :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| McNeese State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Texas State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| WP: Shepherd, K. (10–8) LP: Dennis, L. (3–6) Sv: None Attendance: 506 |||||||||||

## Awards and honors

Source:
Tournament MVP: Meagan Bond - McNeese State
All-Tournament Teams:
   * Kendal Harper - Stephen F. Austin
   * Teri Lyles - Texas-Arlington
   * McKenzie Baak - Texas State
   * Jenna Emery - Texas State
   * Chandler Hall - Texas State
   * Anna Hernandez - Texas State
   * Molly Guidry - McNeese State
   * Marissa Koetting - McNeese State
   * Heather Mosser - McNeese State
   * Claire Terracina - McNeese State
   * Meagan Bond - McNeese State