McNeese Softball won the Southland Conference Tournament Championship in dramatic fashion on Saturday afternoon as Reese Reyna hit a walk-off home run in the eighth inning to send the Cowgirls back to the NCAA Tournament once again.
LAKE CHARLES, La. – After a pitcher’s duel through regulation, the top seeded McNeese Cowgirls earned their ninth Southland Conference Softball Championship in program history with a 1-0 win over second seed Southeastern thanks to a walkoff homer by Reese Reyna. The Cowgirls earn the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament with the win, giving the program nine SLC tournament titles, including the last three consecutively. The Cowgirls have won SLC tournament championships in 1983, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, and 2023. McNeese will take a 44-14 overall record to the NCAA Tournament, while Southeastern has a record of 47-14 awaiting news of potential postseason opportunities. With 30 conference championship games played across the country Saturday, this game was one of only four with a pair of 40-win teams facing off, and the action met the elevated billing. While both offenses scrambled to create scoring chances,
After weather delayed the game from the original start time of 11:00 AM, McNeese softball finally took on Texas A&M - Corpus Christi on Wednesday afternoon around 2:30 in the Southland Conference Tournament Quarterfinals.
After clinching the Southland Conference Regular Season Title last week, the second consecutive title for McNeese, and eighth in program history, the Cowgirls now shift their focus to defending their Southland Conference Tournament crown.