2023 McNeese Cowgirls softball | |
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Southland Tournament champion | |
NCAA Tournament, Runner-up, Seattle Regional | |
Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 47–16 (21–3 Southland) |
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Home stadium | Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese †‡y | 21 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .875 | 47 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .746 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana | 19 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .792 | 47 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .770 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls | 13 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .542 | 29 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .547 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 12 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .500 | 22 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 11 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .458 | 24 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 10 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .417 | 25 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Christian | 9 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .375 | 20 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .377 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word | 8 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .333 | 16 | – | 30 | – | 1 | .351 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–Commerce* | 5 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .208 | 9 | – | 39 | – | 0 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 21, 2023[2] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today |
The 2023 McNeese Cowgirls softball team represented McNeese State University during the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season. The Cowgirls played their home games at Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond and were led by seventh-year head coach James Landreneau. They are members of the Southland Conference. McNeese had a regular season record of 41–14 and a conference record of 21–3 winning the Southland Conference regular season championship. They also won the 2023 Southland Conference softball tournament as the first seeded team.
The Cowgirls won the SLC autobid to the 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament. They were runner-up to the Seattle Regional championship compiling a tournament record of 3–2. Leading the regional championship game 6–0 through the sixth inning, the Cowgirls' season ended ultimately losing to the tournament hosts, # 7 ranked Washington Huskies 7-6. The Cowgirls' final overall record was 47–16.