2012 Southland Conference Softball Tournament

2012 Southland Conference Softball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Site	Roadrunner Field San Antonio, Texas
Champions	Texas State (6 title)
Winning coach	Ricci Woodard (4 title)
MVP	Chandler Hall (Texas State)
Television	ESPN3
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The 2012 Southland Conference tournament was held at Roadrunner Field on the campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas from May 11 through May 13, 2012 after heavy rainfall in the San Antonio area forced a postponement of the tournament start. The tournament winner, Texas State Bobcats, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The Championship game was broadcast on ESPN3 with the remainder of the tournament streaming on SLC NOW. The championship game was called by Lincoln Rose and Chris Mycoskie.^[1]

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.

2012 Southland Conference softball standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Texas State **‡  ‍‍‍	18	–	2	–	0		.900			39	–	17	–	0		.696
Sam Houston  ‍‍‍	14	–	6	–	0		.700			29	–	21	–	0		.580
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍	12	–	8	–	0		.600			36	–	22	–	0		.621
McNeese State  ‍‍‍	12	–	8	–	0		.600			34	–	21	–	0		.618
Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍	12	–	8	–	0		.600			24	–	28	–	0		.462
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	11	–	9	–	0		.550			18	–	23	–	0		.439
Nicholls  ‍‍‍	8	–	12	–	0		.400			14	–	31	–	0		.311
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	7	–	13	–	0		.350			19	–	31	–	0		.380
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍	6	–	14	–	0		.300			16	–	33	–	0		.327
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍	5	–	15	–	0		.250			15	–	27	–	0		.357
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍	5	–	15	–	0		.250			15	–	34	–	0		.306
‡ – SLC Tournament Champion **Southland Tournament #1 seed champion As of May 20, 2012[2][3]; Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

Tournament[]

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals					Finals
						4	UTSA	1
	4	UTSA	4			6	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	2
	5	Central Arkansas	3								2	Sam Houston State	2
											6	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	0
						2	Sam Houston State	1
	3	McNeese State	11			5	Central Arkansas	0
	6	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	3													1	Texas State	3	–
																2	Sam Houston State	0	–
	1	Texas State	2
	4	UTSA	1								2	Sam Houston State	3
						1	Texas State	5			3	McNeese State	2
						3	McNeese State	2
	2	Sam Houston State	1
	3	McNeese State	6

• All times listed are Central Daylight Time.

Line Scores[]

Day One[]

Game 1 (Central Arkansas vs UTSA)[]

May 11, 2012 11:03 am CDT at Roadrunner Field, San Antonio, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central Arkansas	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	6	0
UTSA	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	4	10	1
WP: Staton (15-7)   LP: Armstrong, K. (22-14)   Sv: None [4]

Game 2 (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs McNeese State)[]

May 11, 2012 1:30 pm CDT at Roadrunner Field, San Antonio, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	7	4
McNeese State	2	2	2	2	0	3	11	14	3
WP: Denham, T. (14-10)   LP: Cecchetti, G. (10-7)   Sv: None Notes: Game #2 of 2012 Southland Conference Tournament Game called in bottom of sixth due to Southland Conference run rule [5]

Game 3 (UTSA vs Texas State)[]

May 11, 2012 4:03 pm CDT at Roadrunner Field, San Antonio, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
UTSA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
Texas State	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	0
WP: Hall, C. (21-6)   LP: Staton (15-8)   Sv: None Attendance: 362 [6]

Game 4 (McNeese State vs Sam Houston State)[]

May 11, 2012 6:26 pm CDT at Roadrunner Field, San Antonio, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
McNeese State	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	6	7	0
Sam Houston State	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
WP: Lilly, B. (4-1)   LP: Garrison, T. (10-9)   Sv: None Attendance: 409 Notes: Game #4 of 2012 Southland Conference Tournament Game was delayed due to lightning at 7:10 pm, which was followed by rain and it was suspended at 9:03 pm due to unplayable field conditions Game resumed at 9:54 am on Saturday [7]

Day Two[]

Game 5 (UTSA vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)[]

May 12, 2012 11:29 am CDT at Roadrunner Field, San Antonio, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
UTSA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	0
WP: Cecchetti, G. (11-7)   LP: Vordenbaum (4-11)   Sv: None Notes: Game #5 of 2012 Southland Conference Tournament UTSA eliminated from tournament Pesina, V. faced 1 batter in the 6th. [8]

Game 6 (Sam Houston State vs Central Arkansas)[]

May 12, 2012 2:14 pm CDT at Roadrunner Field, San Antonio, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Sam Houston State	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	0
Central Arkansas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
WP: Lancaster, S. (12-7)   LP: Armstrong, K. (22-15)   Sv: None Notes: Game #6 of 2012 Southland Conference Tournament Central Arkansas eliminated from tournament [9]

Game 7 (Texas State vs McNeese State)[]

May 12, 2012 4:29 pm CDT at Roadrunner Field, San Antonio, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Texas State	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	5	12	0
McNeese State	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0
WP: Taylor, A. (16-8)   LP: Denham, T. (14-11)   Sv: None Attendance: 430 Notes: Game #7 of the 2012 Southland Conference Tournament Texas State advances to Sunday's championship game [10]

Semi-Final Game One (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs Sam Houston State)[]

May 12, 2012 7:00 pm CDT at Roadrunner Field, San Antonio, 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	4	0
Sam Houston State	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	0
WP: Garrison, T. (11-9)   LP: Cecchetti, G. (11-8)   Sv: None Attendance: 430 [11]

Semi-Final Game Two (Sam Houston State vs McNeese State)[]

May 12, 2012 9:23 pm CDT at Roadrunner Field, San Antonio, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sam Houston State	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	12	0
McNeese State	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	9	0
WP: Garrison, T. (12-9)   LP: Denham, T. (14-12)   Sv: None Attendance: 430 Notes: Game #9 of the 2012 Southland Conference Tournament Sam Houston State advances to Sunday's championship Lilly, B. faced 2 batters in the 4th. [12]

Day Three[]

Championship Game (Sam Houston State vs Texas State)[]

May 13, 2012 11:06 am CDT at Roadrunner Field, San Antonio, Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Sam Houston State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Texas State	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	7	1
WP: Hall, C. (22-6)   LP: Lancaster, S. (12-8)   Sv: None Attendance: 256 Notes: Texas State wins its sixth all-time Southland Tournament Championship Texas State RHP Chandler Hall throws third career no-hitter. Lancaster, S faced 1 batter in the 5th. [13]

Awards and honors[]

Source: ^[14]
Tournament MVP: Chander Hall - Texas State

All-Tournament Teams:

• Caitlyn Ivy - UTSA
• Anna Hernandez - Texas State
• Shelby Carnline - Texas State
• Katie Roux - McNeese State
• Ashley Isbell - Sam Houston State
• Kim Damian - Sam Houston State
• Coralee Ramirez - Texas State
• Brooke Baker - Texas State
• Claire Terracina - McNeese State
• Tomi Garrison - Sam Houston State
• Chandler Hall - Texas State

See also[]

2012 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

References[]