2022 McNeese State Cowgirls softball team explained

Mode:	softball
Year:	2022
Team:	McNeese State Cowgirls
Conference:	Southland Conference
Short Conf:	Southland
Record:	40–21
Conf Record:	15–3
Head Coach:	James Landreneau
Hc Year:	6th
Asst Coach1:	Shellie Landry
Asst Coach2:	Alyssa Denham
Stadium:	Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond
Champion:	Southland Conference Tournament champions Southland Conference Regular season champion
Bowl:	NCAA Evanston Regional, 2–2
Next:	2023

The 2022 McNeese State Cowgirls softball team represented McNeese State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Cowgirls played their home games at Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond and were led by sixth-year head coach James Landreneau. They were members of the Southland Conference.

Preseason

Southland Conference Coaches Poll

The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 4, 2022. McNeese State was picked to finish first in the Southland Conference with 132 votes and 12 first place votes.^[1]

Coaches poll
1	McNeese State	132 (12)
2	Northwestern State	120 (2)
3	Southeastern Louisiana	113
4	Houston Baptist	102
5	Incarnate Word	84
6	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	82
7	Nicholls	81

Preseason All-Southland team

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First Team

• Caitlyn Brockway (HBU, JR, 1st Base)
• Cayla Jones (NSU, SR, 2nd Base)
• Lindsey Rizzo (SELA, SR, 3rd Base)
• Ashleigh Sgambelluri (TAMUCC, JR, Shortstop)
• Chloe Gomez (MCNS, SO, Catcher)
• Kaylee Lopez (MCNS, JR, Designated Player)
• Jil Poullard (MCNS, SO, Outfielder)
• Audrey Greely (SELA, SO, Outfielder)
• Aeriyl Mass (SELA, SR, Outfielder)
• Pal Egan (TAMUCC, JR, Outfielder)
• Lyndie Swanson (HBU, R-FR, Pitcher)
• Whitney Tate (MCNS, SO, Pitcher)
• Jasie Roberts (HBU, R-FR, Utility)

Second Team

• Haley Moore (TAMUCC, SO, 1st Base)
• Shelby Echols (HBU, SO, 2nd Base)
• Autumn Sydlik (HBU, JR, 3rd Base)
• Keely DuBois (NSU, SO, Shortstop)
• Bailey Krolczyk (SELA, SO, Catcher)
• Lexi Johnson (SELA, SO, Designated Player)
• Toni Perrin (MCNS, SR, Outfielder)
• Cam Goodman (SELA, SO, Outfielder)
• Alexandria Torres (TAMUCC, SO, Outfielder)
• Ashley Vallejo (MCNS, SO, Pitcher)
• Heather Zumo (SELA, SR, Pitcher)
• Beatriz Lara (TAMUCC, JR, Pitcher)
• Melise Gossen (NICH, JR, Utility)

National Softball Signing Day

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Grace Janik	Infielder/Outfielder	Missouri City, Texas	Ridge Point HS
Brooke Otto	Outfielder	Smithville, Texas	Smithville HS
Lindsay Davis	Pitcher	Troup, Texas	Troup HS
Jada McKelvey-Muñoz	Infielder	San Antonio, Texas	Sandra Day O'Connor HS
Reese Reyna	Infielder	Santa Fe, Texas	Santa Fe HS
Rylee Eyster	Outfielder	Southaven, Mississippi	Hernando HS
Delaney Dunham	Outfielder	Mont Belvieu, Texas	Barbers Hill HS
Makynlie Jones	Infielder	Vardaman, Mississippi	Vardaman HS
Ryann Schexnayder	Pitcher	Walker, Louisiana	Walker HS

Schedule and results

Legend
	McNeese State win
	McNeese State loss
	Postponement/Cancellation
Bold	McNeese State team member

2022 McNeese State Cowgirls softball game log
Regular season (35–19)
February (8–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record The Evangeline Bank and Trust Invitational I Feb. 11 W 11–4 Johnson (1-0) Gendorf (0-1) None 564 1–0 Feb. 12 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 6–0 Vallejo (1-0) Pochop (0-1) None 2–0 Feb. 12 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 4–3^9 Sanders (1-0) Tindell (0-1) None 612 3–0 Feb. 13 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 1–0 Vallejo (2-0) Peters (1-1) None 4–0 Feb. 13 Texas Southern Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 7–0 Tate (1-0) Reyes (0-2) None 313 5–0 Feb. 16 L 4–8 Simpson (1-0) Vallejo (2-1) None 894 5–1 Houston Classic Feb. 18 L 1–15^5 Bahl (3-0) Tate (1-1) None 5–2 Feb. 18 at Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX W 8–5 Vallejo (3-1) Wilkey (2-1) None 728 6–2 Feb. 19 Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX L 3–5 Pierce (2-1) Tate (1-2) None 6–3 Feb. 19 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX L 0–11^5 Trautwein (3-0) Vallejo (3-2) None 6–4 The Evangeline Bank and Trust Invitational II Feb. 24 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 0–1 Wasik (2-0) Vallejo (3-2) None 177 6–5 Feb. 25 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 0–3 Bressler (5-0) Tate (1-3) None 473 6–6 Feb. 26 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 12–0^5 Sanders (2-0) Metzger (0-1) None 473 7–6 Feb. 26 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 3–1 Vallejo (4-3) Siems (2-3) None 473 8–6 Feb. 27 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA Game postponed
March (9–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record Mar. 1 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 1–6 Pickett (7-2) Tate (1-4) None 456 8–7 Mar. 4 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 4–5 Ferguson (3-0) Vallejo (4-4) None 465 8–8 Mar. 5 Tarleton State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 3–2 Tate (2-4) Mayo (1-2) None 456 9–8 Mar. 8 Tarleton State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 8–1 Vallejo (5-4) Ellett (1-2) None 456 10–8 Mar. 9 L 3–5 Lamb (4-2) Vallejo (5-5) None 1,772 10–9 Mar. 11 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 1–4 Bailey (7-1) Tate (2-5) None 406 10–10 Mar. 12 Boise State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 4–7 Caudill (7-3) Johnson (1-1) None 447 10–11 Mar. 12 Boise State Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 1–4 Bailey (8-1) Tate (2-6) None 447 10–12 Mar. 16 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 14–1^5 Sanders (3-0) Corona (0-5) None 534 11–12 Mar. 18 at L 2–5 Orme (5-6) Tate (2-7) None ESPN+ 695 11–13 Mar. 19 at Baylor Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX W 5–4 Sanders (4-0) West (3-1) None ESPN+ 793 12–13 Mar. 19 at Baylor Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX L 0–3 Binford (5-2) Vallejo (5-6) None ESPN+ 793 12–14 Mar. 23 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 8–5 Sanders (5-0) Kilgore (2-2) None ESPN+ 423 13–14 Mar. 25 W 5–4^10 Vallejo (6-6) Gilbert (2-5) None ESPN+ 159 14–14 1–0 Mar. 25 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 9–0^5 Tate (3-7) Smith (2-6) None ESPN+ 159 15–14 2–0 Mar. 26 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 9–3 Vallejo (7-6) Gilbert (2-6) None 259 16–14 3–0 Mar. 29 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 7–5 Tate (4-7) Abrams (5-2) Sanders (1) 436 17–14 Mar. 30 at No. 20 Game postponed
April (16–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record Apr. 1 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 1–0 (by forfeit) 4–0 Apr. 3 Houston Baptist Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 9–1^6 Sanders (6-0) Cotton (2-5) None 411 18–14 5–0 Apr. 3 Houston Baptist Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 9–1^5 Vallejo (8-6) Swanson (4-3) None 411 19–14 6–0 Apr. 4 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 13–1^5 Tate (5-7) Hubbard (0-5) None 376 20–14 Apr. 4 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 16–1^5 Johnson (2-1) Schmidt (1-8) None 376 21–14 Apr. 6 Louisiana Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 6–5^13 Tate (6-7) Schorman (6-4) None ESPN+ 560 22–14 Apr. 8 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 1–6 Zumo (13-3) Sanders (6-1) None 417 22–15 6–1 Apr. 9 Southeastern Louisiana Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 4–0 Vallejo (9-6) Ladner (3-2) None 473 23–15 7–1 Apr. 9 Southeastern Louisiana Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 9–3 Tate (7-7) Findley (2-1) None 473 24–15 8–1 Apr. 12 Houston Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA Game postponed Apr. 14 W 1–0 Vallejo (10-6) Hoover (9-5) None 228 25–15 9–1 Apr. 15 at Northwestern State Lady Demon Diamond • Natchitoches, LA W 3–2 Tate (8-7) Seely (3-6) Vallejo (1) 237 26–15 10–1 Apr. 15 at Northwestern State Lady Demon Diamond • Natchitoches, LA L 3–8 Rhoden (5-3) Sanders (6-2) None 244 26–16 10–2 Apr. 19 No. 21 LSU Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 1–7 Chaffin (6-2) Vallejo (10-7) None 1,150 26–17 Apr. 22 W 6–2 Tate (9-7) Ruiz (7-13) Sanders (2) 504 27–17 Apr. 23 Lamar Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 8–1 Vallejo (11-7) Ruiz (7-14) None ESPN+ 375 28–17 Apr. 23 Lamar Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 7–3 Tate (10-7) Ruiz (7-15) None 375 29–17 Apr. 26 at No. 19 LSU Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA L 1–10^5 Sunseri (7-7) Tate (10-8) None 1,756 29–18 Apr. 27 Louisiana–Monroe W 3–0 Vallejo (12-7) Abrams (7-6) None ESPN+ 325 30–18 Apr. 29 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 9–0^5 Vallejo (13-7) Trapp (4-8) None ESPN+ 447 31–18 11–2 Apr. 30 Incarnate Word Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 6–7 Trapp (5-8) Tate (10-9) Gunther (3) ESPN+ 507 31–19 11–3 Apr. 30 Incarnate Word Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 8–0^5 Vallejo (14-7) Garcia (2-10) None ESPN+ 507 32–19 12–3
May (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record May 6 W 3–1 Vallejo (15-7) Lehman (5-14) None 201 33–19 13–3 May 6 at Nicholls Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park • Thibodaux, LA W 7–0 Tate (11-9) Turner (7-15) None 201 34–19 14–3 May 7 at Nicholls Swanner Field at Geo Surfaces Park • Thibodaux, LA W 3–0 Vallejo (16-7) Lehman (5-15) None 155 35–19 15–3
Post-season (5–2)
(3–0) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 11 vs. (4) Northwestern State (1) W 6–5^8 Vallejo (17-7) Rhoden (6-5) None ESPN+ 267 36–19 1–0 May 12 vs. (2) Southeastern Louisiana (1) North Oak Park • Hammond, LA W 7–6^8 Tate (12-9) Zumo (20-5) None ESPN+ 381 37–19 2–0 May 13 vs. (2) Southeastern Louisiana (1) North Oak Park • Hammond, LA W 10–4 Sanders (7-2) Romano (0-3) None ESPN+ 331 38–19 3–0
NCAA Division I softball tournament (2–2) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record Evanston Regionals May 20 vs. (2)/No. 21 (3) W 11–1^5 Tate (13-9) Tidd (15-4) None ESPN+ 840 39–19 1–0 May 21 vs. (1)/No. 10 (3) Sharon J. Drysdale Field • Evanston, IL L 3–17^5 Williams (28-4) Vallejo (17-8) None ESPN+ 39–20 1–1 May 21 vs. (2)/No. 21 Notre Dame (3) Sharon J. Drysdale Field • Evanston, IL W 3–1 Vallejo (18-8) Becker (10-4) None ESPN+ 987 40–20 2–1 May 22 vs. (1)/No. 10 Northwestern (3) Sharon J. Drysdale Field • Evanston, IL L 2–10^5 Williams (29-4) Tate (13-10) None ESPN+ 1,120 40–21 2–2

Schedule Source:^[4] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cowgirls Voted to Top Spot in 2022 Softball Preseason Poll . www.southland.org . 18 March 2022 . en.
2. Web site: 2022 Softball Preseason All-Conference Teams Announced . www.southland.org . 18 March 2022 . en.
3. Web site: Softball Inks Eight Early Signees In a Top 50 Class . McNeese State University Athletics . 18 March 2022 . en.
4. Web site: Landreneau Releases 2022 Softball Schedule . McNeese State University Athletics . 18 March 2022 . en.