Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond | |
Location: | On Hodges Street north of E Sale Road Lake Charles, Louisiana |
Coordinates: | 30.1846°N -93.2158°W |
Built: | 2002–03 |
Opened: | March 14, 2003[1] [2] |
Owner: | McNeese State University |
Operator: | McNeese State University |
Surface: | Turf |
Seating Type: | Bleacher seats |
Tenants: | McNeese State Cowgirls softball (NCAA) (2003–Present) |
Record Attendance: | April 3, 2018 vs LSU[3] |
Dimensions: | Left Field: 205 ft Center Field: 215 ft Right Field: 205 ft |
Scoreboard: | Daktronics Electronic |
Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond is the home stadium for the Division I (NCAA) McNeese State Cowgirls softball team. Located on the campus of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the stadium has a 1,200 seating capacity. Seating consists of partially covered bleacher seating. The stadium has field lighting, bullpens, dugouts, and a press box. An indoor training facility, the "H.I.T" or House of Indoor Training, located outside the right field fence, allows hitting practice in all weather conditions. A Daktronics electronic scoreboard includes a message board.[4] The initial home game was played on March 14, 2003, against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles softball team.
Adjacent to the stadium is the Hodges Street Fieldhouse, a 5,400 sq ft building opened on June 18, 2008, which services both the softball and soccer programs. The building houses coaches offices; separate locker rooms for soccer and softball; a shared training room; and a conference room.[5]
The 2009, 2016, and 2018 Southland Conference softball tournaments were played at Cowgirl Diamond. In 2016 and 2018 the host McNeese Cowgirls won the tournament.[6]
Below is a list of Cowgirl Diamond's 10 best-attended games.
1 | April 15, 2015 | LSU | 1,054[7] | |
2 | April 17, 2013 | LSU | 1,035 | |
3 | April 21, 2010 | LSU | 972 | |
4 | April 22, 2009 | LSU | 852 | |
5 | March 28, 2007 | LSU | 847 | |
6 | March 15, 2006 | LSU | 833 | |
7 | March 28, 2012 | LSU | 794 | |
8 | May 7, 2009 | UTSA | 636 | |
9 | March 27, 1994 | Nicholls | 550 | |
10 | April 13, 2011 | LSU | 506 |
As of the 2018 season.