The 1985 Southland Conference tournament was held in Monroe, Louisiana.[3] Northeast Louisiana won the seven team tournament. The Indians season ended with the tournament championship as they were not selected to the compete in the 1985 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
| Teams | 7 |
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| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Northeast Louisiana (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Rosemary Holloway–Hill[1] (1 title) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana † | 12 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 39 | – | 13 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Arlington | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 27 | – | 22 | .551 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana ‡ | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 34 | – | 32 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 19 | – | 31 | .380 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 14 | – | 28 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 9 | – | 28 | .243 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 0 | – | 12 | .000 | 2 | – | 27 | .069 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 1985[2] Rankings from Coaches' Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format
editThe tournament was a 7 team double elimination format. All teams which competed in conference play were members of the tournament field. Regular season champion, Southwestern Louisiana, received a first round bye.
Tournament
edit| Round | Game | Matchup | Score | Notes | |||
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| First round | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | Lamar vs. McNeese State | 3–0[3] | Lamar wins | |||
| 2 | Northeast Louisiana vs. North Texas State | 2–1[4][3] | Northeast Louisiana wins | ||||
| 3 | Texas-Arlington vs. Arkansas State | 1–0[5][3] | Texas-Arlington wins | ||||
| Winner's Bracket | |||||||
| 2 | 4 | Southwestern Louisiana vs. Lamar | 5–1[3] | Southwestern Louisiana wins | |||
| 5 | Northeast Louisiana vs. Texas-Arlington | 2–1[4][5][3] | Northeast Louisiana wins | ||||
| Consolation Bracket | |||||||
| 3 | 6 | North Texas State vs. Arkansas State | 5–3[3] | Arkansas State eliminated | |||
| 7 | Texas-Arlington vs. McNeese State | 3–1[5][3] | McNeese State eliminated | ||||
| 8 | North Texas State vs. Lamar | 2–1[3] | Lamar eliminated | ||||
| 9 | North Texas State vs. Texas-Arlington | 4–0[5][3] | Texas-Arlington eliminated | ||||
| Semifinals | |||||||
| 4 | 10 | Southwestern Louisiana vs. Northeast Louisiana | 2–0[4][3] | Southwestern Louisiana wins | |||
| 11 | Northeast Louisiana vs. North Texas State | 10–4[4][3] | North Texas State eliminated | ||||
| Championship | |||||||
| 5 | 12 | Northeast Louisiana vs. Southwestern Louisiana | 2–0[4][3] | Northeast Louisiana wins game one. | |||
| 13 | Northeast Louisiana vs. Southwestern Louisiana | 2–0[4][3] | Northeast Louisiana wins championship. | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Holloway-Hill Announces Retirement After 30 Seasons at ULM". University of Louisiana Monroe Athletics. May 23, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 13. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 28. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "FINAL 1985 Women's Softball Statistics Report - Northeast Louisiana University (1985 SOFTBALL RESULTS)". NCAA.org. p. 2. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "FINAL 1985 Women's Softball Statistics Report - Texas-Arlington (1985 SOFTBALL RESULTS)". NCAA.org. p. 2. Retrieved February 22, 2024.