The 2024 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders softball team represented Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi during the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. The Islanders played their home games at the softball facility at Chapman Field and were led by third-year head coach Kathleen Rodriguez. They are members of the Southland Conference. The team compiled a 21–22 overall record and 9–15 in conference play finishing in sixth place. They qualified for the SLC tournament as the sixth seed. Their season ended with a first round 2–7 loss to seventh seeded Houston Christian.
The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 2, 2024. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi was picked to finish fifth in the Southland Conference with 72 votes.[3]
2024 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions softball team
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2024 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions softball
Southland Tournament champion
NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional, 2–2
Conference Southland Conference
Record 47–15 (17–7 Southland)
Head coach
Rick Fremin (9th season)
Assistant coaches
Katie Godwin
Alana Fremin
Adam Kirkpatrick
Home stadium North Oak Park
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Southland Conference softball standings
Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II[1]
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 19, 2024[2]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today
The 2024 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions softball team represented Southeastern Louisiana University during the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. The Lady Lions played their home games at North Oak Park in Hammond, LA and were led by ninth-year head coach Rick Fremin. They are members of the Southland Conference. They compiled a 47–15 overall record including a 17–7 record in conference play and a regular season second place finish. The Lady Lions won the Southland Conference tournament. Their tournament championship win was the Lady Lions's first in program history. Earning the conference's auto-bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament, the team competed in the NCAA Division I tournament's Tuscaloosa regional. The team had a 2–2 record defeating 23rd ranked Clemson twice and losing to 14th ranked Alabama twice. Their season ended with a loss to Alabama in the regional finals round.
Contents
1 Preseason
1.1 Southland Conference Coaches Poll
1.2 Preseason All-Southland team
1.2.1 First Team
1.2.2 Second Team
2 Personnel
3 Schedule and results
4 Conference awards and honors
4.1 Weekly awards
4.2 Post-season All-Southland Conference Teams
4.2.1 First Team
4.2.2 Second Team
5 See also
6 References
Preseason
Southland Conference Coaches Poll
The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 2, 2024. Southeastern Louisiana was picked to finish second in the Southland Conference with 114 overall votes and two first place votes.[3]
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 McNeese State 128 (16)
2 Southeastern Louisiana 114 (2)
3 Nicholls 97
4 Lamar 78
5 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 72
6 Northwestern State 63
7 Houston Christian 49
8 Incarnate Word 30
9 Texas A&M–Commerce 17
Preseason All-Southland team
Lexi Johnson, Bailey Krolczyk, and Audrey Greely were named to the conference preseason first team. Cam Goodman and Ka'Lyn Watson were named to the conference preseason second team. [3]
First Team
Personnel
2024 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions softball team
Players Coaches
Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Year Home town
00 OF Brilee Broussard / 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr Tickfaw, Louisiana
1 P Allison Brunson / 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Jena, Louisiana
2 P Chloe Bennett / 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Rosepine, Louisiana
3 OF Addison Contorno / 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Livingston, Louisiana
4 INF Lexi Johnson / 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Reserve, Louisiana
5 INF Mykail Lusco / 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Harahan, Louisiana
7 INF Maddie Watson / 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Baton Rouge, Louisiana
8 OF Maddie Leal / 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Houston, Texas
9 U Faith Kivette / 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Tallulah, Louisiana
10 P Mary-Cathryn Comeaux / 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Port Allen, Louisiana
11 INF Ellie DuBois / 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Shreveport, Louisiana
12 OF Audrey Greely / 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Geismar, Louisiana
13 INF Maria Detillier / 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Gramercy, Louisiana
14 P Cera Blanchard / 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Metairie, Louisiana
15 C Bailey Krolczyk / 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Corpus Christi, Texas
16 INF Chloe Magee / 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Watson, Louisiana
17 OF Cam Goodman / 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) Sr Marrero, Louisiana
18 U Gabby Mitchell / 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Eunice, Louisiana
19 INF Sadie Hewitt / 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Forney, Texas
22 C Sophia Stoddard / 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Bountiful, Utah
24 P Leah Marshall / 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Mississauga, Canada
25 OF Breanna Fontenot / 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Moss Bluff, Louisiana
26 OF Colleen Kulivan / 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Covington, Louisiana
27 P Lainee Bailey / 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Walker, Louisiana
30 OF Ka'Lyn Watson / 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Missouri City, Texas
31 OF Ariel Gomez / 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Spring, Texas
Head coach
Rick Fremin (Jackson State)
Assistant coach(es)
Katie Godwin (Southeastern Louisiana)
Alana Fremin (Belhaven)
Adam Kirkpatrick
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured Injured
Redshirt Current redshirt
Roster
Last update: February 1, 2024
Schedule and results
Legend
Southeastern Louisiana win
Southeastern Louisiana loss
Postponement/Cancellation
Bold Southeastern Louisiana team member
Non-Conference game
† Make-Up Game
2024 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions softball game log
Regular season (47–15)
February (12–3)
March (16–4)
April (14–3)
May (0–3)
Post-Season (5–2)
Southland Tournament (3–0)
NCAA Tournament (2–2)
Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record
May 17 vs. Clemson 23 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 6–2 DuBois, Ellie (15-5) Cagle,V (8-7) None ACCN 46–13 1–0
May 18 at Alabama (14)/19 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 3–6
(9 inn) Kayla Beaver (17-8) Cera Blanchard (18-3) None ESPN+ 46–14 1–1
May 18 vs. Clemson 23 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 6–2 DuBois, Ellie (16-5) Brooke McCubbin (10-3) None ESPN+ 2,217 47–14 2–1
May 19 at Alabama (14)/19 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 2–12
(5 inn) Jocelyn Briski (9-5) DuBois, Ellie (16-6) None ESPN2 2,278 47–15 2–2
Schedule Source:[4][5][6]*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.
Conference awards and honors
Weekly awards
Weekly honors Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
SLC Softball Hitter of the week Bailey Krolczyk C February 12, 2024 [7]
SLC Softball Pitcher of the week Ellie DuBois RHP February 19, 2024 [8]
SLC Softball Hitter of the week Maddie Watson IF March 4, 2024 [9]
SLC Softball Hitter of the week Lexi Johnson 1B March 18, 2024 [10]
SLC Softball Hitter of the week Bailey Krolczyk C April 1, 2024 [11]
SLC Softball Hitter of the week Audrey Greely OF April 8, 2024 [12]
SLC Softball Hitter of the week Maddie Watson IF April 29, 2024 [13]
Post-season All-Southland Conference Teams
Southeastern led the way with eight all-conference selections after posting a league-best 42 wins during the 2024 regular season.[14]
Player of the Year: Victoria Altamirano, UIW
Hitter of the Year: Ka'Lyn Watson, Southeastern
Pitcher of the Year: Shaelyn Sanders, McNeese
Freshman of the Year: Alexis Dibbley, McNeese
Newcomer of the Year: Shenita Tucker, Lamar
Coach of the Year: James Landreneau, McNeese
First Team
2024 Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball team
References
"Texas A&M University-Commerce Officially Joins NCAA Division I and the Southland Conference". Texas A&M University-Commerce. July 1, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
"Southland Standings". D1Softball.com. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
"McNeese predicted to repeat as SLC Softball Champions; Preseason poll and all-conference teams announced". Southland Conference. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
"2024 Softball Schedule". Southeastern Louisiana Athletics. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
"WarrenNolan.com Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions - Southland". Nolan Analytics, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
"D1SOFTBALL - Southeastern Louisiana (Southland)". D1 Softball. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
"Softball season opens with SLU's Krolczyk and Nicholls' McNeill winning Player of the Week honors". February 12, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
"HCU's Roberts and SLU's DuBois earn Softball Player of the Week honors". February 19, 2024. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
Anthony Goss (March 4, 2024). "Watson of Southeastern and Seely of Northwestern State Tabbed as Jersey Mike's SLC Softball Players of the Week". Retrieved March 4, 2024.
"Southeastern's Johnson and McNeese's Sanders pick up Jersey Mike's SLC Softball Players of the Week awards". www.southland.org. March 18, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
"Southeastern's Krolczyk, Corpus Christi's Aholelei named Jersey Mike's Southland Softball Players of the Week". www.southland.org. April 1, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
"Southeastern's Greely, Corpus UIW's Jacquez named Jersey Mike's Southland Softball Players of the Week". www.southland.org. April 8, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
"Southeastern's Watson, HCU's Grofman named Jersey Mike's SLC Softball Hitter and Pitcher of the Week". www.southland.org. April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
"Altamirano wins Player of the Year, Watson and Sanders lead strong showings for McNeese at Southeastern on SLC All-Conference Teams". www.southland.org. May 6, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
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2024 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions softball team
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2024 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions softball
Southland Tournament champion
NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional, 2–2
Conference Southland Conference
Record 47–15 (17–7 Southland)
Head coach
Rick Fremin (9th season)
Assistant coaches
Katie Godwin
Alana Fremin
Adam Kirkpatrick
Home stadium North Oak Park
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Southland Conference softball standings
Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II[1]
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 19, 2024[2]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today
The 2024 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions softball team represented Southeastern Louisiana University during the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. The Lady Lions played their home games at North Oak Park in Hammond, LA and were led by ninth-year head coach Rick Fremin. They are members of the Southland Conference. They compiled a 47–15 overall record including a 17–7 record in conference play and a regular season second place finish. The Lady Lions won the Southland Conference tournament. Their tournament championship win was the Lady Lions's first in program history. Earning the conference's auto-bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament, the team competed in the NCAA Division I tournament's Tuscaloosa regional. The team had a 2–2 record defeating 23rd ranked Clemson twice and losing to 14th ranked Alabama twice. Their season ended with a loss to Alabama in the regional finals round.
Contents
1 Preseason
1.1 Southland Conference Coaches Poll
1.2 Preseason All-Southland team
1.2.1 First Team
1.2.2 Second Team
2 Personnel
3 Schedule and results
4 Conference awards and honors
4.1 Weekly awards
4.2 Post-season All-Southland Conference Teams
4.2.1 First Team
4.2.2 Second Team
5 See also
6 References
Preseason
Southland Conference Coaches Poll
The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 2, 2024. Southeastern Louisiana was picked to finish second in the Southland Conference with 114 overall votes and two first place votes.[3]
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 McNeese State 128 (16)
2 Southeastern Louisiana 114 (2)
3 Nicholls 97
4 Lamar 78
5 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 72
6 Northwestern State 63
7 Houston Christian 49
8 Incarnate Word 30
9 Texas A&M–Commerce 17
Preseason All-Southland team
Lexi Johnson, Bailey Krolczyk, and Audrey Greely were named to the conference preseason first team. Cam Goodman and Ka'Lyn Watson were named to the conference preseason second team. [3]
First Team
Personnel
2024 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions softball team
Players Coaches
Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Year Home town
00 OF Brilee Broussard / 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr Tickfaw, Louisiana
1 P Allison Brunson / 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Jena, Louisiana
2 P Chloe Bennett / 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Rosepine, Louisiana
3 OF Addison Contorno / 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Livingston, Louisiana
4 INF Lexi Johnson / 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Reserve, Louisiana
5 INF Mykail Lusco / 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Harahan, Louisiana
7 INF Maddie Watson / 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Baton Rouge, Louisiana
8 OF Maddie Leal / 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Houston, Texas
9 U Faith Kivette / 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Tallulah, Louisiana
10 P Mary-Cathryn Comeaux / 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Port Allen, Louisiana
11 INF Ellie DuBois / 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Shreveport, Louisiana
12 OF Audrey Greely / 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Geismar, Louisiana
13 INF Maria Detillier / 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Gramercy, Louisiana
14 P Cera Blanchard / 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Metairie, Louisiana
15 C Bailey Krolczyk / 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Corpus Christi, Texas
16 INF Chloe Magee / 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Watson, Louisiana
17 OF Cam Goodman / 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) Sr Marrero, Louisiana
18 U Gabby Mitchell / 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Eunice, Louisiana
19 INF Sadie Hewitt / 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Forney, Texas
22 C Sophia Stoddard / 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Bountiful, Utah
24 P Leah Marshall / 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Mississauga, Canada
25 OF Breanna Fontenot / 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Moss Bluff, Louisiana
26 OF Colleen Kulivan / 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Covington, Louisiana
27 P Lainee Bailey / 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Walker, Louisiana
30 OF Ka'Lyn Watson / 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Missouri City, Texas
31 OF Ariel Gomez / 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Spring, Texas
Head coach
Rick Fremin (Jackson State)
Assistant coach(es)
Katie Godwin (Southeastern Louisiana)
Alana Fremin (Belhaven)
Adam Kirkpatrick
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured Injured
Redshirt Current redshirt
Roster
Last update: February 1, 2024
Schedule and results
Legend
Southeastern Louisiana win
Southeastern Louisiana loss
Postponement/Cancellation
Bold Southeastern Louisiana team member
Non-Conference game
† Make-Up Game
2024 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions softball game log
Regular season (47–15)
February (12–3)
March (16–4)
April (14–3)
May (0–3)
Post-Season (5–2)
Southland Tournament (3–0)
NCAA Tournament (2–2)
Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record
May 17 vs. Clemson 23 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 6–2 DuBois, Ellie (15-5) Cagle,V (8-7) None ACCN 46–13 1–0
May 18 at Alabama (14)/19 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 3–6
(9 inn) Kayla Beaver (17-8) Cera Blanchard (18-3) None ESPN+ 46–14 1–1
May 18 vs. Clemson 23 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 6–2 DuBois, Ellie (16-5) Brooke McCubbin (10-3) None ESPN+ 2,217 47–14 2–1
May 19 at Alabama (14)/19 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 2–12
(5 inn) Jocelyn Briski (9-5) DuBois, Ellie (16-6) None ESPN2 2,278 47–15 2–2
Schedule Source:[4][5][6]*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.
Conference awards and honors
Weekly awards
Weekly honors Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
SLC Softball Hitter of the week Bailey Krolczyk C February 12, 2024 [7]
SLC Softball Pitcher of the week Ellie DuBois RHP February 19, 2024 [8]
SLC Softball Hitter of the week Maddie Watson IF March 4, 2024 [9]
SLC Softball Hitter of the week Lexi Johnson 1B March 18, 2024 [10]
SLC Softball Hitter of the week Bailey Krolczyk C April 1, 2024 [11]
SLC Softball Hitter of the week Audrey Greely OF April 8, 2024 [12]
SLC Softball Hitter of the week Maddie Watson IF April 29, 2024 [13]
Post-season All-Southland Conference Teams
Southeastern led the way with eight all-conference selections after posting a league-best 42 wins during the 2024 regular season.[14]
Player of the Year: Victoria Altamirano, UIW
Hitter of the Year: Ka'Lyn Watson, Southeastern
Pitcher of the Year: Shaelyn Sanders, McNeese
Freshman of the Year: Alexis Dibbley, McNeese
Newcomer of the Year: Shenita Tucker, Lamar
Coach of the Year: James Landreneau, McNeese
First Team
2024 Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball team
References
"Texas A&M University-Commerce Officially Joins NCAA Division I and the Southland Conference". Texas A&M University-Commerce. July 1, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
"Southland Standings". D1Softball.com. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
"McNeese predicted to repeat as SLC Softball Champions; Preseason poll and all-conference teams announced". Southland Conference. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
"2024 Softball Schedule". Southeastern Louisiana Athletics. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
"WarrenNolan.com Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions - Southland". Nolan Analytics, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
"D1SOFTBALL - Southeastern Louisiana (Southland)". D1 Softball. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
"Softball season opens with SLU's Krolczyk and Nicholls' McNeill winning Player of the Week honors". February 12, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
"HCU's Roberts and SLU's DuBois earn Softball Player of the Week honors". February 19, 2024. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
Anthony Goss (March 4, 2024). "Watson of Southeastern and Seely of Northwestern State Tabbed as Jersey Mike's SLC Softball Players of the Week". Retrieved March 4, 2024.
"Southeastern's Johnson and McNeese's Sanders pick up Jersey Mike's SLC Softball Players of the Week awards". www.southland.org. March 18, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
"Southeastern's Krolczyk, Corpus Christi's Aholelei named Jersey Mike's Southland Softball Players of the Week". www.southland.org. April 1, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
"Southeastern's Greely, Corpus UIW's Jacquez named Jersey Mike's Southland Softball Players of the Week". www.southland.org. April 8, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
"Southeastern's Watson, HCU's Grofman named Jersey Mike's SLC Softball Hitter and Pitcher of the Week". www.southland.org. April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
"Altamirano wins Player of the Year, Watson and Sanders lead strong showings for McNeese at Southeastern on SLC All-Conference Teams". www.southland.org. May 6, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
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Categories:
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