LAKE CHARLES - Coming off a successful 2021 season, sixth year head coach James Landreneau and the reigning Southland Conference Tournament Champions and NCAA Tournament participant have released the 2022 schedule that includes over 30 games that will be played at Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond.
Four of the scheduled games will be against NCAA teams including Super Regional qualifier University of Texas.
The 2022 season will open with the The Evangeline Bank and Trust Invitational (Feb. 11-13), one of two tournaments the Cowgirls will host. The following Wednesday Feb. 16, the Cowgirls will travel to Austin, TX. To compete against Texas and will close out the week at the University of Houston Tournament (Feb. 18-20). The month will round off with the The Evangeline Bank and Trust Invitational II Feb. 25-27.
March opens with four straight games beginning with Louisiana Tech (March 1) and then a three-game series against Tarleton State. The Cowgirls will take a quick trip to play UL-Lafayette on March 9 before returning home to host Boise State and Southern on March 11 and 12. The Cowgirls will then host Southern a second time on March 16 to close out the week of home games.
McNeese will take to the road for a three-game series at Baylor on March 18 and 19 before Southern Miss comes to Lake Charles on March 23. The Cowgirls will open Southland Conference play on the road at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (March 25 and 26) and will close out the month with LSU on March 30.
McNeese will remain in Lake Charles for their first eight games in April including its SLC home opening series against Houston Baptist (April 1 and 2). McNeese will also host UL-Lafayette (April 6), Southeastern (April 8 and 9), and Houston (April 12), Lamar (April 23), and will close out the month against Incarnate Word (April 29-30).
The Cowgirls' road games in April will be at Northwestern State (April 14 and 15), LSU (April 19), Lamar (April 22) and UL-Monroe (April 27).
McNeese will conclude its regular season on the road at Nicholls (May 6-7). The Southland Conference Tournament is scheduled for May 10-13 in Hammond, LA.
McNeese Softball 2022 Schedule
Feb. 11-13 Cowgirl Classic
Feb. 16 at Texas
Feb. 18 – 20 at Houston Tournament
Feb 25- 27 Cowgirl Classic II
Mar. 1 LA Tech
Mar. 4 Tarleton State
Mar. 5 Tarleton State (DH)
Mar. 9 at UL-Lafayette
Mar. 11 Boise State (DH)
Mar. 12 Southern
Mar. 12 Boise State
Mar. 16 Southern
Mar. 18 at Baylor
Mar. 19 at Baylor (DH)
Mar. 23 Southern Miss
Mar. 25 *at Texas A&M-CC (DH)
Mar. 26 *at Texas A&M-CC
Mar. 30 LSU
Apr. 1 *Houston Baptist
Apr. 2 *Houston Baptist (DH)
Apr. 6 UL-Lafayette
Apr. 8 *Southeastern
Apr. 9 *Southeastern (DH)
Apr. 12 Houston
Apr. 14 *at Northwestern State
Apr. 15 *at Northwestern State (DH)
Apr. 19 at LSU
Apr. 22 at Lamar
Apr. 23 Lamar (DH)
Apr. 27 at UL-Monroe
Apr. 29 *Incarnate Word
Apr. 30 *Incarnate Word (DH)
May 6 *at Nicholls
May 7 *at Nicholls (DH)
May 10 – 13 *SLC Tournament at Hammond
*-SLC Conference
BOLD – Home Games
