LAKE CHARLES—McNeese softball's season came to an end Saturday night in a 6-5 walk off win by Southeastern in the "if necessary" game of the Southland Conference Championship Series finally to punch their ticket to their second straight NCAA Tournament berth.

McNeese (41-20) held a 4-0 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, but the Lady Lions (48-14) scored three runs on two hits and took advantage of two Cowgirl errors in the inning to pull to within one run.

McNeese, serving as the visitors for the second straight game, got one run back in the top of the seventh on a Sarah Allen sacrifice fly that scored Samantha Mundine for the 5-3 lead.

Southeastern did what the Cowgirls had done for its four games in the bracket play, win by a walk-off.

The Lady Lions did just that by scoring three runs on four hits in the bottom of the seventh with former Cowgirl Brilee Ford picking up the game winning hit with the bases loaded to end the game.

2025 SLC All-Tournament Team
Victoria Altamirano, UIW
Molly Vandenbout, Nicholls
Rylie Bouvier, McNeese
Reese Reyna, McNeese
Nyjah Fontenot, McNeese
Maddie Taylor, McNeese
Brilee Ford, Southeastern
Cydnee Schneider, Southeastern
Maria Detillier, Southeastern
Macie LaRue, Southeastern
Lainee Bailey, Southeastern
Chloe Magee, Southeastern (MVP)
 
PITCHERS OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher – Britney Lewinski (9-5)
(1.1 IP, 1 hit, 1 run)

Losing Pitcher – Ryann Schexnayder (7-2)
(0.0 IP, 1 hit, 1 BB)
 
HITTING
Delaney Dunham (3-3)
Samantha Mundine (3-3, 1 Run, 1 RBI, 1BB)
Nyjah Fontenot (1-4, 2 RBI)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
T1- McNeese took an early lead on a RBI single by Samantha Mundine (McN 1, Southeastern 0)
T2- McNeese added a run on a RBI by Nyjah Fontenot (McN 2, Southeastern 0)
T6- A solo homerun by Rylie Bouvier and Nyjah Fontenot's second RBI of the game extended the Cowgirl lead (McN 4, Southeastern 0)
B6- Southeastern got on the board with three runs,  a two RBI's single by Cydnee Schneider and the other run on a wild pitch (McN 4, Southeastern 3)
T7- McNeese got one run back on a Sarah Allen sacrifice fly (McN 5, Southeastern 3)
B7- A RBI double by Shelby Morris, a RBI single by Chloe Magee tied the game at five apiece.  Brilee Ford's two-out single through the left side was the game winning hit (Southeastern 6, McN 5)
 
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
•- For the second straight game, McNeese stranded nine baserunners
•- For the series, the Cowgirls left a total of 26 baserunners stranded