NATCHITOCHES – After helping the Southeastern Louisiana softball team advance to the Southland Conference Tournament semifinals, junior outfielder Katie Lacour and senior pitcher Spencer Adkinson were named to the Southland Conference All-Tournament Team.
 
The tournament wrapped up on Friday at the Lady Demon Diamond. Third-seeded Central Arkansas completed a clean sweep of the tournament, defeating top-seeded Northwestern State, 4-2, in Friday's championship game and earning the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
 
Lacour, a native of Port St. Joe, Florida, was the tournament's top hitter for average, hitting .625 (5-for-8) with three walks and three runs scored. The first two-time first team All-Southland performer in school history finished the 2015 season with single-season school records of a .484 batting average, 89 hits and 46 runs scored, while also setting career school records with 203 hits and 99 runs scored.
 
In her final start as a Lady Lion, Adkinson pitched SLU to a 5-0 victory over McNeese State on Thursday. The Headland, Alabama native held the second-seeded Cowgirls to one hit in a complete-game effort. The shutout was her second of the season.
 
Led by tournament MVP Kylee Studioso, UCA placed a league-high five players on the All-Tournament team. Northwestern State had three selections, while SLU and Lamar had two selections apiece.
 
2015 Southland Conference Softball All-Tournament Team
Katie Lacour, Southeastern Louisiana
Spencer Adkinson, Southeastern Louisiana
Kylee Studioso, Central Arkansas (MVP)
Sarah Bigej, Central Arkansas
Sam Forrest, Central Arkansas
Jessie Taylor, Central Arkansas
Brianna Whisenhunt, Central Arkansas
Brittney Jones, Northwestern State
Micayla Sorosiak, Northwestern State
Kellye Kincannon, Northwestern State
Sarah Ragsdale, Lamar
Laura Napoli, Lamar
 
2015 Southland Conference Softball Tournament – May 6-8 – Lady Demon Diamond – Natchitoches, La.
 
Wednesday, May 6
Game 1 – No. 3 Central Arkansas 1, No. 6 A&M-Corpus Christi 0 (13 Innings)
Game 2 –No. 5 Lamar 3, No. 4 Southeastern Louisiana 1
Game 3 – Central Arkansas 6, No. 2 McNeese State 2
Game 4 – Lamar 6, Northwestern State 1
 
Thursday, May 7
Game 5 – Northwestern State 3, A&M-Corpus Christi 1 (AMCC eliminated)
Game 6 – Southeastern Louisiana 5, McNeese State 0 (MSU eliminated)
Game 7 – Central Arkansas 7, Lamar 0
Game 8 – Northwestern State 9, Southeastern Louisiana 2 (SLU eliminated)
 
Friday, May 8
Game 9 – Northwestern State 16, Lamar 10 (9 innings) (LU eliminated)
Final – Central Arkansas 4, Northwestern State 2 – UCA wins tournament