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2024 Lamar Lady Cardinals softball
2024 Lamar Lady Cardinals softball
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	26–25 (12–12 Southland)
Head coach	Amy Hooks (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Tara McKenney; Anthony Aresco; Kaitlin McFarland;
Home stadium	Lamar Softball Complex
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 Lamar Lady Cardinals softball team

American college softball season

The 2024 Lamar Lady Cardinals softball team represented Lamar University during the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. The Lady Cardinals played their home games at Lamar Softball Complex as a member of the Southland Conference and were led by head coach Amy Hooks in her sixth-year at Lamar. The team compiled a 26–25 overall record and a 12–12 record in conference play for a fifth place finish. As the fifth seeded team in the SLC tournament, the Lady Cardinals were defeated in extra innings by fourth seeded Incarnate Word 4–5⁸. Their season ended with another extra inning defeat versus third seeded Nicholls 4–5⁸.

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2024 Lamar Lady Cardinals Softball game log

Regular season (26–25)

February (9–6)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
Cowgirl Classic
Feb. 9	vs. Tarleton State*		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	2–7	Rehmeier, Alexa (1-0)	Jolin, Sabrina (0-1)	Dunbar, Makenzie (1)			0–1
Feb. 10	vs. Tarleton State*		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	3–1	Wardlaw, Emma (1-0)	Daniel, Kendall (0-1)	None			1–1
Feb. 10	vs. Tennessee State*		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	5–9	Castillo, Reina (0-0)	Ben Karim, Fadwa (0-1)	None			1–2
Feb. 11	vs. Tennessee State*		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	7–1	Makayla Valle (1-0)	Ayala, Holly (0-0)	None			2–2
Cowgirl Challenge
Feb. 16	vs. Central Arkansas*		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	4–5	Bailie Runner (2-2)	Wardlaw, Emma (1-1)	None			2–3
Feb. 17	vs. Central Arkansas*		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	11–2	Jolin, Sabrina (1-1)	Paityn Engemann (0-1)	None			3–3
Feb. 17	vs. Oklahoma*	1	Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	0–8	Deal, Kierston (1-0)	Guidry, Madison (0-1)	None			3–4
Feb. 18	at McNeese*		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	2–4	Schexnayder, Ryann (2-0)	Wardlaw, Emma (1-2)	Davis, Lindsay (1)		1,116	3–5

Feb. 20	at Texas Southern*		Memorial Park • Houston, TX	3–4	Maren Berger (2-0)	Jolin, Sabrina (1-2)			82	3–6
Feb. 20	at Texas Southern*		Memorial Park • Houston, TX	2–1	Mitchell, Karyana (1-0)	Lailah Bell (0-1)	Valle, Makayla (1)		65	4–6
Lamar/McNeese Tournament
Feb. 23	vs. Niagara*		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	6–1	Mitchell, Karyana (2-0)	Thompson, Julia (0-1)	None			5–6
Feb. 23	vs. North Dakota*		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	2–0	Wardlaw, Emma (2-2)	Albrecht, Jackie (0-5)	None			6–6
Feb. 25	Niagara*		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	3–2	Wardlaw, Emma (3-2)	Hickingbottom, Maddi (1-2)	Mitchell, Karyana	ESPN+	300	7–6
Feb. 25	Niagara*		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	0–11 (5 inn)	Mitchell, Karyana (3-0)	Leone, Cara (0-1)	None	ESPN+	300	8–6
Feb. 28	Southern*		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	6–2	Jolin, Sabrina (2-2)	J. Jennings (0-1)	None	ESPN+	200	9–6

March (14–6)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
Mar 2	Penn*		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	1–0	Wardlaw, Emma (4-2)	Bean, Payton (0-1)	None	ESPN+	350	10–6
Mar 2	Penn*		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	7–4	Mitchell, Karyana (4-0)	Riley, Rachel (0-3)	None	ESPN+	350	11–6
Mar 3	Penn*		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	5–7	Utschig, Ella (2-1)	Guidry, Madison (0-2)	None	ESPN+	363	11–7
Mar 5	Stephen F. Austin*		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	4–3	Mitchell, Karyana (5-0)	Aydenne Brown (1-4)	Wardlaw, Emma (1)	ESPN+	353	12–7
Mar 9	at Houston Christian		Husky Field • Houston, TX	2–1	Emma Wardlaw (5-2)	R. Grofman (3-3)	None		250	13–7	1–0
Mar 9	at Houston Christian		Husky Field • Houston, TX	9–3	Mitchell, Karyana (6-0)	Swanson, L. (4-2)	None		250	14–7	2–0
Mar 10	at Houston Christian		Husky Field • Houston, TX	4–3	Mitchell, Karyana (7-0)	Grofman, R. (3-4)	None	ESPN+	250	15–7	3–0
Mar 12	at Baylor*	13	Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX	1–5	Kaci West (2-1)	Jolin, Sabrina (2-3)	None	ESPN+	917	15–8
Mar 12	at Baylor*	13	Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX	1–6	Lexie Warncke (2-0)	Guidry, Madison (0-3)	None	ESPN+	998	15–9
Mar 15	Northwestern State		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	6–5	Mitchell, Karyana (8-0)	Seely, Kenzie (5-9)	None	ESPN+	500	16–9	4–0
Mar 15	Northwestern State		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	1–6	Darr, Maggie (5-6)	Mitchell, Karyana (8-1)	None	ESPN+	400	16–10	4–1
Mar 16	Northwestern State		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	6–2	Emma Wardlaw (6-2)	Darr, Maggie (5-7))	None	ESPN+	500	17–10	5–1
Mar 19	Sam Houston*		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	3–2	Wardlaw, Emma (6-2)	Mika Vento (2-6)	None	ESPN+	291	18–10
Mar 22	at Texas A&M–Commerce		John Cain Family Softball Complex • Commerce, TX	8–2	Wardlaw, Emma (8-2)	Sanchez, Julia (3-8)	None	ESPN+		19–10	6–1
Mar 22	at Texas A&M–Commerce		John Cain Family Softball Complex • Commerce, TX	10–0 (5 inn)	Mitchell, Karyana (9-1)	Muller, Maddie (2-12)	None	ESPN+	145	20–10	7–1
Mar 23	at Texas A&M–Commerce		John Cain Family Softball Complex • Commerce, TX	5–0	Wardlaw, Emma (8-2)	Martinez, Destiny (1-4)	Mitchell, Karyana (2)	ESPN+	219	21–10	8–1
Mar 26	at UTSA*		Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX	4–2	Mitchell, Karyana (4-0)	Iliana Saucedo (3-5)	None	ESPN+	194	22–10	8–1
Mar 28	Nicholls		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	1–4 (13 inn)	Paden, Averi (3-2)	Mitchell, Karyana (10-2)	None	ESPN+	400	22–11	8 –2
Mar 29	Nicholls		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	2–3	Paden, Averi (5-2)	Mitchell, Karyana (10-3)	None	ESPN+	400	22–12	8–3
Mar 29	Nicholls		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	2–0	Jolin, Sabrina (3-3)	McNeill, Audrey (8-10)	None	ESPN+	400	23–12	9–3

April (3–10)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
Apr 2	UTSA*		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	0–3	Reagan Smith (2-1)	Jolin, Sabrina (3-4)	None	ESPN+	200	23–13
Apr 5	at McNeese		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	0–7	Sanders, Shaelyn (12-7)	Wardlaw, Emma (9-3)	None	ESPN+	758	23–14	9–4
Apr 6	at McNeese		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	2–6	Dibbley, Alexis (3-1)	Mitchell, Karyana (10-4)	None	ESPN+		23–15	9–5
Apr 6	at McNeese		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	3–6	Davis, Lindsay (5-5)	Mitchell, Karyana (10-5)	None	ESPN+	742	23–16	9–6
Apr 12	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	2–4	Aholelei, Primrose (14-7)	Wardlaw, Emma (9-4)	None	ESPN+	300	23–17	9–7
Apr 12	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	5–1	Mitchell, Karyana (11-5)	Saenz, Ariella (2-4)	None	ESPN+	587	24–17	10–7
Apr 13	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	2–1	Mitchell, Karyana (12-5)	Aholelei, Primrose (14-8)	None	ESPN+	620	25–17	11–7
Apr 16	at Houston*		Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX	7–15 (5 inn)	Edwards, Taylor (3-1)	Jolin, Sabrina (3-5)	Waiters,Tamya (1)	ESPN+	299	25–18
Apr 19	Incarnate Word		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	2–4 (9 inn)	Larissa Jacquez (9-4)	Wardlaw, Emma (9-5)	None	ESPN+	500	25–19	11–8
Apr 19	Incarnate Word		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	0–8 (6 inn)	Samantha Portillo (7-3)	Mitchell, Karyana (12-6)	None	ESPN+	590	25–20	11–9
Apr 20	Incarnate Word		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX	5–4	Mitchell, Karyana (13-6)	Samantha Portillo (7-4)	None	ESPN+	750	26–20	12–9
Apr 26	at Southeastern Louisiana		North Oak Park • Hammond, LA	1–9 (5 inn)	Blanchard, Cera (17-2)	Wardlaw, Emma (9-6)	None	ESPN+	205	26–21	12–10
Apr 26	at Southeastern Louisiana		North Oak Park • Hammond, LA	0–8 (5 inn)	DuBois, Ellie (13-4)	Mitchell, Karyana (13-7)	None	ESPN+	205	26–22	12–11
Apr 27	at Southeastern Louisiana		North Oak Park • Hammond, LA	0–10 (5 inn)	Comeaux, MC (5-3)	Wardlaw, Emma (9-7)	None	ESPN+	186	26–23	12–12

May (0-0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
May 1	Tarleton State*		Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX			Cancelled

Post-season (0–2)

Southland Tournament (0–2)
Date	Opponent	(Seed)/Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	Tournament record
May 7	vs. (4) Incarnate Word	(5)	North Oak Park • Hammond, LA	4–5 (8 inn)	Samantha Portillo (9-6)	Mitchell, Karyana (13-8)	None	ESPN+	322	26–24	0–1
May 8	vs. (3) Nicholls	(5)	North Oak Park • Hammond, LA	4–5 (8 inn)	Yoo, Molly(8-9)	Mitchell, Karyana (13-9)	None	ESPN+	322	26–25	0–2

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*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.

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Player	Position	Hometown	Previous Team
Trinity Brandon	Utility	Las Vegas, Nevada	Arbor View HS / San Diego State
Rose Gonzalez	Infielder	Dallas, Texas	South Grand Prairie HS / McLennan Community College
Sabrina Jolinhttps://duckduckgo.com/	Pitcher (RHP)	Anchorage, Alaska	South Anchorage HS / UNLV
Jane Sepuvelda	Infielder	Monterey Park, California	St. Paul High School / Southern Utah
Shenita Tucker	Outfield	Richmond, Texas	Lamar Consolidated HS / Florida SouthWestern

Player	Position	Hometown	Previous Team
Ava Blakely	Outfielder/Infielder	Wesley Chapel, Florida	Wesley Chapel HS
Kaylee Cuevas	Pitcher/Utility	Teague, Texas	Teague HS
Neveah Hallmark	Outfielder/Utility	Pasadena, Texas	Pasadena HS
Cimara-lei Wessling	Catcher/Utility	Converse, Texas	Veterans Memorial HS
Ava Sanchez	Catcher/Outfielder	San Antonio, Texas	Brennan HS0
Cala Wilson	Pitcher/Infielder	Ruston, Louisiana	Ruston HS
Roxy Thompson	Infielder/Outfielder	Dallas, Texas	Rockwall HS
Sicily Windham	Short-stop	Huntington Beach, California	Crean Lutheran HS

Legend
	Lamar win
	Lamar loss
	Postponement/cancellation
Bold	Lamar team member
*	Non-conference game
†	Make-up game

2024_Lamar_Lady_Cardinals_softball_team

2024 Lamar Lady Cardinals softball team

Preseason

Early signing

National signing day

Southland Conference Coaches Poll

Preseason All-Southland team

First Team

Second Team

Roster

Schedule and results

Conference awards and honors

Post-season All-Southland Conference Teams

First Team

Second Team

Weekly awards

See also

References

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
McNeese ‍†‍‍	22	–	2	.917	40	–	20	.667
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	7	.708	47	–	15	.758
Nicholls ‍‍‍	16	–	8	.667	31	–	26	.544
Incarnate Word ‍‍‍	14	–	9	.609	34	–	17	.667
Lamar ‍‍‍	12	–	12	.500	26	–	25	.510
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ‍‍‍	9	–	15	.375	21	–	22	.488
Houston Christian ‍‍‍	9	–	15	.375	23	–	27	.460
Northwestern State ‍‍‍	5	–	18	.217	19	–	31	.380
Texas A&M–Commerce* ‍‍‍	2	–	22	.083	9	–	45	.167
* 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

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Coaches poll
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