Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond is the home

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for the

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McNeese State Cowgirls softball The McNeese State Cowgirls softball team represents McNeese State University, located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The Cowgirls are a member of the Southland Conference and participate in NCAA Division I college softball. The team is currently le ...

team. Located on the campus of

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, the stadium has a 1,200

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. Seating consists of partially covered bleacher seating. The stadium has field lighting, bullpens, dugouts, and a press box. An indoor training facility, the "H.I.T" or ''House of Indoor Training'', located outside the right field fence, allows hitting practice in all weather conditions. A Daktronics electronic scoreboard includes a message board. The initial home game was played on March 14, 2003, against the

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team. Adjacent to the stadium is the Hodges Street Fieldhouse, a 5,400 sq ft building opened on June 18, 2008, which services both the softball and soccer programs. The building houses coaches offices; separate locker rooms for soccer and softball; a shared training room; and a conference room. The 2009, 2016, and 2018 Southland Conference softball tournaments were played at Cowgirl Diamond. In 2016 and 2018 the host McNeese Cowgirls won the tournament.

Attendance

Below is a list of Cowgirl Diamond's 10 best-attended games. As of the 2018 season.

References

External links

McNeese State Cowgirls Softball Official Website
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