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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 Southland Conference softball standings Conf. Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT McNeese † 22 – 2.917 40 – 20.667 ...
Estimated cost of the softball stadium was between $1.5 million and $2.5 million. [2] Estimated cost of the Lamar Soccer and Softball Complex building was $3.5 million according to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's Capital Expenditure Plans FY 2009 to 2013 report. [10]
In 1983 Lamar added softball as a Division I sport and competed in the Southland conference. When Lamar left the Southland Conference in the 1987 season, the sport was dropped. On April 22, 2011, athletic director Larry Tidwell announced plans to reinstate college softball as an NCAA Division I sport at Lamar University. [62]
The stadium and supporting Lamar Soccer and Softball Complex building were part of a $29 million athletic construction project. [ 4 ] The first match at the new stadium was a 2–1 loss against the New Mexico State Aggies on September 25, 2009.
Lamar University (Lamar or LU) is a public university in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Lamar has been a member of the Texas State University System since 1995. It was the flagship institution of the former Lamar University System. As of the fall of 2024, the university enrollment was 17,850 students. [4]
Ford Fields served as the home venue for Lamar University's Lamar Lady Cardinals softball team in 2013 and 2014, the first two seasons following restart of the softball program at Lamar. Ford Midway is a 9-acre (36,000 m 2) midway for fairs, carnivals, and other large outdoor events. The midway includes two free-span livestock show barns.
It was also home to the Beaumont Golden Gators, a minor league Double-A Texas League affiliate of the San Diego Padres (1983–1986) as well as the Beaumont Bullfrogs of the Central Baseball League (1994). The facility is named after former Major League Baseball coach Al Vincent and Bryan Beck, a former member of the Lamar University board of ...
The 2017 National Invitational Softball Championship (NISC) began on May 16, 2017 and concluded on May 24. The Liberty University Lady Flames defeated the Lamar University Lady Cardinals in a controversial rain-shortened two-game final on Liberty's home.field in Lynchburg, Virginia .