Lamar Lady Cardinals softball

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Lamar Lady Cardinals
University Lamar University
Conference Southland
Location Beaumont, TX
Head coach Holly Bruder (4th year)
Home stadium Lamar Softball Complex (Capacity: 467[1]
767 including berm seating)
Nickname Lady Cardinals
Colors Red and White[2]
         

The Lamar Lady Cardinals softball team represents Lamar University in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Southland Conference. The Lady Cardinals are currently led by head coach Holly Bruder. The team played its home games at the off-campus Ford Park for the first two seasons following the program restart. The Lady Cardinals began playing home games at the Lamar Softball Complex located on the university's campus starting with the 2015 season.[3]

History

LU first sponsored softball from 1971[4] through 1977[5] competing in the AIAW. Lamar finished second in the 1972 AIAW Texas state tournament. In addition to other head coaching duties, Pat Park was the Lady Cardinals head coach for the initial seasons. Coach Park also served as women's head coach for basketball, tennis, and golf while she was at Lamar.

In 1983 Lamar added softball as an NCAA Division I sport and competed in the Southland conference. Tryouts for the team were held on October 16, 1982.[6] The sport was dropped in 1987 when Lamar left the Southland Conference. Patty Calvert was head coach during the 1982-1987 period.

On April 22, 2011, Athletic Director Larry Tidwell announced plans to reinstate college softball as a NCAA Division I sport at Lamar University.[7] On August 1, 2011 former Morehead State head coach Holly Bruder was announced as the finalist to fill the head coaching position at Lamar after over 20 years with no program at the university.[8] The Lady Cardinals finished fifth in the Southland Conference in their first season of competition (2012–13) following the restart of the program. The team also earned a berth in the Southland Conference softball tournament.[9]

Off-campus Ford Park was the home field for the first two seasons after the program was restarted. A new on campus was constructed in 2014-15. On October 17, 2014, a ground breaking ceremony for the new Lamar Softball Complex was held. The first game at the partially completed on-campus stadium was played on March 6, 2015 against the Houston Baptist Huskies. The stadium was completed following the 2015 season.

NCAA Year-by-year results

Source:[10][11][12]

Season Conference Coach Overall Conference Notes
Games Win Loss Tie Games Win Loss Tie
NCAA Year-by-Year Results
1983 Southland Patty Calvert 45 5 40 0 8 1 7 0 5th (3rd South Zone)
1984 Southland Patty Calvert 56 13 43 0 8 1 7 0 5th (3rd South Zone)
1985 Southland Patty Calvert 42 14 28 0 12 6 6 0 5th
1986 Southland Patty Calvert 33 14 19 0 12 8 4 0 3rd
1987 Southland Patty Calvert 35 9 26 0 12 3 9 0 T-3rd
Patty Calvert 211 55 156 0 52 19 33 0
2013 Southland Holly Bruder 59 24 35 0 27 14 13 0 5th
2014 Southland Holly Bruder 50 20 30 0 26 12 14 0 8th
2015 Southland Holly Bruder 54 26 28 0 23 14 10 0 5th
2016 Southland Holly Bruder 57 35 22 0 27 18 9 0 4th, SLC tournament championship game appearance
Holly Bruder 220 105 115 0 104 58 46 0
Team
Overall		 431 160 271 0 156 77 79 0

(Results reflect games through May 13, 2016.)

Yearly attendance

Below is the Lady Cardinals' home attendance since the 2012–13 restart of the program.

Season Average High
Yearly Home Attendance
Lamar Softball Complex
2015-16[13]
375
588
2014-15[14]
292
440
Ford Park
2013-14[15]
290
359
2012-13[16]
338
618

As of the 2015-16 season.

Post season appearances

Conference Tournaments

Sources:[17]

Year
Conference
Record
%
Notes
Southland Conference Tournament Results
1983 Southland 2-2 .500
1984 Southland 0-2 .000
1985 Southland 1–2 .333
1986 Southland 1-2 .333
1987 Southland 0–2 .000
Did not field team from 1987-88 to 2011-12
2013 Southland 0-2 .000
2015 Southland 2-2 .500 3rd place
Total 6–14 .300 7 Appearances

Awards and honors

Sources:[18]

Southland Conference

All Conference First Team

Hitter of the Year

Newcomer of the Year

References

  1. ↑ "2016 Quick Facts" (PDF). Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ LU Visual Standards (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  3. ↑ "Softball Breaks Ground for New Stadium". Lamar University Athletics. October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014. Lamar University broke ground today for a new softball stadium on campus that will be ready for the upcoming season.
  4. ↑ "Women's Sports". Lamar University Press. September 15, 1972. Retrieved October 25, 2014. This makes the second year 'that Lamar University has had a women's softball team. Last year the team ranked second in the state tournament.
  5. ↑ Abe Martin (October 19, 1977). "Card softballers end '77 agenda by defeating IBC". Lamar University Press. Retrieved October 25, 2014. The Lamar girls' softball team travelled this weekend for their last tournament of the year.
  6. ↑ "Softball tryouts set". Lamar University Press. October 13, 1982. p. 3. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  7. ↑ http://www.lamarcardinals.com/genrel/042211aaa.html
  8. ↑ http://www.ncaa.com/news/softball/2011-08-01/bruder-tabbed-new-head-coach
  9. ↑ David Berry (May 15, 2013). "Bruder gives her thoughts on the Lamar softball season". Beaumont Enterprise. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Lamar University Softball Record Book" (PDF). Lamar University Athletics. p. 2. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Southland Conference 2015 Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. pp. 11–17. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  14. ↑ http://www.lamarcardinals.com/sports/w-softbl/stats/2014-2015/teamgbg.html
  15. ↑ http://www.lamarcardinals.com/sports/w-softbl/stats/2013-2014/teamstat.html
  16. ↑ http://www.lamarcardinals.com/sports/w-softbl/stats/2012-2013/teamstat.html
  17. ↑ "Southland Conference 2015 Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. pp. 31–38. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Southland Conference 2015 Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 22. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

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