Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond
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| Location | On Hodges Street north of E Sale Road Lake Charles, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 30°11′4.7″N 93°12′56.7″W / 30.184639°N 93.215750°W |
| Owner | McNeese State University |
| Operator | McNeese State University |
| Seating type | Bleacher seats |
| Capacity | 1,200[2] |
| Record attendance | 1,228 April 3, 2018 vs LSU[3] |
| Field size | Left Field: 205 ft Center Field: 215 ft Right Field: 205 ft[2] |
| Surface | Turf |
| Scoreboard | Daktronics Electronic |
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| Built | 2002–03 |
| Opened | March 14, 2003[1][2] |
| Tenants | |
| McNeese State Cowgirls softball (NCAA) (2003–Present) | |
Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond is the home stadium for the Division I (NCAA) McNeese State Cowgirls softball team. Located on the campus of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the stadium has a 1,200 seating capacity. 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.[4] The initial home game was played on March 14, 2003, against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles softball team.[2][1]
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.[5]
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.[6]
Attendance
Below is a list of Cowgirl Diamond's 10 best-attended games.[2]
| Rank | Date | Opponent | Attendance |
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| 1 | April 15, 2015 | LSU | 1,054[7] |
| 2 | April 17, 2013 | LSU | 1,035 |
| 3 | April 21, 2010 | LSU | 972 |
| 4 | April 22, 2009 | LSU | 852 |
| 5 | March 28, 2007 | LSU | 847 |
| 6 | March 15, 2006 | LSU | 833 |
| 7 | March 28, 2012 | LSU | 794 |
| 8 | May 7, 2009 | UTSA | 636 |
| 9 | March 27, 1994 | Nicholls | 550 |
| 10 | April 13, 2011 | LSU | 506 |
As of the 2018 season.
References
- ^ a b "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "McNeese Softball Task Force 36" (PDF). McNeese State Cowboys Athletics. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
- ^ Alex Hickey (April 16, 2015). "LSU Walks Away with a Lopsided Victory". The American Press. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
A Cowgirl Diamond record crowd of 1,054 watched McNeese (26-18) take a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first before the wheels came flying off.
- ^ "Cowgirl Diamond". McNeese State Cowboys Athletics. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
- ^ "Hodges Street Field House". McNeese State Athletics. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
- ^ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. July 29, 2014. p. 30. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
- ^ "2015 Southland Softball McNeese State". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
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