Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond

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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]

Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond
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LocationOn Hodges Street
north of E Sale Road
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Coordinates30°11′4.7″N 93°12′56.7″W / 30.184639°N 93.215750°W / 30.184639; -93.215750
OwnerMcNeese State University
OperatorMcNeese State University
Seating typeBleacher seats
Capacity1,200[2]
Record attendance1,228
April 3, 2018
vs LSU[3]
Field sizeLeft Field: 205 ft
Center Field: 215 ft
Right Field: 205 ft[2]
SurfaceTurf
ScoreboardDaktronics Electronic
Construction
Built2002–03
OpenedMarch 14, 2003[1][2]
Tenants
McNeese State Cowgirls softball (NCAA) (2003–Present)

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

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Below is a list of Cowgirl Diamond's 10 best-attended games.[2]

Rank Date Opponent Attendance
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

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  1. ^ a b "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e "McNeese Softball Task Force 36" (PDF). McNeese State Cowboys Athletics. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Cowgirl Diamond". McNeese State Cowboys Athletics. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  5. ^ "Hodges Street Field House". McNeese State Athletics. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  6. ^ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. July 29, 2014. p. 30. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  7. ^ "2015 Southland Softball McNeese State". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
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