Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond

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.[1][3]

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

Below is a list of Cowgirl Diamond's 10 best-attended games.[1]

Rank Date Opponent Attendance
1April 15, 2015LSU1,054[7]
2April 17, 2013LSU1,035
3April 21, 2010LSU972
4April 22, 2009LSU852
5March 28, 2007LSU847
6March 15, 2006LSU833
7March 28, 2012LSU794
8May 7, 2009UTSA636
9March 27, 1994Nicholls550
10April 13, 2011LSU506

As of the 2018 season.

References
  1. "McNeese Softball Task Force 36" (PDF). McNeese State Cowboys Athletics. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  2. 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.
  3. "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  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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