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°WCoordinates: 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 |
Record attendance |
April 15, 2015 vs LSU |
1,054
Field size |
Left Field: 205 ft Center Field: 215 ft Right Field: 205 ft |
Surface | Grass |
Scoreboard | Daktronics Electronic |
Construction | |
Built | 2002-03 |
Opened | March 14, 2003 |
Tenants | |
McNeese State Cowgirls softball (NCAA) (2003-Present) |
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. The initial home game was played on March 14, 2003 against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles softball team.
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.
The 2009 Southland Conference Softball Tournament was played at Cowgirl Diamond.
Below is a list of Cowgirl Diamond's 10 best-attended games.
Top 10 attendance marks
As of the 2015 season.