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. The initial home game was played on March 14, 2003, against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles softball team.
| 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 |
| Owner | McNeese State University |
| Operator | McNeese State University |
| Seating type | Bleacher seats |
| Capacity | 1,200 |
| Record attendance | 1,228 April 3, 2018 vs LSU |
| Field size | Left Field: 205 ft Center Field: 215 ft Right Field: 205 ft |
| Surface | Turf |
| Scoreboard | Daktronics Electronic |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2002–03 |
| Opened | March 14, 2003 |
| 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.
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.