In 2015, the Golden Eagles won the C-USA West and made it the semifinals of the conference tournament. However, last season the Golden Eagles stumbled and took some steps back as they missed post season play with a 27-26 record. Southern Miss hosted the conference tournament but missed it becoming third host team in C-USA history to miss the conference tournament.
The Golden Eagles now look to replace eight players the biggest two for the offense were sluggers Lauren Holliefield and Tori Dew, now a student assistant.
Holliefield led the team last season in all hitting categories with 36 runs batted in, .