2018 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament

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2018 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Site
ChampionsTulsa (3rd title)
Winning coachJohn Bargfeldt (3rd title)
MVPEmily Watson (Tulsa)
TelevisionESPN
American Digital Network
2018 American Athletic Conference softball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Florida  ‍†‍‍y 14 – 7   .667 39 – 23   .629
Houston  ‍‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 37 – 22   .627
UCF  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571 34 – 22   .607
Wichita State  ‍‍‍y 12 – 9   .571 32 – 23   .582
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476 37 – 21   .638
Tulsa ‍‍‡‍y 10 – 11   .476 34 – 25   .576
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 23 – 32   .418
UConn  ‍‍‍ 5 – 16   .238 20 – 35   .364
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 31, 2018[1]; Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

The 2017 American Athletic Conference Softball tournament was held at the USF Softball Stadium on the campus of South Florida in Tampa, Florida from May 10 through May 12, 2018. The event determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2018 NCAA Division I softball season. Sixth seeded Tulsa won the Tournament for the third year in a row and claimed the American's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.[2][3]

Format and seeding[]

The conference's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season. The teams then played a single-elimination tournament.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
South Florida 14 7 .667 — 1
Houston 13 8 .619 1 2
Wichita State 12 9 .571 2 3
UCF 12 9 .571 2 4
Memphis 10 11 4 .476 5
Tulsa 10 11 4 .476 6
East Carolina 8 13 6 .381 7
UConn 5 16 .238 9 8

Results[]

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 South Florida 212
8 UConn 1
1 South Florida 8
5 Memphis 7
4 UCF 0
5 Memphis 3
1 South Florida 1
6 Tulsa 4
3 Wichita State 1
6 Tulsa 3
6 Tulsa 7
2 Houston 3
2 Houston 3
7 East Carolina 1

Game Results[]

Date Game Winner Score Loser
May 10 Game 1 (6) Tulsa 3–1 (3) Wichita State
Game 2 (2) Houston 3–1 (7) East Carolina
Game 3 (5) Memphis 3–0 (4) UCF
Game 4 (1) South Florida 2–1 (12) (8) UConn
May 11 Game 5 (6) Tulsa 7–3 (2) Houston
Game 6 (1) South Florida 8–7 (5) Memphis
May 12 Game 7 (6) Tulsa 4–1 (1) South Florida

All-Tournament Team[]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Name Pos. School
Jill Stockley P UConn
Arielle James 2B Houston
Tierrah Williams DP Houston
Kyler Trosclair Klatt SS Memphis
Brooke Lee 2B Memphis
Macy Cook C South Florida
Lindsey Devitt 2B South Florida
Lauren Evans 1B South Florida
Julia Hollingsworth OF Tulsa
Haley Meinen LF Tulsa
Morgan Neal 2B Tulsa
Emily Watson P Tulsa

Most Outstanding Player[]

Emily Watson was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player for the second consecutive year. Watson was a pitcher for Tulsa who earned the win in all three of the Golden Hurricane's wins en route to the title.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Standings & Leaders". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "2018 Softball Championship Central". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Tulsa Claims Third Consecutive American Softball Championship Title". American Athletic Conference. May 12, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
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