2018 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament

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2018 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Site
Champions Tulsa  (3rd title)
Winning coach John Bargfeldt  (3rd title)
MVP Emily Watson (Tulsa)
Television ESPN
American Digital Network
2018 American Athletic Conference softball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
South Florida  y147 .667  3923 .629
Houston  y138 .619  3722 .627
UCF  129 .571  3422 .607
Wichita State  y129 .571  3223 .582
Memphis  1011 .476  3721 .638
Tulsa  y1011 .476  3425 .576
East Carolina  813 .381  2332 .418
UConn  516 .238  2035 .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]

Contents

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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
South Florida 147.6671
Houston 138.61912
Wichita State 129.57123
UCF 129.57124
Memphis 10114.4765
Tulsa 10114.4766
East Carolina 8136.3817
UConn 516.23898

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 South Florida 212
8 UConn 1
1 South Florida8
5 Memphis 7
4 UCF 0
5 Memphis 3
1 South Florida 1
6 Tulsa4
3 Wichita State 1
6 Tulsa 3
6 Tulsa7
2 Houston 3
2 Houston 3
7 East Carolina 1

Game Results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoser
May 10Game 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 11Game 5(6) Tulsa 7–3(2) Houston
Game 6(1) South Florida 8–7(5) Memphis
May 12Game 7(6) Tulsa 4–1(1) South Florida

All-Tournament Team

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

NamePos.School
Jill StockleyPUConn
Arielle James2BHouston
Tierrah WilliamsDPHouston
Kyler Trosclair KlattSSMemphis
Brooke Lee2BMemphis
Macy CookCSouth Florida
Lindsey Devitt2BSouth Florida
Lauren Evans1BSouth Florida
Julia HollingsworthOFTulsa
Haley MeinenLFTulsa
Morgan Neal2BTulsa
Emily WatsonPTulsa

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]

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