2018 American Athletic Conference softball tournament

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]

2018 American Athletic Conference
softball tournament
Teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTulsa (3rd title)
Winning coachJohn Bargfeldt (3rd title)
MVPEmily Watson (Tulsa)
TelevisionESPN
American Digital Network
2018 American Athletic Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
South Florida  y 147 .6673923 .629
Houston  y 138 .6193722 .627
UCF   129 .5713422 .607
Wichita State  y 129 .5713223 .582
Memphis   1011 .4763721 .638
Tulsa y 1011 .4763425 .576
East Carolina   813 .3812332 .418
UConn   516 .2382035 .364
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 31, 2018[1]
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

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 Florida147.6671
Houston138.61912
Wichita State129.57123
UCF129.57124
Memphis10114.4765
Tulsa10114.4766
East Carolina8136.3817
UConn516.23898

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

DateGameWinnerScoreLoser
May 10Game 1(6) Tulsa3–1(3) Wichita State
Game 2(2) Houston3–1(7) East Carolina
Game 3(5) Memphis3–0(4) UCF
Game 4(1) South Florida2–1 (12)(8) UConn
May 11Game 5(6) Tulsa7–3(2) Houston
Game 6(1) South Florida8–7(5) Memphis
May 12Game 7(6) Tulsa4–1(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]

References

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