2019 American Athletic Conference softball tournament

The 2019 American Athletic Conference softball tournament was held at Cougar Softball Stadium on the campus of University of Houston in Houston, Texas, from May 9 through May 12, 2019. The tournament was to determine the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2019 NCAA Division I softball season. The tournament winner would have earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games of the tournament aired on American Digital Network.[2] Due to Weather conditions the last quarterfinal game between Houston and UConn, along with the two semifinal games, and championship game were canceled. Therefore the Automatic bid was awarded to the regular season champion South Florida.[3]

2019 American Athletic Conference
softball tournament
Teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
TelevisionAmerican Digital Network
2019 American Athletic Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Florida  ‍‍‍y 17 4   .810 41 19   .683
Tulsa  ‍‍‍y 16 5   .762 37 20   .649
Houston  ‍‍‍y 12 7   .632 39 19   .672
Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 12 9   .571 32 24   .571
UCF  ‍‍‍ 11 10   .524 34 21   .618
UConn  ‍‍‍ 8 13   .381 21 29   .420
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 4 17   .190 23 31   .426
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 3 17   .150 22 33   .400
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2019[1]
Rankings from NFCA

Entering the event, Tulsa had won three straight championships, while UCF had won in 2015. Former member Louisville won the first Tournament in 2014.

Format and seeding

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

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
South Florida 17 4 .810 1
Tulsa 16 5 .762 1 2
Houston 12 7 .632 4 3
Wichita State 12 9 .571 5 4
UCF 11 10 .524 6 5
UConn 8 13 .381 9 6
East Carolina 4 17 .190 13 7
Memphis 3 17 .150 13.5 8

Results

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Tournament

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Sources:[4]

Quarterfinals
May 9
American Digital Network
Semifinals
May 11
American Digital Network
Championship
May 12
American Digital Network
         
1 South Florida 8
8 Memphis 0
1 South Florida
4 Wichita State
4 Wichita State 2
5 UCF 1
 
 
2 Tulsa 3
7 East Carolina 4(8)
7 East Carolina
 
3 Houston
6 UConn

Game restuls

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Sources:[5]

Game Time* Matchup# Television TV Announcers Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 9
1 10:05 a.m. #1 South Florida vs. #12 Memphis American Digital Network Gerald Sanchez and Sydney Gerbracht
2 12:35 p.m. #4 Wichita State vs. #5 UCF
3 3:05 p.m. #2 Tulsa vs. #7 East Carolina
4 6:12 p.m. #3 Houston vs. #6 UConn
Semifinals – Saturday, May 11
5 3:30 p.m. #1 South Florida vs. #4 Wichita State American Digital Network Gerald Sanchez and Sydney Gerbracht
6 6:00 p.m. East Carolina vs. Winner of Game 4
Championship – Sunday, May 12
7 11:00 a.m. Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6 American Digital Network Gerald Sanchez and Sydney Gerbracht
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.
  • The championship was originally scheduled for ESPN2 on Saturday. Rain delays on Friday moved the Championship to Sunday and made it an American Digital Network broadcast.

References

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  1. ^ "AAC Softball Standings". TheAmerican.org. AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 Softball Championship Central". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "2019 American Softball Championship Will Not Be Completed Due to Conditions". TheAmerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  4. ^ "AAC Softball Championship Bracket" (PDF). amazonaws.com. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "AAC CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE". TheAmerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 8, 2019.