2014 American Athletic Conference softball tournament

2014 American Athletic Conference
softball tournament
Teams	8
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Finals site	Cougar Softball Stadium; Houston, Texas;
Champions	Louisville (1st title)
Winning coach	Sandy Pearsall (1st title)
MVP	Katie Keller (Louisville)
	; American Softball Tournament; 2015 →;

The 2014 American Athletic Conference softball tournament was held at the Cougar Softball Stadium on the campus of the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, from May 8 through May 11, 2014.^[2]^[3] The tournament determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2014 NCAA Division I softball season. Louisville won the tournament and earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I softball tournament.^[4]^[5]

2014 American Athletic Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UCF ‍†‍‍^y	15	–	3	.833	43	–	18	.705
South Florida ‍‍‍^y	13	–	5	.722	43	–	17	.717
Louisville ‍‍‡‍^y	14	–	7	.667	36	–	22	.621
Houston ‍‍‍^y	13	–	8	.619	33	–	23	.589
Rutgers ‍‍‍	9	–	9	.500	28	–	19	.596
Temple ‍‍‍	5	–	13	.278	15	–	30	.333
Memphis ‍‍‍	5	–	15	.250	23	–	33	.411
UConn ‍‍‍	3	–	17	.150	13	–	38	.255

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 18, 2014^[1] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

Format and seeding

The conference's 8 teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage based on the round-robin regular season. They then played a single elimination tournament.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
UCF	15	3	.833	—	1
South Florida	13	5	.722	2	2
Louisville	14	7	.667	2.5	3
Houston	13	8	.619	3.5	4
Rutgers	9	9	.500	6	5
Temple	5	13	.278	10	6
Memphis	5	15	.250	11	7
UConn	3	17	.150	13	8

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	UCF	6

8	UConn	0
			1	UCF	8

			5	Rutgers	5
4	Houston	1

5	Rutgers	5
						1	UCF	2

						3	Louisville	3
3	Louisville	5

6	Temple	3
			2	South Florida	0

			3	Louisville	8⁶
2	South Florida	5

7	Memphis	3

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser
May 8	Game 1	(3) Louisville	5–3	(6) Temple
	Game 2	(2) South Florida	5–3	(7) Memphis
	Game 3	(1) UCF	6–0	(8) UConn
	Game 4	(5) Rutgers	8–5	(4) Houston
May 9	Game 5	(3) Louisville	8–0 ⁽⁶⁾	(2) South Florida
May 10	Game 6	(1) UCF	8–5	(5) Rutgers
May 11	Game 7	(3) Louisville	3–2	(1) UCF

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[4]

Pos.	Name	School
CF	Juli Weber	USF
1B	Alexis Durando	Rutgers
P	Alyssa Landrith	Rutgers
1B	Samantha McCloskey	UCF
CF	Mariah Garcia	UCF
P	Mackenzie Audas	UCF
3B	Farrah Sullivan	UCF
CF	Kayla Soles	Louisville
DH	Brittany Duncan	Louisville
C	Taner Fowler	Louisville
P	Rachel LeCoq	Louisville
2B	Katie Keller	Louisville

Most Outstanding Player

Katie Keller was named Most Outstanding Player. Keller was 5 for 5 with three home runs, including a grand slam, in the tournament.^[4]

References

^ "Standings & Leaders". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
^ "2014 Softball Championship Central". The American. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
^ "softball tournament Bracket Set; UCF Earns Top Seed". The American. May 4, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Louisville Wins 2014 American Softball Championship". The American. May 11, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
^ "Louisville upsets Central Florida in AAC softball final". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved May 12, 2014.

[1] "Standings & Leaders". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 26, 2015.

[2] "2014 Softball Championship Central". The American. Retrieved September 26, 2015.

[3] "softball tournament Bracket Set; UCF Earns Top Seed". The American. May 4, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2015.

[final-4] "Louisville Wins 2014 American Softball Championship". The American. May 11, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.

[5] "Louisville upsets Central Florida in AAC softball final". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved May 12, 2014.

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