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The 2015 American Athletic Conference softball tournament was held at the UCF Softball Complex on the campus of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, from May 7 through May 9, 2015.[2] The event determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2015 NCAA Division I softball season. Top-seeded UCF won the tournament and earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[3][4] All games were televised; the quarterfinals and semifinals were shown on the American Digital Network while the championship was broadcast on ESPN2.[5]

2015 American Athletic Conference
softball tournament
Teams7
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsUCF (1st title)
Winning coachRenee Luers-Gillispie (1st title)
MVPSamantha McCloskey (UCF)
2015 American Athletic Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 16 UCF  ‍†‍‡‍y 16 – 2   .889 50 – 9   .847
Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 36 – 18   .667
Houston  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7   .588 28 – 27   .509
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 16 – 37   .302
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375 36 – 20   .643
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 19 – 34   .358
UConn  ‍‍‍ 4 – 13   .235 18 – 35   .340
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 17, 2015[1]
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

Former member Louisville won the only previous event, in 2014, and then departed for the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Format and seeding

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The American's 7 teams were seeded based on their conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season. They then played a single elimination tournament, with the top seed receiving a single bye.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
UCF 16 2 .889 — 1
Tulsa 12 6 .667 4 2
Houston 10 7 .588 5.5 3
East Carolina 7 11 .389 9 4
South Florida 6 10 .375 9.5 5
Memphis 6 12 .333 10 6
UConn 4 13 .235 11.5 7

Results

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Bracket

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

Game results

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Date Game Winner Score Loser
May 7 Game 1 (3) Houston 1–0 (6) Memphis
Game 2 (2) Tulsa 1–0 (7) UConn
Game 3 (5) South Florida 5–0 (4) East Carolina
May 8 Game 4 (2) Tulsa 5–2 (3) Houston
Game 5 (1) UCF 3–1 (5) South Florida
May 9 Game 6 (1) UCF 1–0 (2) Tulsa

All-Tournament Team

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

Name Pos. School
D’Anna Devine OF USF
Shelby Miller P Houston
Julana Shrum DP/P Houston
Jodi Edmiston RF Tulsa
Caitlin Sill P Tulsa
Jocelyn Sheffield DP Tulsa
Maddie Withee CF Tulsa
Mackenzie Audas P UCF
Kahley Novak 2B UCF
Shelby Turnier P UCF
Jessica Ujvari DP UCF
Samantha McCloskey C UCF

Most Outstanding Player

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Samantha McCloskey was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. McCloskey was a catcher for UCF.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Standings & Leaders". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  2. ^ "Bracket Announced for 2015 American Softball Championship". American Athletic Conference. May 3, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "2015 Softball Championship Central". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "UCF Walks Off With American Softball Championship". American Athletic Conference. May 9, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "NCAA Division I Softball: ESPN Networks to Carry 400 Games". ESPN. January 27, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
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