2019 American Athletic Conference softball tournament
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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]
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Television | American Digital Network |
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| 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
editThe 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
editTournament
editSources:[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
editSources:[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
edit- ^ "AAC Softball Standings". TheAmerican.org. AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Softball Championship Central". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ "2019 American Softball Championship Will Not Be Completed Due to Conditions". TheAmerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ^ "AAC Softball Championship Bracket" (PDF). amazonaws.com. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
- ^ "AAC CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE". TheAmerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 8, 2019.