2019 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
The 2019 American Athletic Conference Softball tournament will be held at Cougar Softball Stadium on the campus of University of Houston in Houston, Texas from May 9 through May 12, 2019. The tournament winner will earn 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. 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 given to the regular season champion which would be USF.[1]
| 2019 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Teams | 8 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Site | |
| Television | American Digital Network |
Tournament
| 2019 American Athletic Conference softball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[2]; Rankings from NFCA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources:[3]
| 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 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
Sources:[4]
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | TV Announcers | Attendance | |
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| 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
- "2019 American Softball Championship Will Not Be Completed Due to Conditions". TheAmerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- "AAC Softball Standings". TheAmerican.org. AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- "AAC Softball Championship Bracket" (PDF). amazonaws.com. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- "AAC CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE". TheAmerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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