2016 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament

2016 American Athletic Conference
Softball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 7
Format Single-elimination tournament
Site Collins Family Softball Complex
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions Tulsa (1st title)
Winning coach John Bargfeldt (1st title)
MVP Maddie Withee (Tulsa)
Television ESPN3
ESPNU
American Athletic Conference
Softball Tournament
«2015  2017»
2016 American Athletic Conference softball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#24 South Florida 15 3   .833     43 13   .768
#25 UCF 12 4   .750     34 18   .654
Tulsa y 9 9   .500     32 18   .640
Houston 9 9   .500     26 28   .481
Memphis 7 11   .389     26 30   .464
East Carolina 5 13   .278     23 30   .434
Connecticut 4 12   .250     19 31   .380
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 8, 2016[1]; Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

The 2016 American Athletic Conference Softball tournament will be held at the Collins Family Softball Complex on the campus of the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma from May 12 through May 14, 2016.[2] The tournament winner earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games will be televised; the quarterfinals and semifinals will be shown on the American Digital Network while the championship will be broadcast on ESPN.[3]

Tournament

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

References

  1. "Standings & Leaders". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  2. "2016 American Athletic Conference Softball Championship Bracket Announced". The American. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  3. Derek Volner (May 9, 2016). "College Softball Conference Tournaments: More than 55 Games, 12 Championships in Five Days". ESPN. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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