College softball tournament Collegiate softball tournament
Teams | 8 |
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Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Finals site | |
Champions | Louisville (1st title) |
Winning coach | Sandy Pearsall (1st title) |
MVP | Katie Keller (Louisville) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF † | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 43 | – | 18 | .705 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 43 | – | 17 | .717 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville ‡ | 14 | – | 7 | .667 | 36 | – | 22 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 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 Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches |
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. 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.
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 |
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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 | 8 | ||||||||||||
2 | South Florida | 5 | ||||||||||||
7 | Memphis | 3 |
Game results
Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser |
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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 | (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.
Pos. | Name | School |
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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.
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.
- ^ "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.
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