2014 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament

2014 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Single-elimination tournament
Site
Champions Louisville (1st title)
Winning coach Sandy Pearsall (1st title)
MVP Katie Keller (Louisville)
2014 American Athletic Conference softball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UCF †y 15 – 3   .833     43 – 18   .705
South Florida y 13 – 5   .722     43 – 17   .717
Louisville ‡y 14 – 7   .667     36 – 22   .621
Houston y 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
Connecticut 3 – 17   .150     13 – 38   .255
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 18, 2014[1]; 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, 2015.[2][3] Louisville won the tournament and earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.[4][5]

Tournament

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 UCF 6
8 Connecticut 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 86
2 South Florida 5
7 Memphis 3

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos. Name School
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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Standings & Leaders". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "2014 Softball Championship Central". The American. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Softball Tournament Bracket Set; UCF Earns Top Seed". The American. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Louisville Wins 2014 American Softball Championship". The American. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Louisville upsets Central Florida in AAC softball final". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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