2015 American Athletic Conference softball tournament

The 2015 American Athletic Conference softball tournament was held at the UCF Softball Complex on the campus of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, from May 7 through May 9, 2015.^[2] The event determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2015 NCAA Division I softball season. Top-seeded UCF won the tournament and earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I softball tournament.^[3][4] All games were televised; the quarterfinals and semifinals were shown on the American Digital Network while the championship was broadcast on ESPN2.^[5]

2015 American Athletic Conference
softball tournament

Teams	7
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Finals site	UCF Softball Complex Orlando, Florida
Champions	UCF (1st title)
Winning coach	Renee Luers-Gillispie (1st title)
MVP	Samantha McCloskey (UCF)
← 2014 American Softball Tournament 2016 →

2015 American Athletic Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 16 UCF  ‍†‍‡‍y	16	–	2		.889			50	–	9		.847
Tulsa  ‍‍‍	12	–	6		.667			36	–	18		.667
Houston  ‍‍‍	10	–	7		.588			28	–	27		.509
East Carolina  ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			16	–	37		.302
South Florida  ‍‍‍	6	–	10		.375			36	–	20		.643
Memphis  ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			19	–	34		.358
UConn  ‍‍‍	4	–	13		.235			18	–	35		.340
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 17, 2015[1] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

Former member Louisville won the only previous event, in 2014, and then departed for the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Format and seeding

The American's 7 teams were seeded based on their conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season. They then played a single elimination tournament, with the top seed receiving a single bye.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
UCF	16	2	.889	—	1
Tulsa	12	6	.667	4	2
Houston	10	7	.588	5.5	3
East Carolina	7	11	.389	9	4
South Florida	6	10	.375	9.5	5
Memphis	6	12	.333	10	6
UConn	4	13	.235	11.5	7

Results

Bracket

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

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser
May 7	Game 1	(3) Houston	1–0	(6) Memphis
	Game 2	(2) Tulsa	1–0	(7) UConn
	Game 3	(5) South Florida	5–0	(4) East Carolina
May 8	Game 4	(2) Tulsa	5–2	(3) Houston
	Game 5	(1) UCF	3–1	(5) South Florida
May 9	Game 6	(1) UCF	1–0	(2) Tulsa

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	Pos.	School
D’Anna Devine	OF	USF
Shelby Miller	P	Houston
Julana Shrum	DP/P	Houston
Jodi Edmiston	RF	Tulsa
Caitlin Sill	P	Tulsa
Jocelyn Sheffield	DP	Tulsa
Maddie Withee	CF	Tulsa
Mackenzie Audas	P	UCF
Kahley Novak	2B	UCF
Shelby Turnier	P	UCF
Jessica Ujvari	DP	UCF
Samantha McCloskey	C	UCF

Most Outstanding Player

Samantha McCloskey was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. McCloskey was a catcher for UCF.^[4]

References

1. "Standings & Leaders". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
2. "Bracket Announced for 2015 American Softball Championship". American Athletic Conference. May 3, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
3. "2015 Softball Championship Central". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
4. "UCF Walks Off With American Softball Championship". American Athletic Conference. May 9, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
5. "NCAA Division I Softball: ESPN Networks to Carry 400 Games". ESPN. January 27, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2021.