2019 American Athletic Conference softball tournament explained

Year:	2019
Conference:	American Athletic Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	8
Format:	Single-elimination tournament
Ballpark:	Cougar Softball Stadium
City:	Houston, Texas
Television:	American Digital Network
Different Next:	2021

The 2019 American Athletic Conference softball tournament was held at Cougar Softball Stadium on the campus of University of Houston in Houston, Texas, from May 9 through May 12, 2019. The tournament was to determine the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2019 NCAA Division I softball season. The tournament winner would have earned 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.^[1] 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 awarded to the regular season champion .^[2]

Entering the event, Tulsa had won three straight championships, while UCF had won in 2015. Former member Louisville won the first Tournament in 2014.

Format and seeding

The American's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season. They then played a single-elimination tournament.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
	17	4	.810	—	1
	16	5	.762	1	2
	12	7	.632	4	3
	12	9	.571	5	4
	11	10	.524	6	5
	8	13	.381	9	6
	4	17	.190	13	7
	3	17	.150	13.5	8

Results

Tournament

Sources:^[3]

Game restuls

Sources:^[4]

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	TV Announcers	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 9
1	10:05 a.m.	1 vs. #12	American Digital Network	Gerald Sanchez and Sydney Gerbracht
2	12:35 p.m.	4 vs. #5
3	3:05 p.m.	2 vs. #7
4	6:12 p.m.	3 vs. #6
Semifinals – Saturday, May 11
5	3:30 p.m.	1 vs. #4	American Digital Network	Gerald Sanchez and Sydney Gerbracht
6	6:00 p.m.	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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 Softball Championship Central. American Athletic Conference. April 6, 2021.
2. Web site: 2019 American Softball Championship Will Not Be Completed Due to Conditions . TheAmerican.org . American Athletic Conference . 13 May 2019.
3. Web site: AAC Softball Championship Bracket . amazonaws.com . American Athletic Conference . 8 May 2019.
4. Web site: AAC CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE . TheAmerican.org . American Athletic Conference . 8 May 2019.