2015 American Athletic Conference softball tournament

{{Infobox NCAA Softball Conference Tournament |

| Year=2015

| Conference=American Athletic Conference

| ShortConference=American

| Division= I

| Image=

| ImageSize=

| Caption=

| Teams=7

| Format=Single-elimination tournament

| Ballpark=UCF Softball Complex

| City=Orlando, Florida

| Champions={{csb link|year=2015|team=UCF Knights|title=UCF}}

| TitleCount=1st

| Coach=Renee Luers-Gillispie

| CoachCount=1st

| MVP=Samantha McCloskey

| MVPTeam=UCF

| Attendance=

| Television=

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2015/5/3/SB_0503150545.aspx|title=Bracket Announced for 2015 American Softball Championship|publisher=American Athletic Conference|access-date=April 6, 2021|date=May 3, 2015}} The event determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2015 NCAA Division I softball season. Top-seeded {{csb link|year=2015|team=UCF Knights|title=UCF}} won the tournament and earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I softball tournament.{{cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/sports/2015/3/26/SB_0326152923.aspx?id=113&|publisher=American Athletic Conference|title=2015 Softball Championship Central|access-date=April 6, 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2015/5/9/SB_0509154420.aspx|publisher=American Athletic Conference|title=UCF Walks Off With American Softball Championship|date=May 9, 2015|access-date=April 6, 2021}} All games were televised; the quarterfinals and semifinals were shown on the American Digital Network while the championship was broadcast on ESPN2.{{cite web|url=http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2015/01/ncaa-division-softball-espn-networks-carry-400-games/|title=NCAA Division I Softball: ESPN Networks to Carry 400 Games|publisher=ESPN|access-date=April 6, 2021|date=January 27, 2015}}

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.

class=wikitable ! Team !! W !! L !! Pct. !! GB !! Seed
bgcolor=ccffcc \| {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=UCF Knights\|title=UCF}}	16	2	.889	—	1
bgcolor=ccffcc \| {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=Tulsa Golden Hurricane\|title=Tulsa}}	12	6	.667	4	2
bgcolor=ccffcc \| {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=Houston Cougars\|title=Houston}}	10	7	.588	5.5	3
bgcolor=ccffcc \| {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=East Carolina Pirates\|title=East Carolina}}	7	11	.389	9	4
bgcolor=ccffcc \| {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=South Florida Bulls\|title=South Florida}}	6	10	.375	9.5	5
bgcolor=ccffcc \| {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=Memphis Tigers\|title=Memphis}}	6	12	.333	10	6
bgcolor=ccffcc \| {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=UConn Huskies\|title=UConn}}	4	13	.235	11.5	7

Results

=Bracket=

{{7TeamBracket

| RD1-seed1=4

| RD1-team1={{csb link|year=2015|team=East Carolina Pirates|title=East Carolina}}

| RD1-score1=0

| RD1-seed2=5

| RD1-team2={{csb link|year=2015|team=South Florida Bulls|title=South Florida}}

| RD1-score2=5

| RD1-seed3=2

| RD1-team3={{csb link|year=2015|team=Tulsa Golden Hurricane|title=Tulsa}}

| RD1-score3=1

| RD1-seed4=7

| RD1-team4={{csb link|year=2015|team=UConn Huskies|title=UConn}}

| RD1-score4=0

| RD1-seed5=3

| RD1-team5={{csb link|year=2015|team=Houston Cougars|title=Houston}}

| RD1-score5=1

| RD1-seed6=6

| RD1-team6={{csb link|year=2015|team=Memphis Tigers|title=Memphis}}

| RD1-score6=0

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1={{csb link|year=2015|team=UCF Knights|title=UCF}}

| RD2-score1=3

| RD2-seed2=5

| RD2-team2=South Florida

| RD2-score2=1

| RD2-seed3=2

| RD2-team3=Tulsa

| RD2-score3=5

| RD2-seed4=3

| RD2-team4=Houston

| RD2-score4=2

| RD3-seed1=1

| RD3-team1=UCF

| RD3-score1=1

| RD3-seed2=2

| RD3-team2=Tulsa

| RD3-score2=0

}}

=Game results=

class=wikitable ! Date !! Game !! Winner !! Score !! Loser
rowspan=3\| May 7	Game 1	(3) {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=Houston Cougars\|title=Houston}}	1–0	\| (6) {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=Memphis Tigers\|title=Memphis}}
Game 2	(2) {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=Tulsa Golden Hurricane\|title=Tulsa}}	1–0	(7) {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=UConn Huskies\|title=UConn}}
Game 3	(5) {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=South Florida Bulls\|title=South Florida}}	5–0	(4) {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=East Carolina Pirates\|title=East Carolina}}
rowspan=2\| May 8	Game 4	(2) {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=Tulsa Golden Hurricane\|title=Tulsa}}	5–2	(3) {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=Houston Cougars\|title=Houston}}
Game 5	(1) {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=UCF Knights\|title=UCF}}	3–1	(5) {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=South Florida Bulls\|title=South Florida}}
May 9	Game 6	(1) {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=UCF Knights\|title=UCF}}	1–0	(2) {{csb link\|year=2015\|team=Tulsa Golden Hurricane\|title=Tulsa}}

All-Tournament Team

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

class=wikitable ! 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.

References

Tournament

Category:American Athletic Conference softball tournament

AAC softball tournament