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. The event determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2015 NCAA Division I softball season. Top-seeded won the tournament and earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were televised; the quarterfinals and semifinals were shown on the American Digital Network while the championship was broadcast on ESPN2.
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 16 2 .889 — 1 12 6 .667 4 2 10 7 .588 5.5 3 7 11 .389 9 4 6 10 .375 9.5 5 6 12 .333 10 6 4 13 .235 11.5 7
Results
Bracket
Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser May 7 Game 1 (3) 1–0 (6) Game 2 (2) 1–0 (7) Game 3 (5) 5–0 (4) May 8 Game 4 (2) 5–2 (3) Game 5 (1) 3–1 (5) May 9 Game 6 (1) 1–0 (2)
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. 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.
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