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, 2014. The tournament determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2014 NCAA Division I softball season. won the tournament and earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Format and seeding The conference's 8 teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage based on the round-robin regular season. They then played a single elimination tournament. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 15 3 .833 — 1 13 5 .722 2 2 14 7 .667 2.5 3 Houston 13 8 .619 3.5 4 9 9 .500 6 5 5 13 .278 10 6 5 15 .250 11 7 3 17 .150 13 8
Results
Bracket
Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser May 8 Game 1 (3) 5–3 (6) Game 2 (2) 5–3 (7) Game 3 (1) 6–0 (8) Game 4 (5) 8–5 (4) Houston May 9 Game 5 (3) 8–0 (6) (2) May 10 Game 6 (1) 8–5 (5) May 11 Game 7 (3) 3–2 (1)
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. 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.
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