The 2017 American Athletic Conference softball tournament was held at the USF Softball Stadium on the campus of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, from May 10 through May 12, 2018. The event determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2018 NCAA Division I softball season. Sixth seeded won the Tournament for the third year in a row and claimed the American's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Format and seeding The conference's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season. The teams then played a single-elimination tournament. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 14 7 .667 — 1 13 8 .619 1 2 12 9 .571 2 3 12 9 .571 2 4 10 11 4 .476 5 10 11 4 .476 6 8 13 6 .381 7 5 16 .238 9 8
Results
Bracket
Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser May 10 Game 1 (6) 3–1 (3) Game 2 (2) 3–1 (7) Game 3 (5) 3–0 (4) Game 4 (1) 2–1 (12) (8) May 11 Game 5 (6) 7–3 (2) Game 6 (1) 8–7 (5) May 12 Game 7 (6) 4–1 (1)
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name Pos. School Jill Stockley P UConn Arielle James 2B Houston Tierrah Williams DP Houston Kyler Trosclair Klatt SS Memphis Brooke Lee 2B Memphis Macy Cook C South Florida Lindsey Devitt 2B South Florida Lauren Evans 1B South Florida Julia Hollingsworth OF Tulsa Haley Meinen LF Tulsa Morgan Neal 2B Tulsa Emily Watson P Tulsa
Most Outstanding Player Emily Watson was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player for the second consecutive year. Watson was a pitcher for Tulsa who earned the win in all three of the Golden Hurricane's wins en route to the title.
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