2021 American Athletic Conference softball tournament

2021 American Athletic Conference
softball tournament
Teams7
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
2021 American Athletic Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 23 Wichita State  ‍†‍‡‍y 18 – 5 – 1   .771 41 – 13 – 1   .755
South Florida  ‍‍‍y 16 – 7 – 0   .696 31 – 19 – 0   .620
UCF  ‍‍‍y 16 – 7 – 1   .688 41 – 19 – 1   .680
Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 15 – 8 – 0   .652 25 – 16 – 0   .610
Houston  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 17 – 33 – 0   .340
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17 – 0   .292 16 – 33 – 0   .327
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 2 – 22 – 0   .083 9 – 41 – 0   .180
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 23, 2021[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2021 American Athletic Conference softball tournament will be held at the Collins Family Softball Complex on the campus of the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma from May 13 through May 15, 2021.[2] The tournament winner earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

The 2019 Tournament was canceled due to weather, while the 2020 Tournament was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning that no champion had been crowned since 2018. Entering the 2021 event, Tulsa had won three titles, while UCF had won once.

Tournament

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Wichita State 9
4 Tulsa 4
4 Tulsa 8
5 Houston 2
1 Wichita State 7
3 UCF 4
3 UCF 4
6 East Carolina 3
3 UCF 3
2 USF 2
2 USF 10
7 Memphis 2

Game schedule

Date Game Winner Score Loser
May 13 Game 1 (4) Tulsa vs (5) Houston
Game 2 (3) UCF vs (6) East Carolina
Game 3 (2) USF vs (7) Memphis
May 14 Game 4 (1) Wichita State vs (4) Tulsa
Game 5 (3) UCF vs (2) USF
May 15 Game 6 (1) Wichita State vs (3) UCF

References

  1. ^ "AAC Softball Standings". TheAmerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "2020-21 Championships Schedule". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved April 5, 2021.