American Athletic Conference Softball Release – February 21

RACKING UP WINS

East Carolina has started the season with 11 wins through two weeks – the most wins in NCAA Division I entering the third week of competition. The Pirates got to their 11th win of the season in a 6-0 win over Longwood on Sunday. East Carolina will play their next 12 games at home.

TURNING TWO
Through nine games, the UAB Blazers are ranked second in the nation in double plays per game.  They are averaging just under one double player per game (.89), trailing on Baylor.

OWLS PICK UP IMPRESSIVE WINS

Florida Atlantic came away with two wins over teams receiving votes in national polls last weekend, defeating Louisville 10-2 on Friday before taking down Michigan 1-0 on Saturday.  Trinity Schlotterbeck earned both wins for the Owls and finished the week with a 0.84 ERA across 16.2 innings pitched.

RIBBIE MACHINE

East Carolina graduate utility Morgan Johnson went on the offensive last week, helping lead East Carolina to five wins in six games. The Clemson transfer finished the weekend with 16 RBI and had multiple RBI in three of the six games played, including six RBI against Marshall. She currently leads the nation with 21 runs batted in in 12 games played.

ON DECK IN THE AMERICAN

American teams will face off against top competition again this weekend. South Florida will take on a pair of top ten squads on Thursday when they host #4/4 Washington and #7/8 Oklahoma State.  Charlotte will take on #9/9 Clemson on Wednesday and #17/18 South Carolina on Sunday.  Wichita State will travel to Fayetteville to take on #15/14 Arkansas on Friday and Saturday, while UTSA will take on #18/17 Texas A&M in College Station on Sunday.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Charlotte vs 9/9 Clemson (ESPN+)____________________ 4 p.m.

UAB at Samford____________________________________ 6 p.m.

Memphis vs Northern Iowa_________________________ 6 p.m.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22

UTSA vs SE Louisiana_______________________________ 12:30 p.m.

UTSA vs Kansas____________________________________ 3:30 p.m.

South Florida vs 4/4 Washington (ESPN+)______________ 4 p.m.

-/RV Florida Atlantic vs Boston College________________ 6 p.m.

South Florida vs 7/8 Oklahoma State (ESPN+)___________ 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23

UTSA vs Kansas____________________________________ 10 a.m.

Charlotte vs James Madison________________________ 12:30 p.m.

Wichita State vs Illinois State_______________________ 1:30 p.m.

East Carolina vs Towson (ESPN+)____________________ 3 p.m.

-/RV Florida Atlantic vs Rhode Island__________________ 3 p.m.

UAB vs Bradley_____________________________________ 3:30 p.m.

Tulsa vs Southern Utah_____________________________ 3:30 p.m.

North Texas vs New Mexico_________________________ 5:30 p.m.

-/RV Florida Atlantic vs FGCU__________________________ 5:30 p.m.

East Carolina vs NC Central (ESPN+)_________________ 5:30 p.m.

UAB vs 10/10 Alabama________________________________ 5:45 pm

Wichita State at 15/14 Arkansas______________________ 6:30 p.m.

South Florida vs Loyola-Chicago (ESPN+)_____________ 7 p.m.

North Texas vs Minnesota__________________________ 8 p.m.

Tulsa at UNLV______________________________________ 9 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Charlotte vs South Alabama________________________ 10 a.m.

Charlotte vs James Madison________________________ 12:30 p.m.

East Carolina vs Rider (ESPN+)______________________ 12:30 p.m.

UTSA vs St. Thomas________________________________ 12:30 p.m.

Tulsa vs Southern Utah_____________________________ 1 p.m.

UAB vs Western Carolina___________________________ 1:15 p.m.

Wichita State vs UT Arlington_______________________ 1:30 p.m.

South Florida vs Pitt (ESPN+)________________________ 2 p.m.

East Carolina vs Towson (ESPN+)____________________ 3 p.m.

Memphis vs SIUE__________________________________ 3 p.m.

UAB vs North Alabama______________________________ 3:30 p.m.

Memphis vs Indiana State__________________________ 5:30 p.m.

-/RV Florida Atlantic vs Columbia______________________ 5:30 p.m.

North Texas vs New Mexico_________________________ 5:30 p.m.

Wichita State at 15/14 Arkansas______________________ 6:30 p.m.

North Texas vs -/RV Texas Tech_______________________ 8 p.m.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18

Memphis vs DePaul________________________________ 10 a.m.

Wichita State vs Illinois State_______________________ 11 a.m.

South Florida vs Yale (ESPN+)_______________________ 11:30 a.m.

-/RV Florida Atlantic vs Columbia______________________ 11:30 a.m.

North Texas vs -/RV Texas Tech_______________________ 12:30 p.m.

East Carolina vs NC Central_________________________ 12:30 p.m.

UTSA vs North Dakota State________________________ 12:30 p.m.

UAB vs 10/10 Alabama________________________________ 1 p.m.

-/RV Florida Atlantic vs Rhode Island__________________ 1:45 p.m.

North Texas vs SFA_________________________________ 3 p.m.

Memphis vs Tennessee Tech________________________ 3 p.m.

Charlotte at 17/18 South Carolina_____________________ 3 p.m.

UTSA at 18/17 Texas A&M_____________________________ 3 p.m.

Tulsa at UNLV______________________________________ 4 p.m.

All times ET and subject to change