PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The USF Bulls claimed their second-consecutive regular-season title on Sunday with a 1-0 victory over Wichita State, wrapping up the top seed for the 2019 American Athletic Conference Softball Championship as a result. The three-day, single-elimination tournament will be held May 9-11 at Cougar Softball Stadium in Houston, Texas.
All quarterfinal and semifinal contests of the American Softball Championship will be broadcast live on the American Digital Network on Facebook (facebook.com/americandigitalnetworkplus), with the championship airing at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN2 on Saturday, May 11. For all live updates and ticket information, visit TheAmerican.org/Softball and follow @American_SBall on Twitter. All rounds are single-elimination, with the tournament champion earning The American’s automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Championship.
With Sunday’s win, USF (39-17, 17-4) enters The American Championship as the top seed for the third time in the past four seasons. The Bulls will open tournament play at 11 a.m. ET on Thursday, squaring off with No. 8 Memphis (22-32, 3-17). USF swept the Tigers in conference play in late April.
Tulsa (35-17, 16-5) was the only team in The American to win every conference series this season, capping off the regular season schedule by winning two of three games at UConn. The Golden Hurricane will meet No. 7 seed ECU (22-31, 4-17) at 5 p.m. ET, having taken two of three games against the Pirates earlier in the spring.
This year’s tournament host, Houston (37-16, 12-7) is the No. 3 seed and will open the tournament against the No. 6 seed UConn (21-29, 8-13) at 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday. The No. 4 seed Wichita State (31-24, 12-9) takes on No. 5 seed UCF (33-20, 10-10) at 1:30 p.m. ET.
For ticket information and full coverage of the American Athletic Conference Softball Championship, visit TheAmerican.org/Softball and follow @American_SBall on Twitter.
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2019 American Athletic Conference Softball Championship
Cougar Softball Stadium | Houston, Texas
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 9
American Digital Network
Game 1: No. 1 USF vs. No. 8 Memphis – 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT
Game 2: No. 4 Wichita State vs. No. 5 UCF – 1:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. CT
Game 3: No. 2 Tulsa vs. No. 7 ECU – 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT
Game 4: No. 3 Houston vs. No. 6 UConn – 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT
Semifinals – Friday, May 10
American Digital Network
Game 5: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 – 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT
Game 6: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 – 4:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. CT
Championship – Saturday, May 11
ESPN2
Game 7: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6 – 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CT
Erin Beck // USF Athletics
Assistant Director of Communications
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