The 2016 American Athletic Conference softball tournament was held at the Collins Family Softball Complex on the campus of the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma from May 12 through May 14, 2016. The event determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2016 NCAA Division I softball season. Third-seeded won the Tournament for the first time and earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were televised; the quarterfinals and semifinals were shown on the American Digital Network while the championship was broadcast on ESPN.
Previous winners of the Tournament were UCF in 2015 and former member Louisville in 2014.
Format and seeding The conference's seven teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season. The teams then played a single-elimination tournament with the top seed earning a single bye. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 15 3 .833 — 1 12 4 .750 1.5 2 9 9 .500 6 3 9 9 .500 6 4 7 11 .389 8 5 5 13 .278 10 6 4 12 .250 10 7
Results
Bracket
Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser May 12 Game 1 (4) 5–4 (5) Game 2 (2) 3–2 (7) Game 3 (3) 2–0 (6) May 13 Game 4 (1) 4–1 (4) Game 5 (3) 4–0 (2) May 14 Game 6 (3) 4–0 (1)
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name Pos. Team Samantha McCloskey C UCF Shelby Turnier P UCF Savannah Heebner P Houston Courtney Klingler 1B Houston Erica Nunn P South Florida Lee Ann Spivey C South Florida Lauren Evans 1B South Florida Astin Donovan LF South Florida Morgan Neal 2B Tulsa Emily Watson P Tulsa Jocelyn Sheffield DP Tulsa Caitlin Sill P Tulsa
Most Outstanding Player Caitlin Sill was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Sill was a pitcher for Tulsa who earned two wins in the tournament without allowing a run.
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