Wichita State has an adjusted RPI of 20, while UCF has an RPI of 41, South Florida holds an RPI of 68 and Tulsa rounds out the group at 95. The American has four teams ranked in the Top 100 of the NCAA D-I Softball RPI. The American Athletic Conference softball tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the American Athletic Conference. Across 62.0 innings, she held a 0.79 ERA in 12 appearances (11 starts), while holding opposing batters to a conference-low. UCF’s Sarah Willis led the Knights with an 8-0 record in conference play, finishing the season as the only pitcher in The American with a sub 1.00 ERA. McKinney was also drafted with the top overall pick in the Athletes Unlimited Softball Draft on Monday night (May 8) batting average (.477), hits (31) and runs scored (30), while ranking third in on-base percentage (.527). Wichita State’s Sydney McKinney claimed her second Player of the Year Award in three seasons, and marked the third straight year a Shocker has won the award. MCKINNEY WINS SECOND AMERICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD WILLIS UNANIMOUS PITCHER OF THE YEAR 3 Wichita State 3-1 in the first round, before taking down No.
6 seed in the tournament and defeated each of the top three seeds, marking the lowest seed to win the championship. THE LAST TIME THE TOURNAMENT WAS IN TAMPAĭuring the first tournament that was hosted by South Florida in 2018, Tulsa won its third straight tournament title with a 4-1 win over No.
5 Houston in the semifinals, previously taking two of three over the Cougars (April 14-16) and sweeping the Golden Hurricane (April 28-30). Wichita State won the tournament in 2021 when they were the top seed, defeating UCF 7-4 at the Collins Family Softball Complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Shockers finished 16-2 in league play, tying the record for most wins in an 18-game league schedule by any American team since 2014. WICHITA STATE EARNS TOP SEED FOR SECOND TIMEįor a second time in three seasons, the Shockers secured the top regular season record in The American and the number one overall seed in the 2023 American Softball Championship. The 2023 American Softball Championship game is scheduled for May 13 at 11 a.m. The American is adding UAB, UTSA, Rice, North Texas, Charlotte and Florida Atlantic to replace three schools that are leaving for the Big 12 Conference eventually. (ET), airing on ESPNU, while the winners of games two and three square off at 2:30 p.m. The American Athletic Conference on Thursday became the latest to act in the trickle down effect from Texas and Oklahoma’s announced move to the Southeastern Conference. 1 Wichita State in the first semifinal on May 12 at 12 p.m. ET) open the first round of the tournament on May 11 on ESPN+. broadcast on ESPNU.Story Links TAMPA - The 2023 American Athletic Conference Championship is set to return to Tampa, Florida as South Florida plays host for the second time in tournament history.įor the second time in tournament history, the American Athletic Conference Softball Championship returns to the USF Softball Stadium in Tampa, Florida. 1 seed and received a first-round bye at this week’s conference tournament in Tampa, Florida, and will play the winner between Houston and Tulsa in Friday’s semifinal at 11 a.m. The Shockers finished the regular season with a 43-9 overall record and won their second AAC title in the last three seasons with a 16-2 league record. Sydney McKinney was named the AAC Player of the Year for the second time in her career, freshman Sami Hood was Defensive Co-Player of the Year, freshman pitcher Alex Aguilar was Rookie of the Year and Kristi Bredbenner, Elizabeth Economon and Presley Bell were named the Coaching Staff of the Year.
The Wichita State softball team dominated the end-of-season awards from the American Athletic Conference after winning the league title this season.Īfter winning the American Athletic Conference championship, the Wichita State softball team was also the big winner from the conference end-of-season awards announced Wednesday.
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