TAMPA, Fla. – Following a hotly-contested regular season that came down to the wire, the 2018 American Athletic Conference Softball Championship is up for grabs this weekend at the USF Softball Stadium. Beginning on Thursday, the single-elimination tournament will crown the fifth conference champion in league history and seal an automatic bid for the winner to the 2018 NCAA Division I Softball Championship.
Currently the fourth-ranked RPI conference in Division I, The American boasts three teams in the top 50 of the RPI rankings and nine wins over top-25 ranked opponents during the regular season.