TAMPA, Fla. – Emily Watson tossed all seven innings for the third-straight contest, utilizing a tournament-high 10 hits by the Tulsa offense to lift the No. 6 seed Golden Hurricane to its third-consecutive American Athletic Conference Softball Championship. Tulsa defeated top-seeded USF 4-1 on Saturday, securing the league’s automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Softball Championship.
Watson earned tournament Most Outstanding Player honors, capping 21-straight innings with a 0.33 ERA. On Saturday, the senior scattered three hits with no runs earned, walking none and fanning eight. For the tournament, Watson finished with 36 strikeouts.