PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The University of Tulsa softball team was picked to finish third in The American Athletic Conference Preseason Coach's Poll by a vote of the league's head coaches, announced on Tuesday.
Tulsa, which has claimed four consecutive bids to an NCAA Regional, starts the season with first-year head coach Crissy Strimple. The Golden Hurricane went 37-20 last season finishing conference play 16-5. Tulsa ended their campaign falling in the final of the Stillwater Regional to the OSU Cowgirls.
USF was picked to win the conference, earning 6 first place votes ahead second-place Wichita State (1).