University of Houston Athletics Softball 05.06.15 American Softball Championship Begins on Thursday COMPLETE NOTES CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL After going 16-2 in conference play during the regular season, UCF has earned the No. 1 seed for the American Athletic Conference Softball Championship, which takes place May 7-9 at UCF Softball Complex in Orlando. All of Thursday’s quarterfinals games and both of Friday’s semifinal games of the championship will be carried live on The American Digital Network. Saturday’s final will be televised live on ESPN2 at 1 p.m. Eastern. The winner of the tournament will earn The American’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. The championship begins at 11 a.m. ET Thursday with a quarterfinals matchup between No. 3-seeded Houston (27-26) and No. 6-seeded Memphis (19-33). The Cougars and the Tigers will meet for the fourth consecutive time this season as the two teams faced each other in the conference finale May 2-3. Memphis took two of the three regular-season meetings against Houston.