Team Minnesota………11
Spain……………………….1
WP – Gosse, Byrne (4) and Lammers
LP – Chaquga and Warne

Tijuana……………….9
Big Cove…………….1
WP – Valdez and Lopez
LP – Hill and Hill

Texaco Pirates……………3
Venezuela/Miami…………2
WP – Scheller and DeGroat
LP – Alvarez and Castillo

Radio 560 (Mexico)….1
Combatientes…………..7
WP – Cegarra and Gonzalez
LP – Martinez and Santiago

Women

Bahamas……………….0
Young-Harris…………8
WP – Teserakova and Schumacher
LP – Hall and Sears

Puerto Rico…………….10
Bommer G Swingers….0
WP – Camacho and Lopez
LP – Taylor and Marshall

The above two women’s games complete pool play. Here are first round match-ups for the single elimination tournament:

Young Harris – 1st round bye due to Spain forfeiting out of tournament.

3 PM – Bommer G Swingers vs Bahamas Air
5 PM – US Virgin Islands vs Colombia
5 PM – Jamaica vs Puerto Rico

7 PM Young Harris vs 3 PM winner
7 PM – 5 PM winners play each other.

Championship game for women is scheduled for Sunday, 11 AM.

Ken

Omaha Red Angels…………8
New Breed (Bahamas)…….5
WP – Eberts and Smith
LP – Forbes and Stevens

Puerto Rico…………..10
Fedlock Falcons……..0
WP – Roman and Martinez
LP – Putnam and Kahan

Ambassadors (USVI)…….6
Thomson Area Merch…….0
WP – Ginger and Todd
LP – Smith and Pagan

Florida Fastpitch………..9
Jamaica……………………0
WP – Mitchell and Horswell
LP – Donaldson and Francis

Broken Bow Gremlins…….14
Cherokee………………………0
WP – Holoein and Rosthenhausler
LP – Leitka and Hudson

Ohio Battery…………….2
P.K. Broward…………..4
WP – Humphries, Wood (4) and Freedman
LP – Thomson and Zaborowski

The final four first round games are currently underway at 1 PM. All of today’s winners play a second game today at either 3 or 5 PM.

Ken

All 32 teams advance to the Single Elimination Championship Bracket, and are seeded according to how they did during the two days of round robin pool play. #1 seeds play #4 seeds, while #2 seeds play #3 seeds.

Click here to view the bracket.

Pool Winners & Top Seeds at the 2008 AAU International Tournament:

Pool A – Los Socios,Venezuela
Pool B – Chicago/New York, Dominican Republic
Pool C – Florida Fastpitch, FL, USA
Pool D – Broken Bow, New York, USA
Pool E – Mac’s Sprayers, New York, USA
Pool F – Omaha Angels, Nebraska, USA
Pool G – Texaco Pirates, Man-O-War Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
Pool H – Team Minnesota, Minnesota, USA

The results of Friday’s 7 PM games will be distributed and posted tomorrow. Below is the first round schedule of the 32-team single elimination bracket play. The alpha-numeric ID shown opposite each team’s name represents the pool they played in and their pool play final ranking. Example, A2 means the team finished 2nd in pool A.

Saturday, January 26
9 AM

Los Socios (A1) vs Redline (B4)
CPI (C2) vs Earl’s Club (D3)
Chicago/New York (B1) vs Elmira (H4)
Niagara Fury (E3) vs Millwood Logistics (F2)
Mac’s Sprayers (E1) vs Brewers (G4)
St Thomas Storm (A2) vs Manor Dirt Bags (F3)

Saturday, January 26
11 AM

Ambassadors (H3) vs Thomson Area Merchants (G2)
Jamaica (D4) vs Florida Fastpitch (C1)
Broken Bow (D1) vs Cherokee (E4)
Ohio Battery (B2) vs P.K. Broward (C3)
Puerto Rico (H2) vs Fedlock (G3)
New Breed (C4) vs Omaha Red Angels (F1)

Saturday, January 26
1 PM
Tijuana Fastpitch (D2) vs Big Cove (A3)
Venezuela/Miami (F4) vs Texaco Pirates (G1)
Combatientes (E2) vs Radio 560 (B3)
Spain (A4) vs Team Minnesota (H1)

Weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday is sunshine, no wind and temperatures in the low to mid 70’s Fahrenheit.

Ken

Thomson Area Merchants…….6
Brewers (Venezuela)……………4
WP – Ginger and Todd
LP – Tellez and Zambrano

Ambassadors……2
Puerto Rico………3
WP – Camuy and Medina
LP – Smith and Callacio

Manor Dirt Bags………0
Omaha Red Angels…..8
WP – Eberts and Smith
LP – Havins and Schultz

Jamaica…………0
Tijuana…………12
WP – Romo and Aguila
LP – McCaw and Donaldson

Spain……………..0
Los Socios……..5
WP – Gonzales and Soud
LP – Suburbe and Warne

Mac’s Sprayers………….12
Cherokee…………………..0
WP – Gervasutti and Kostel
LP – Leitka and Hudson

Ken

Radio 560……..0
Chicago/New York….6
WP – Almonte and Rodriguez

PK Broward………..3
CPI……………………3
Pitchers: CPI – Murphy
PK Broward – Potolicchio

Fedlock…………….1
Brewers…………….0
WP – Groves and Kahan
LP – Chaparro and Hernandez

Los Socios……………10
Big Cove………………..0
WP – Epp and Send
LP – Not recorded on score sheet

Boken Bow Gremlins………6
Earl’s Club…………………….0
WP – Cox and Shaw
LP – Johnson and Jason

Puerto Rico………….0
Team Minnesota……3
WP – Muizelaar and Lammers
LP – Diaz, Lara (4) and Martinez

Ken