From Norman Ames: So proud!!! The ISF awarded the organization of the 2014 World Championships Softball Women to Haarlem, The Netherlands. First WC Softball in Europe!!! Some additional information from the press release last summer, from the ESF (European Softball Federation) website: The Dutch bids for 2014 World Championship Women Experienced Olympia … [Read more...]
Stacy May-Johnson leads USA to gold medal
From the Iowa Athletic Department via the Des Moines Register: USA Softball Team goes 9-0 to win 2011 Pan American Games GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- University of Iowa assistant softball coach Stacy May-Johnson led the USA Softball Team to the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Team USA posted a perfect 9-0 record en route to its seventh … [Read more...]
Gibson’s game takes flight at Pan Am Games
By AARON GRAY, For The Capital GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Lauren Gibson's power and speed were on display when she smacked a line drive down the first-base line and stretched a single into a double with a face-first slide under the tag. Moments later, she eased off the gas and calmly stepped on home plate after the next batter for the U.S. National Softball Team blasted a home … [Read more...]
USA Women beat adversity and foes to win gold
Almost everything about the softball team that took the field representing the United States in the Pan American Games was unfamiliar, from a new coach and new players to the part it plays in the sport's newly tenuous position in the international picture. So it's hardly the same old story that the end result looked decidedly familiar. Playing with a roster composed almost … [Read more...]
Canada scores at Pan Ams
Cap tip Blair Setford. By Steve Buffery, QMI Agency GUADALAJARA, MEXICO - The atmosphere at the women’s softball finals on Sunday afternoon was maravilloso. The weather was perfect, not a cloud in the sky, warm, but breezy, and no humidity. The Mexican fans were spirted and cheered loudly for the Canadians when they played the U.S. in the gold medal final. The medal … [Read more...]
USA Women Win Pan Am Gold at Guadalajara, Mexico
From USA Softball: USA Softball wins eighth Pan American Games gold medal; Thumps Canada 11-1 GUADALAJARA, Mexico – With a Pan American Games roster full of 17 rookies, the USA Softball Women's National team recorded the program's eighth Pan American Games gold medal with an 11-1 run-rule victory over Canada. In four innings, the U.S. put up 11 hits and completed the … [Read more...]
2011 Pan American Games – Medal Round this weekend
Playoffs- Saturday (October 22) GM 1: No. 3 Canada vs. No. 4 Venezuela – 4 p.m. Final: Canada 11, Venezuela 1, 4 innings GM 2: No. 1 USA vs. No. 2 Cuba – 6 p.m. USA advances to #PanAms gold medal game with 13-1 win over Cuba, seeking its 8th Pan Am Gold Medal. Click here for Game Tracker (live, batter-by-batter stats during the game) Game tracker apparently … [Read more...]