USA off to a 4-0 start at Pan Am Qualifier

[Al Doran]

Subject: USA Softball off to a 4-0 start
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:05:05 -0600
From: "Brian McCall" <bmccall(at)softball.org>


USA off to a 4-0 start at Pan Am Qualifier

Guatemala City, Guatemala---The USA Softball National team is off to an 
impressive start, going 4-0, at the 2005 Pan Am/World qualifier. The team 
combined for 38 hits, outscoring opponents 39-1 and allowed only five hits 
in four games.

Team USA beat Venezuela 9-1 on Saturday to open play with Jamie Southern 
(Clovis, Calif.) starting on the mound, going three innings and giving up 
one hit. Amanda Freed (Cypress, Calif.) came in during the fourth inning, 
giving up one hit and one run. Natasha Watley (Irvine, Calif.) was 1-1 with 
two RBI while Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo, Calif.) went 3-3 with one RBI. 
Venezuela's lone score came in the top of the fifth off a bloop single to 
the outfield. Tairia Mims Flowers (Tucson, Ariz.) earned a run after 
getting walked with bases loaded and Stacy Nuveman (La Verne, Calif.) 
logged a RBI on a sacrifice. Crystl Bustos (Canyon Country, Calif.) turned 
in one RBI, going 1-2 with an intentional walk. The U.S. put up nine hits, 
while leaving six on base for their first win.

Sunday saw the U.S. put up two wins, 5-0 over Puerto Rico and 13-0 against 
El Salvador. After coming in the game in the fifth inning, Southern gave up 
no-hits striking out 7 of 9 batters she faced. Jennie Ritter (Dexter, 
Mich.) started the game, giving up two hits in four innings. The U.S. put 
up six hits while leaving four on base.

Against El Salvador Bustos displayed her awesome power by crushing two 
homeruns for six RBI to finish the game going 3-4. Nuveman was 1-3 with a 
homerun and Watley turned in two RBI in three at bats. Freed started the 
game giving up one hit in three innings while Alicia Hollowell (Suisun, 
Calif.) fanned five of six batters she face and allowed no hits.

The U.S. faced off with the Dominican Republic on Monday and cruised to a 
five innings 12-0 victory. Southern and Hollowell threw the first combined 
no-hitter of the qualifier with Southern throwing three innings and 
Hallowell two. Bustos turned in her second pair of homeruns of the 
tournament; with a third hit staying in the park by only a couple feet. 
Bustos' hits contributed for seven of the team's RBI.

Next up for Team USA is host Guatemala at 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Nicaragua 
Wednesday at 2 p.m. Playoffs will begin Thursday at 7 p.m. with the finals 
set for 8 p.m. on Saturday.

About ASA

The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National 
Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United 
States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation's largest 
sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a 
network of 88 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred 
teams in the early days to over 240,000 teams today, representing a 
membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, 
visit www.asasoftball.com.

About USA Softball

USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links 
the USA Men's, Women's, Junior Boys' and Junior Girls' National Team 
programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and 
promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and 
domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women's National Team is one of the 
only two women's sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three 
consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women 
have also won seven World Championship titles including the last five 
consecutive. For more information about USA Softball, please visit 
www.usasoftball.com

From: "Brian McCall" <bmccall(at)softball.org>

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