No-hitter and Grand Slam Lead Team USA to 12-0 victory - women

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Received: 7/3/06 12:31:00 AM 
From:  "Holly Krivokapich" <hollyk(at)softball.org> 


 
Subject:  No-hitter and Grand Slam Lead Team USA to 12-0 victory
  
  

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No-hitter and Grand Slam Lead Team USA to 12-0 victory 

 

Tucson, Ariz. – Backed by a grand slam from Jessica Mendoza and
a no-hitter by Cat Osterman, the 2006 USA Women’s Softball Team
completed their four-game sweep of NPF Arizona Heat tonight in
Tucson, Ariz. The team hit at a .368 clip during the series with
seven players registering five or more hits. 

 

In the second inning, one ball away from a walk, Jenny Topping
(Whittier, Calif.) took a Leslie Wolfe offering and ripped it
over centerfield to put Team USA on the board. Osterman (Houston,
Texas) started in the circle, throwing a complete game with 12
strikeouts, no hits and one walk. 

 

With a single, Natasha Watley (Irvine, Calif.) started a scoring
drive that would end with Team USA posting five runs on the board
in the fifth. Caitlin Lowe (Tustin, Calif.) followed Watley with
another single, loading up the bases. On the first pitch, Mendoza(Camarillo,
Calif.), took it deep over center field to clear the bases for
the team’s first grand slam of the season.

 

Team USA again put up five runs in the sixth, off of six hits.
Topping added another RBI with a single while Amanda Freed (Cypress,
Calif.) put up two RBI with a single to center field. 

 

Team USA will play in one more exhibition series on July 10 in
Irvine, Calif., against the World University Games team before
heading to Oklahoma City, Okla., where they will compete in the
II World Cup of Softball July 13-17. 

 

Click here for box scores on the exhibition series vs. NPF Arizona
Heat <a href="http://www.usasoftball.com/women/2006WorldChampionships\06exhibitionschedule.html"
target=_blank> www.usasoftball.com</a>.

 
 
Holly Krivokapich
Assistant Director of Communications
ASA/USA Softball
405-425-3431
www.asasoftball.com; www.usasoftball.com 
 

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