Women's National Team arrives in Ogaki City for 2015 Japan Cup

August 5, 2015

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Women's National Team arrives in Ogaki City for 2015 Japan Cup

OGAKI, Gifu, Japan  — Fresh off a silver medal performance at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, the USA Softball Women's National Team landed in Ogaki City, Japan for the 2015 Japan Cup the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball announced today.  Team USA will participate in an exhibition game and practices before taking on Australia on Friday, August 7 at 3 p.m. JST (1 a.m. CST) in their first game of the Japan Cup.

 

Click here for the 2015 USA Softball Women's National Team roster

 

Beginning on Friday, Team USA will join Australia, Chinese Taipei and Japan for the 2015 Japan Cup, a three-day tournament held in Ogaki City, Japan.  This year marks the first time since 2010 that the Japan Cup has been held, with Team USA defeating host country Japan 5-0 in the Championship Game in the 2010 tournament.  Team USA kicks off the Japan Cup on August 7 with their 3 p.m. JST (1 a.m. CST) game against Australia.   The Eagles will continue play on August 8 against Japan at 3 p.m. JST (1 a.m. CST) immediately followed by a 6 p.m. JST (4 a.m. CST) contest against Chinese Taipei.  On August 9, the teams with the second a third best records will play in the Bronze Medal game at 11:30 a.m. JST (9:30 p.m. August 8 CST) while the Gold Medal Game between the No. 1 and No. 2 seed will take place at 2 p.m. JST (12 a.m. CST). 

 

Representing Team USA at the 2015 Japan Cup are: Annie Aldrete (Monterey, Calif.), Valerie Arioto (Pleasanton, Calif.), Bianka Bell (Tampa, Fla.) Ally Carda (Elk Grove, Calif.), Raven Chavanne (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Amanda Chidester (Allen Park, Mich.), Sam Fischer (Simi Valley, Calif.), Kellie Fox (San Diego, Calif.), Lauren Gibson (Pasadena, Md.), Janelle Lindvall (Stevenson Ranch, Calif.), Haylie McCleney (Morris, Ala.), Jessica Moore (Sutter, Calif.), Michelle Moultrie (Jacksonville, Fla.), Sierra Romero (Murrieta, Calif.), Kelsey Stewart (Wichita, Kan.), Janie Takeda (Placentia, Calif.) and Jaclyn Traina (Naples, Fla.) 

 

Team USA is led by Ken Eriksen (Tampa, Fla.)/Head Coach at South Florida) with Laura Berg (Corvallis, Ore./Head Coach at Oregon State) and Howard Dobson (Baton Rouge, La./Asst. Coach at LSU) serving as Assistant Coaches.

 

Live stats will be available during the Japan Cup at the tournament website.  Fans at home can follow along with recaps and more at ASAUSASoftball.com.

 

About ASA/USA Softball

Founded in 1933, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball is the National Governing Body Softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. One of the nation’s largest sports organizations, ASA/USA Softball sanctions competition in every state through a network of 74 local associations and has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 165,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than 2.5 million.  ASA/USA is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the six USA Softball National Teams that compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women’s National Team is one of 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 nine World Championship titles as well as claimed eight World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about ASA/USA Softball, please visithttp://www.asausasoftball.com/.

 

Codi Warren

 

Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications

Amateur Softball Association of America/USA Softball

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