Eagles soar at the 2015 WBSC Junior Women's World Championship in Oklahoma City

August 12, 2015

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Eagles soar at the 2015 WBSC Junior Women’s World Championship in Oklahoma City

 

OKLAHOMA CITY — The USA Softball Junior Women’s National Team continued to dominate at the 2015 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Junior Women’s World Championship (JWWC) today in Oklahoma City, Okla. at the ASA Hall of Fame Complex. Team USA captured two wins and remains undefeated in pool play with two more game remaining in the preliminary rounds.

USA 16, Brazil 0 (four innings)

Team USA was dominant in their first performance of the day at the 2015 WBSC JWWC against Brazil on OGE Energy Field. Two solo home runs by Nicole DeWitt (Garden Grove, Calif.) and Alyssa Palomino (Mission Viejo, Calif.) set the tone early. Fourteen runs in the first three innings allowed Team USA to put the game away early.

“We’re really starting to get in a good rhythm here at the Junior Women’s World Championship,” said Tairia Flowers (Tucson, Ariz.), Head Coach of the USA Softball Junior Women’s National Team. “Paige was great tonight pitching and I thought our defense did a nice job of having her back. Offensively we were able to locate the ball and drill it. We hit a couple of home runs and that was nice for our girls.”

DJ Sanders (Columbus, Miss.) went a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate, while Jazmyn Jackson (San Jose, Calif.) brought in three RBI. In total, six batters for Team USA brought home two or more runs.

“Sometimes as a batter you have to be patient,” said Jackson. “I just waited for the pitches that I was looking for and was able to bring runners in. We’re getting in a real groove right now and we just want to keep it going. We have a tough road ahead to win gold.”

Paige Lowary (Dallas Center, Iowa) kept Brazil off the scoreboard as she pitched the entire game and only allowed two hits. Carolina Kamidai took the loss for Brazil, as she gave up ten earned runs in just two innings of work.

USA 7, Puerto Rico 2

For the first time in the JWWC, Team USA played from behind and they did so twice en route to a 7-2 win over Puerto Rico in their final game of the day. Elicia Marie D’Orazio scored off a wild pitch after getting on base with a double to put the first run of the game on the board. Team USA battled back in the bottom of the first, as Nicole DeWitt (Garden Grove, Calif.) brought home Emily Griggs (Wichita, Kan.) on a sacrifice fly. With the score all tied up at one in the third, Shemiah Marie Sanchez brought home D’Orazio to retake the lead for Puerto Rico. Team USA rebounded again, as Alyssa Palomino (Mission Viejo, Calif.) brought home three runners with a bases-clearing triple that broke open the game.

“Great win for us tonight,” said Flowers. “You have to give Puerto Rico a lot of credit, they played tough. Our girls remained calm and focused on just making plays to get the lead back. Johanna had her ups and downs, but she did a great job of finding a way to get outs.”

DJ Sanders (Columbus, Miss.) brought home Palomino later in the fifth inning to add to the lead.  Johanna Grauer (Pleasnanton, Calif.) went the distance and got the win for Team USA, giving up two runs and struck out 15 batters. Korina Rosario took the loss for Puerto Rico, giving up four earned runs in just two innings of work.

“I thought we played well tonight,” said Palomino. “Puerto Rico challenged us early and I was just glad that I could come through for my team with a timely hit that broke the game open. We’re really starting to come together when things get tough and I liked how we bounced back when we were down.”

In total, Team USA has outscored teams 59-3 and improved their record to 5-0 in pool play through three days. Looking forward to tomorrow, Team USA plays Mexico at 3:30 p.m. CST and Czech Republic at 7:30 pm. CST. Both games will be played at OGE Energy Field.

Click here to view the results, box scores and the schedule for the 2015 WBSC JWWC.

Great tickets are still available for the 2015 JWWC. Fans have the option to purchase either single session tickets or the Gold Pass for the week-long event. Single day session tickets allow fans the opportunity to pick which days they plan on attending during the JWWC with the opportunity to watch any game they choose for that day. The Gold Pass includes all-session tickets for the JWWC, as well as an official event t-shirt, a program and the opportunity to have a personalized name slide on the video board and OGE Energy Field at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, with additional photo opportunities.  Click here to view seating chart. Gold Passes and single session tickets can be purchased at the box office of OGE Energy Field.

All games will be streamed live at no cost to fans through the official event website. There will be expanded coverage, beginning Thursday, August 13, featuring play-by-play and color commentary, in-game interviews, instant replays and unique camera shots. Visit 2015jwwc.com to watch games.

For updates, check or the tournament website 2015JWWC.com and keep up all week on the event’s official Facebook and Twitter. Fans can also visit www.wbsc.co for more information.

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 visit http://www.asausasoftball.com/.

 

About the World Baseball Softball Confederation

Headquartered in the Olympic Capital city of Lausanne, Switzerland, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) was established in April 2013 and granted recognition as the sole competent authority in baseball and softball by the International Olympic Committee at the 125th IOC Session in September 2013. The WBSC represents a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes worldwide. The WBSC governs all international competitions involving any of the National Teams of its 141 National Federation members.  The WBSC oversees the Softball World Championships, The Premier 12, the World Baseball Classic, and the U12, U15, U18, U21 and Women's Baseball World Cups.  For further information, please go to www.WBSC.co or follow the WBSC on Twitter at @WBSC_co.

 

 

Nick Dorety

ASA/USA Softball

Marketing & Communications Coordinator

2801 NE 50th Street

Oklahoma City, OK 73111

 

405-425-3422 - work

405-757-5306 - cell

ndorety@softball.org

 

 

 

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