USA Softball Junior Men’s National Team endures two losses in exhibition games

June 27, 2016

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USA Softball Junior Men’s National Team endures two losses in exhibition games

 

Normal, Ill. – Twenty-one young men from across the United States continue to compete for a spot on the 17-man Junior Men’s National Team (JMNT) roster, which will be chosen at a later date to represent the United States at the 2016 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Junior Men’s World Championship (JMWC), the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball announced today. The championship will feature 13 countries, including the U.S., who will battle it out for the chance to take home the international title in Junior Men’s Fast Pitch. Athletes continued their training camp by closing out the final day of the Bloomington Stix Midsummer Classic tournament today, playing Circle Tap at 9 a.m. CT and the Bloomington Stix at 4 p.m. CT.

 

Athletes are being coached under the direction of JMNT Head Coach Tim Lyon, and assistant coaches Tyron McKinney, Dan Nessler and Scott Standerfer. The JMNT will also be traveling to Ashland, Ohio for additional exhibition games prior to the JMWC, which will be held in Midland, Mich. at Currie Stadium in Emerson Park.

 

Exhibition Game Three: USA Softball Junior Men’s National Team 1, Circle Tap 12 (5)

 

Team USA dropped a 12-1 decision to Circle Tap Sunday morning in what was only their third exhibition game playing together as a team during this week’s training camp. With two outs in the first inning, Circle Tap launched two back-to-back triples managing to plate one before USA Softball’s JMNT Steven Nessler (Mankato, Minn.) ended the half-inning by catching a fly out to centerfield. Isaac Hormann (Young America, Minn.) led off for Team USA by hitting a single but was called out at second after a fielder’s choice on a single by Derek Martin (Stevens, Pa.). Team USA continued to push forward but did not plate a run until JMNT catcher Brady Parker (Midland, Tex.) crossed home in the fifth inning. After five, Circle Tap extended their lead to 12-1 which ended the game via run-rule.

 

Exhibition Game Four: USA Softball Junior Men’s National Team 1, Bloomington Stix 6

 

In their last game of the tournament, Team USA fell to the Bloomington Stix, 6-1, at O’Neil Park. Team USA’s only run would score in the top of the third after shortstop Jonathan Broadbear (Bloomington, Ill.) advanced to third as a result of a walk and two passed balls in which he made it home following a single by Isaac Hormann. The Bloomington Stix would respond with two of their own in the third, extending their lead to 3-1 after three innings of work. Trailing, Team USA was unable to answer offensively to the Stix’s own multiple-run innings to follow and would eventually record a 6-1 loss.

 

Up next for the JMNT are scheduled practices throughout the week in addition to a series of doubleheaders set to take place at O’Neil Park Tuesday, while Wednesday and Thursday’s games will be held at Champion.

 

Follow along with the USA Softball Junior Men’s National Team program all summer long at www.ASAUSASoftball.com.

 

Athletes participating in the week-long camp include:

 

Logan Amend                      Vasser, Mich.

Sergio Balderrama              El Paso, Tex.

Kelly Fagan-Beam              Bakersfield, Calif.

Jonathan Broadbear           Bloomington, Ill.

Zane Chason                       Alma, Ga.

Michael Douds                     Erie, Pa.

Peyton Hall                           Prairie du Chien, Wis.

Isaac Hormann                    Young America, Minn.

Lane Kurtz                            Ephrata, Pa.

Craig Lewis                          Winston, Mo.

Jeff Lewis                              Amboy, Minn.

Derek Martin                         Stevens, Pa.

Devin Martin                         Stevens, Pa.

Matthew Martin                    Myerstown, Pa.

Steven Nessler                    Mankato, Minn.

Brady Parker                        Midland, Tex.

Justin Perez                          Northeast, Pa.

Brogan Potter                       Prairie du Chien, Wis.

Chase Stratton                     Clearfield, Utah

Martin Valencia                    Perris, Calif.

Taylor Weldin                      Bakersfield, Calif.

 

About ASA/USA Softball
Founded in 1933, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball is the National Governing Body of 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 70 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 2.2 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.

 

 

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