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United States women's national softball team

United States women's national softball team

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The United States women's national softball team is the national softball team of the United States. It is governed by USA Softball (formerly known as the Amateur Softball Association) and takes part in international softball competitions. The US team has been successful in international play, taking the gold medal in three straight Olympics and seven straight World championships. At the 2004 Olympics, the Americans held their opponents to only one run scored in 7 games. The lone run came in a 5–1 victory over the Australian team. However, the team then won the silver medals at the 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympics, both times narrowly losing to Japan.

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On March 26, 2008, the United States Olympic softball team had their 185-game winning streak (both official and exhibition games) snapped in a no-hitter thrown by Virginia Tech's pitcher Angela Tincher, who struck out 10 batters in a 1–0 exhibition win for the Hokies. The no-hit win proved something extra special in this case, as Tincher had previously tried out and failed to make the 2008 US Olympic softball team.[3]

In 2022, the World Games featured a softball tournament for the first time, giving the Americans a chance to avenge their olympic loss in Japan. Eight members who won the silver medal a year earlier were on the team. The roster was composed of eleven former student athletes and seven current athletes from 12 NCAA Division 1 teams.[4]

2020 Olympic roster

The United States roster was released on June 20, 2021.[5]

Results summary

All-time results

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  • 1981 World Games
  • 1985 World Games
  • 1999 Canada Cup
  • 2002 Canada Cup
  • 2003 Canada Cup
  • 2005 Canada Cup
  • 2011 Canada Cup

International friendlies were not included. The 2008 KFC Bound for Beijing Tour against colleges and NPF teams in the United States were not included as they were not against international opponents.

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References

  1. "The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. November 10, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  2. "The World Games to serve as world championship". theworldgames.org. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  3. "Team Roster United States" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  4. "USA wins Japan Cup". August 2, 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
  5. "USA Softball 2009 Japan Cup". Retrieved October 11, 2009.

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