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National Pro Fastpitch Suspends Games For 2021 Season
Featured, Game Recaps, League NewsNashville, TN (December 3, 2020) – Confronted with multiple COVID-related problems, the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) has decided to suspend games for the 2021 season, making this the second consecutive year the league has done so. NPF home venues either are not available, or are available only with restrictive conditions on attendance and COVID […]
USSSA Pride Capture Second Straight Cowles Cup
2019 CS, Chicago Bandits, Game Recaps, League News, USSSABy Kayla Lombardo, Softball America on August 17, 2019 ROSEMONT, Ill. – It was déjà vu for the USSSA Pride in 2019. After a 2018 National Pro Fastpitch Championship Series that saw USSSA record a three-game sweep over the Chicago Bandits in the league’s best-of-five finals, history proved to repeat itself at Parkway Bank Sports Complex […]
Pride Defeat Bandits to go up 2-0 in NPF Championship Series
Chicago Bandits, Game Recaps, USSSARosemont, Ill. (August 16, 2019) – The USSSA Pride took the second game of the NPF Championship Series with a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Bandits on Friday. The Pride jumped out to an early lead in the bottom of the first inning. Shelby Pendley started things off with a single. In the very next […]
Pride Shut Out Bandits to Take Game 1 of the NPF Championship Series
2019 CS, Game RecapsRosemont, Ill. (August 15, 2019) – The USSSA Pride won the first game of the NPF Championship Series 3-0 over the Chicago Bandits behind a strong pitching from their pitching staff on Thursday. National Pro Fastpitch Pitcher of the Year Jolene Henderson got the start for the Pride and pitched 3 innings with no runs […]
Bandits Clinch Regular Season Title
Beijing Eagles, Chicago Bandits, Featured, Game RecapsRosemont, Il. (August 7, 2019) – It only took five innings for the Bandits to defeat the Beijing Eagles, 9-1, on Wednesday night. With the victory and a loss by the USSSA Pride, the Bandits clinched the regular season title for the first time since 2013. The Eagles pitchers were unable to silence the bats […]
Bandits Take Both Games of Doubleheader Against Beijing
Beijing Eagles, Chicago Bandits, Game RecapsRosemont, Il. (August 6, 2019) – The Bandits continued their winning ways on Tuesday with their second doubleheader sweep of the Beijing Eagles this season. Game 1: Bandits 2, Eagles 1 For the second straight game, a hero was needed to determine the outcome of a game between the Bandits and the Eagles. And for […]
Fico Guides Bandits Past Eagles in Pitcher’s Duel
Beijing Eagles, Chicago Bandits, Game RecapsRosemont, IL.( August 5,2019) – Offense was at a premium in the series opener between the Bandits and the Beijing Eagles, but timely hitting led the Bandits to a 2-1 walk-off win. Rachele Fico was excellent in the circle for the Bandits, allowing one run in seven innings. She only allowed five base runners and […]
Eagles upset bid falls short
Beijing Eagles, Game Recaps, USSSADaytona Beach, Florida (July 31, 2019) —The final home game of the year for the Eagles started out as a pitchers duel in Daytona Beach. USSSA Pride starter Jessica Burroughs and Eagles starter Wang Lan traded scoreless innings through five innings. In the sixth inning trouble struck Wang Lan as found ball laced through her […]
Eagles fall to Bandits and Pride in Doubleheader
Beijing Eagles, Chicago Bandits, Game Recaps, USSSADaytona Beach, Florida (July 30, 2019)— The Beijing Shougang hosted yet another doubleheader that included the top two teams in the NPF. Both games didn’t go exactly as planned as the Eagles fell 4-0 and 4-1. Game 1 was dominated by the Rip-it Player of the game Amanda Chidester. Who homered twice making it her […]
Bandits sweep doubleheader with Eagles
Beijing Eagles, Chicago Bandits, Game RecapsDaytona Beach, Florida (July 29, 2019)—The Chicago Bandits and Beijing Shougang Eagles played two games Monday night at Jackie Robinson Ballpark but only one team came away happy. The Chicago Bandits full of power and pitching prevailed in both game 1 and game 2 to earn their third and fourth straight wins against Beijing. Game […]
Wild End Season on a High Note
Canadian Wild, Cleveland Comets, Game RecapsThe bats come alive as the Wild top the Comets in season finale Marion, IL (July 29, 2019) – The Canadian Wild of Southern Illinois wrapped up regular season play with a dominant 10-5 win over the Cleveland Comets With two on and two out in the top of the first, Sashel Palacios doubled to […]
RAFTER AND GILBERT GO LONG TO HELP WILD TO DOUBLEHEADER SPLIT
Canadian Wild, Cleveland Comets, Game RecapsThe Canadian Wild drop game one but take game two off the Comets Marion, IL (July 28, 2019) – The Canadian Wild of Southern Illinois split a doubleheader with the Cleveland Comets on Sunday night at Rent One Park, falling 4-3 in game one, before earning a 3-0 shutout victory in game two. The Wild […]