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News Headlines for December 2002

12/24/2002 - USA Softball announces first site for Open Junior Women's National Tea... OKLAHOMA CITY , OK-- USA Softball, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, has announced it will hold its first open tryout for the Junior Women's National Team, January 4-5 at Ayala Park in Chino, CA. Players selected from open tryout camps will earn an inv...more

12/23/2002 - USA Junior Women win gold medal with 2-0 win over Canada; Monica Abbot... Hermosillo, Mexico-The USA Junior Women’s National Team defeated Canada 2-0 to capture the gold medal at the First Pan Am Championships in Hermosillo, Mexico. Monica Abbott (Salinas, CA), named as the tournaments Most Valuable Player, picked up her second win of the tournament af...more

12/21/2002 - USA Junior Women advance to gold medal game U.S. pounds Canada 10-0 ... Hermosillo , Mexico - The USA Junior Women advanced to the gold medal game of the First Pan Am Championships with 10-0 drilling of #2 seed Canada . Alicia Hollowell ( Suisun City , CA ) got the complete game shutout after allowing only three hits and striking out 12. The USA o...more

12/20/2002 - USA Junior Women complete pool play undefeated U.S. enters playoffs ... Hermosillo, Mexico - The USA Junior Women's National Team wrapped up pool play competition at the First Junior Women's Pan Am Championships with a perfect 6-0 record after beating previously undefeated Canada 1-0. With the win the USA secures the top seed in the playoffs and will...more

12/19/2002 - USA Junior Women Dominate Mexico 6-0 Abbott pitches perfect game wit... Hermosillo, Mexico - The USA Junior Women's National Team continues to dominate its competition at the First Pan Am Championship. On Wednesday, the USA defeated host Mexico 6-0 and USA pitcher Monica Abbott (Salinas, CA) pitched a perfect game with 14 strikeouts. The USA took a...more

More headlines for December, 2002

12/18/2002	USA Junior Women Crush Guatemala 20-0 Ferriera pitches third n...

12/17/2002	USA Junior Women Defeat Argentina 12-0 Dodd and Van Brakle com...

12/11/2002	United States Olympic Committee honors the USA Softball Men's Na...

12/9/2002	USA Softball has record bid for VIP experience with USA Women’s ...

12/9/2002	USA Softball is accepting appliacations for assistant coaches fo...

12/6/2002	USA Softball has record bid for VIP experience with Women's Nati...