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News Headlines for March 2004

3/30/2004 - Pac-10 continues to dominate Top 25 Poll OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Pac-10 Conference continues to reign supreme in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll with Arizona, UCLA and California holding on to the top three spots in this week’s poll. Washington and Stanford also check in among the top 10 at No. 8 and No...more

3/30/2004 - Sorensen Player of the Week OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – USA Softball announced today the selection of Stanford University pitcher Dana Sorensen (San Diego, CA) as the USA Softball National Collegiate ‘Player of the Week’ for her efforts during the week of March 22-28. The right-handed senior workhorse for the Card...more

3/28/2004 - USA blanks No. 2 UCLA 11-0 WESTWOOD, CA – Returning to Easton Stadium USA workhorse and UCLA alum Lisa Fernandez (Long Beach, CA) led the USA Softball Women’s National Team to an 11-0 shutout over No. 2 UCLA on Sunday afternoon. Recording a one hit performance, the win advanced the 5’6” legend to 5-0 in t...more

3/27/2004 - USA knocks off No. 1 Arizona 6-1 TUCSON, AZ --- A record 3,541 fans packed Hillenbrand Stadium on Friday evening as the USA Softball National Team, the No. 1 team in the World, defeated the No. 1 ranked University of Arizona Wildcats 6-1. The win pushed the U.S. to 24-0 in tour action while the pre-Olympic tour...more

3/24/2004 - Miken Sports Inks Deal with ASA Oklahoma City, OK—The Amateur Softball Association of America, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, announced today that Miken Sports has signed on as a major advertiser for the USA Softball Aiming for Athens Tour games that will be broadcast to a nationa...more

More headlines for March, 2004

3/24/2004	Miken Sports Inks Deal with ASA

3/23/2004	ASA and ESPN Announce Expanded Package for the 2004 Season

3/23/2004	Despite loss Arizona remains on top

3/23/2004	Hollowell named Player of the Week

3/19/2004	Kretschman leads U.S. to win with two home runs

3/18/2004	ASA Announces Partnership with eBay

3/18/2004	Finch no-hits DePaul

3/17/2004	Support Child Care Fund

3/17/2004	Topping homers in 10-0 route

3/16/2004	USA defeats Pacific 4-0

3/16/2004	Undefeated Arizona takes over No. 1 in Top 25 poll

3/16/2004	Florida State’s van der Linden named Player of the Week

3/11/2004	USA blanks Baylor

3/9/2004	UCLA continues as No. 1 among ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate T...

3/9/2004	South Florida’s Leigh Ann Ellis named ‘Player of the Week’

3/9/2004	USA routs Texas 21-0

3/6/2004	USA adds two more wins

3/4/2004	Topping keeps USA perfect with walk-off home run

3/2/2004	Undefeated UCLA remains No. 1 among ESPN.com/USA Softball Colleg...