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News Headlines for June 2001

6/30/2001 - USA Red crushes Shanghai at Canada Cup Surrey, B.C., Canada -- USA Red scored two runs in the top of the first inning and cruised to an 11-0 mercy rule five-inning victory over Shanghai China in its opening game of the Canada Cup. Nicole Girodano (Saugus, CA) opened the USA offensive attack in the first with an infie...more

6/30/2001 - USA Blue downs Decatur Twister in opening game of Canada Cup Surrey, B.C., Canada---It took extra innings, but the USA Blue team rallied to defeat the Decatur Twister, 7-3, in the team’s opener at the Canada Cup Saturday afternoon. The Twister clung to a 1-0 lead through five innings before the U.S. offense could finally turn productive. ...more

6/24/2001 - USA Softball captures gold at 2001 U.S. Cup; China settles for silver Honolulu, HI -- Catherine Osterman (Houston, TX) had another dominant outing inside the pitching circle as the USA Softball defeated China 4-0 Sunday night to win the 2001 U.S. Cup. Team USA concludes the tournament as the only unbeaten team at 4-0. China finishes at 2-2. Osterm...more

6/24/2001 - Australia picks up bronze at 2001 U.S. Cup Honolulu, HI -- Australia picked up its first win at the right time during the 2001 U.S. Cup, defeating Japan 1-0 Sunday afternoon to win the bronze medal. Both teams finish the tournament with 1-3 records. Kelly Hardie, Australia’s starting pitcher, kept Japan off the scoreboar...more

6/23/2001 - USA Softball beats Australia 3-0 at U.S. Cup; plays for gold Sunday Honolulu, HI -- Team USA found the long-lost long ball and got solid pitching as it blanked Australia 3-0 Saturday at the U.S. Cup at University of Hawaii’s Wahine Softball Stadium. USA Softball concluded the round-robin portion of the tournament as the only unbeaten team, postin...more

More headlines for June, 2001

6/23/2001	China downs Japan to advance to gold medal game

6/22/2001	USA Softball rallies for 4-1 win over China at 2001 U.S. Cup

6/22/2001	Japan edges Australia 2-1 at 2001 U.S. Cup

6/21/2001	National Qualifiers of the Week

6/21/2001	China defeats Australia 8-3 in U.S. Cup opener

6/21/2001	USA Softball to meet Olympic silver medalist Japan in its first ...

6/21/2001	Follow action from the U.S. Cup “Live” on www.usasoftball.com

6/21/2001	USA Softball holds off Japan 1-0 at U.S. Cup

6/17/2001	USA Red completes USA Shootout with 2-1 win over WPSL Gold in 13...

6/17/2001	WPSL All-Stars shutout USA Blue to garner split

6/15/2001	USA Softball game versus WPSL Gold to be aired "Live" on ESPN

6/15/2001	USA Softball to host inaugural U.S. Cup in Hawaii Olympic silver...

6/8/2001	Teams begin journey towards ASA Girls 18-Under Gold National Cha...

6/8/2001	ASA National Qualifiers of Week

6/4/2001	USA Softball Shootout to kick-off in Portland on Friday