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News Headlines for July 2002

7/31/2002 - Lindenberg launches the United States past China at the Women’s World ... Saskatoon, SK, Canada -- Nina Lindenberg (Anaheim Hills, Calif.) launched a two-run home run and Lisa Fernandez (Long Beach, Calif.) struck out ten as the United States defeated China 4-0 at the Women’s World Softball Championship Wednesday night. With the win, the U.S. improved...more

7/30/2002 - United States improves to 5-0 at Women’s World Softball Championship w... Saskatoon, SK, Canada -- The United States improved to 5-0 at the Women’s World Softball Championship with a 9-0 win over Chinese Taipei Tuesday night at Bob Van Impe Stadium. Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo, Calif.), who recorded three hits in the game, roped a pair of two-run tripl...more

7/29/2002 - Smith throws a no-hitter as U.S. defeats Russia 14-0 at Women’s World ... Saskatoon, SK, Canada – Michele Smith (Califon, N.J.) threw a no-hitter and her supporting offense supplied plenty of runs as the United States defeated Russia 14-0 Monday afternoon in the Women’s World Championship. It was the third no-hitter of Smith’s World Championship caree...more

7/28/2002 - Finch throws one-hitter as USA Softball improves to 3-0 at the Women’s... Saskatoon, SK, Canada – Jennie Finch, in her Women’s World Championship pitching debut, threw a complete-game one-hitter as the United States blanked host Canada 4-0 Sunday evening at Bob Van Impe Stadium. Finch finished the game with 11 strikeouts and just one walk allowed, as ...more

7/26/2002 - Follow USA Softball action from World Championships “Live” on www.usas... Saskatoon, SK, Canada---USA Softball will be providing “Live” scoring of all USA games from the 2002 ISF Women’s World Championships on www.usasoftball.com. World C...more

More headlines for July, 2002

7/21/2002	USA World Team wins Canada Cup with 4-0 victory over USA Elite T...

7/18/2002	USA World goes undefeated in pool play with 13-0 thrashing of th...

7/18/2002	USA Elite throttles Spain, 10-0, to conclude pool play undefeate...

7/7/2002	USA Softball defends U.S. Cup title with 1-0 win over Japan

7/4/2002	Japan defeats USA 6-1 in U.S. Cup action

7/4/2002	USA opens 2002 U.S. Cup with 7-0 win over Canada