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News Headlines for July 2006

7/31/2006 - ASA GOLD bracket NOT APPROVED The 2006 Vonage ASA Gold National Championship presented by Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes bracket was not approved by the ASA Tournament Committee...more

7/30/2006 - Team USA completes sweep of NPF Texas Thunder HOUSTON, Texas – It was a battle of the Olympians as both the Texas Thunder’s Christa Williams and the USA’s Cat Osterman (Houston, Texas) went four extra innings before Stacey Nuveman (La Verne, Calif.) hit an infield single to give the USA Women’s National Softball team a 2-1 w...more

7/30/2006 - USA World University team wins series over Chicago Bandits Lisle, Ill.,---The USA Softball World University team came back from a four run deficit on Sunday to defeat the Chicago Bandits, 6-4, and win the exhibition series with a 3-1 record. The Bandits, who are the top team in the National Pro Fastpitch League (NPF), falls to 23-7 on t...more

7/29/2006 - USA National Team goes extra innings for 2-0 win HOUSTON, Texas – The USA Women’s National softball team battled through eight innings against the NPF Texas Thunder before beating them 2-0 after previously handing them a 9-2 loss in today’s games. The team will wrap up the series tomorrow at 1 p.m. in its final exhibition serie...more

7/29/2006 - USA World University teams come back falls short against Chicago Bandi... Lisle, Ill.,---The USA World University team dropped game three of a four game series, 3-2, to the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch League tonight in exhibition action. A valiant comeback in the seventh inning fell short but proved the player’s wearing the USA were n...more

More headlines for July, 2006

7/28/2006	Schutzler powers USA World University team past Chicago Bandits

7/27/2006	USA World University Team defeats Chicago Bandits

7/27/2006	USA Softball To Conduct Open Evaluation Camp

7/26/2006	Junior Olympic National Championship Season Begins

7/23/2006	World University team advances to Championship game with 3-2 win...

7/23/2006	USA wins gold at World University Games

7/21/2006	World University Team falls 5-1 to Chinese Taipei

7/21/2006	World Cup of Softball presented by Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes Rati...

7/20/2006	TAIPEI BEATS USA 4-2

7/17/2006	Canada takes third at World Cup

7/17/2006	China claims 5th place with 1-0 win over Great Britain

7/16/2006	China picks up first win at World Cup

7/16/2006	USA defeats rival Japan 11-0

7/15/2006	II World Cup of Softball- Day Three Session Three

7/15/2006	Japan advances to championship game with 5-4 win over Australia

7/15/2006	USA rolls past Australia to improve to 3-0 at World Cup

7/15/2006	USA overpowers China to post third run rule victory

7/14/2006	U.S Remains Perfect at World Cup

7/14/2006	Day Two of II World Cup of Softball presented by Kellogg's Frost...

7/13/2006	USA crushes Great Britain in World Cup Opener

7/13/2006	Japan Defeats Canada 2-1 in Opening Day

7/13/2006	Australia opens World Cup with 3-1 win over China

7/13/2006	World Cup Kicks Off Today

7/11/2006	Worldwide Telecasts Set for the World Cup

7/11/2006	Texas Stars become first ASA National Champion of the Season

7/10/2006	World Cup of Softball Week Begins

7/10/2006	Umpires enjoy working every game

7/10/2006	LA Voodoo and CA Grapettes earn berths to ASA Girl’s Gold Nation...

7/10/2006	Duran, Topping and Schutzler Highlight Exhibition Game

7/10/2006	Duran, Topping, Schutzler Highlight Exhibition Game

7/7/2006	USA Softball National Teams Meet in California

7/6/2006	Countdown to II World Cup Begins

7/5/2006	Lemont Rockers win HOF Qualifier

7/2/2006	No-hitter and Grand Slam Lead USA to 12-0 Victory

7/1/2006	USA Softball Sweeps Doubleheader 4-1, 10-3