LYNCHBURG, Va. – Twenty-four of the country’s best softball players have arrived in Lynchburg, Va. For the USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT) selection camp the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America/USA Softball announced today. Attendees will participate in a five-day selection process as well as simulated games and will be evaluated by the Women’s National Team Selection Committee (WNTSC). Following camp, athletes will begin a three-city tour of exhibition games in which they will be further evaluated.
“We’ve been waiting for this since last summer and to finally be on the dirt with the full team is awesome,” said two-time WNT member Amanda Chidester. “We’ve got a great group of girls who are meshing really well together and we’re all having so much fun being back in the Red, White and Blue.”
Click here to see a list of the USA Softball Women’s National Team Selection Camp attendees.
Once selected, the 17 athletes who make up the 2014 USA Softball Women’s World Championship team will compete in six different events throughout United States, Canada, Italy and the Netherlands. Fans in the United States will get three opportunities to see Team USA with two exhibition stops, Morgantown, W.V on July 3 and Waldorf, Md. On July 29, as well as the World Cup of Softball IX in Irvine, Calif. July 7-13.
Tickets for each exhibition tour stop can be purchased by clicking the following link
Date Event Location Tickets
June 9-12 Selection Camp Lynchburg, Va.
June 13 Exhibition Games Lynchburg, Va.
June 17 Exhibition Games Findlay, Ohio
June 19 Exhibition Games Purcellville, Va.
June 22 – Women’s National Team Roster Announced
July 3 Exhibition Games Morgantown, W.Va.
July 7-13 World Cup IX Irvine, Calif.
July 15-21 Canadian Open FP International Surrey, B.C.
July 29 Exhibition Games Waldorf, Md.
August 6-10 Italian Softball Week Azzano, Italy
August 12-24 ISF Women’s World Championship Haarlem, Netherlands Click here
Following along all summer with the Women’s National Team at USA Softball.com
