TheCoastalPointguide tothe2023SeniorLeague SoftballWorldSeries• August3,2023
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SpecialtotheCoastalPointphotos•CarlaVarisco Fansshowsignsandeatasweettreat fromRita’satthestartofthegameson Monday,July31.
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BothDistrict3’sAshlynUllmanandEast’sfirstbasemanJessicaBretz,aboveleft,aresmilingwaitingtoseeifthepitcherwillcatchUllmanoffthebaseduringgame1on Mondayevening.Topright,alleyesareonDistrict3managerSarahHobanmomentsbeforegame.Aboveright,aquickteammeetbeforethefinalpushtovictory.
DelawareD3respondseverytimeonwaytowinoverEast
ByJasonFeather StaffReporter
Thepressureofplayinginfrontof yourfamily,friends,neighborsandjust abouteveryoneelseinthecommunity canbedifficult.Addinthefactthatyou arealsonowplayinginfrontofpretty
muchtheworld,thankstothelivestreamingcapabilityofESPN,andthat pressurecanbedownrightsuffocating.
However,forthelocalgirlsfrom DelawareDistrict3—theteamcomposed ofmembersfromtheLowerSussexLittleLeague,aswellasafewfrom Laurel—wereabletocompartmental-
izethatpressureandpickedupahardfought8-5winovertheirEastcounterpartsintheopeninggameofthe2023 SeniorLeagueSoftballWorldSeries, playedonBruceLaytonFieldatthe LowerSussexLittleLeaguecomplexat thePyleCenterinRoxana.
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RBIs.StartingpitcherCierraLewis wentthedistance,tossingallseveninningsallowingthefiveruns—allun-
earned—buthadeightwalkstogo alongwithsevenstrikeouts.Shealso helpedherselfattheplatewithasolo homeruntogetherteamontheboard inthethirdinning,andthenaddedtwo morehitstohertotal,withthreeruns scoredandtwoRBIs.
BaileyUllmanandMacyBladesalso hadtwo-hiteffortsforthewinners. AshlynUllmanhadasacrifice-flyRBI togoalongwithtwowalks,whileKatie McHale addedatwo-rundoubleinher onlyturnattheplate.
TheEastwasledbyKylieHarris,
whohadtwohitsandtwoRBIs.Jess Bretz,BellaFarinaandKloiTighealso hadhitsinthegameforEast.LilyEdwards,SavannahPalverento,Graillyn Weber,AveryWatsonandTigheeach scoredarunaswell.
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SpecialtotheCoastalPointphotos•CarlaVarisco District3’sCierraLewis,above,showssuperiorcontroloftheball.Topright,JazzMayfieldfist bumpstheumpsbeforethefirstgame.Right,EastpitcherKloiTighe’ssignaturestance.
Nessmantossesone-hitshutoutasCanadadefeatsSoutheast
ByMikeStern StaffReporter
TatumNessmanwasincompletecontrol.
Theright-handedpitchertossed afive-inningone-hitshutoutto leadCanadapastSoutheast,10-0, onMonday,July31,atAndyLyons Fieldintheopenerofpoolplayat the2023SeniorLeagueSoftball WorldSeries.
Nessmanstruckouteightand
walkedtworivalsafterherteammatesontheCalgary,Albertabasedsquadgaveheranearlylead.
TheCanadianswereaggressive attheplate,launchinga10-hitattackascatcherClairaStonedrove infourrunsandthirdbaseman PaytonKinsleyaddedtwoRBIs.
CanadajumpedonSoutheast starterKayleeMcDonaldfora4-0 leadinthefirstinning.Kinsley’s RBI-singleandanensuingerror allowedanotherruntoscore,giv-
ingherteamaquick2-0lead. Stonefollowedwithatwo-run homerovertheleft-fieldfence.
AfterCanadaaddedathird-inningrunonfirst-basemanGrace Gulutzan’ssacrificeflytomakeit 5-0,Stonedrilledatwo-rundoubleoverthethird-basebaginthe fourthframethatincreasedher squad’sadvantageto7-0.
Nessman’steammatesadded threemorerunsinthefifthframe oncenterfielderLilyJohnstone’s
two-rundoubleandKinsley’sRBI two-bagger.
Southeastdesignatedplayer IreneGreensmackedherteam’s onlyhitinthesecondinning,forcingNessmantoescapeapotential jam. StarterMcDonaldallowed sevenhits,sevenrunsandthree walksinfourinningsofworkfor Southeast,whichisbasedin Macon,Georgia.
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CoastalPointphotos•ShaunM.Lambert Topleft,clockwise,TatumNessmanthrowsaheatertohomeplate.MirandaDeckat batforCanada.Deckgivesthethumbsupaftergettingahitandrunningtosecond base.Southeast’sNakeiraMallorypreparesforapitchwhileatbatinMonday eveningfirstgameonLyonsFieldinRoxana.
EarlyoffensiveeffortleadCentraltowinoverWest
ByJasonFeather StaffReporter
Gettingthefirstrunsinasoftball gamecanreallyhelpyourteamtorelax andsetthetonefortherestofthe game.Itcanalsohelpyourpitcherget herselfintoagoodmindset,gettingto pitchwithalead,versusbeingtiedor trailing.
TheCentralregionchampionswere abletodrawfirstbloodintheirSenior
LeagueSoftballWorldSeriesopener withtheWest,andwereabletoride that earlyoffensiveefforttoan8-4win. Withsinglerunsinthefirst,and thentwomoreineachofthesecond andthirdinnings,Centralwasableto builditselfa5-0leadforAudrey Gilman.Thewinningpitchertoedthe rubberinthecircleforfourhitlessinnings,allowingjustoneearnedrun, whileoffsettingthreewalkswithseven strikeouts.Shealsohelpedherselfof-
fensivelywithadoubleandrunscored.
ItaleeFord,MiaVolpertandAspen Kitowskieachcollectedtwohitsinthe game,withFordaddingarunscored andanRBI-triplealongtheway.Kitowskiaddedthreeruns,scoredwithan RBIaswell.TarynGriffithplatedthe firstrunofthegameforCentralwith anRBI-groundoutinthefirstinning.
MyleeTracyandKitowskiknocked inthetwoCentralrunsinthesecond inning,withatripleandsingle,respec-
tively.Forthegame,Centralbangedout 12hitsinthecontest,tojustthreefor West.
TajaSouza(double),DestinyTautofi (double) andHaylie-SeanReinycollectedtheonlyhitsforWest.Mya Kishidascoredtwice,whileKelsey Kaluna-ThomasandReinyscoredruns. Souzatookthelossinthecircle,going fourinningsandallowingfiveearned runson10hits,withonewalkandone strikeout.
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DefendingchampSouthwesttallies11-1victoryoverLatinAmerica
ByMikeStern StaffReporter
Thedefendingchampionsdisplayedtheiroffensivepower.
TheWaco,Texas-basedSouthwest squadcombinedimpressivehitting withstrongpitchingenroutetoupendingLatinAmerica,11-1,on Monday,July31,atAndyLyonsField intheopenerofpoolplayatthe2023 SeniorLeagueSoftballWorldSeries.
SouthpawAllysonSchauerpitched
afive-inningtwo-hitcompletegame, strikingoutsevenandallowingthree walks.
Schaueralsoreceivedthekindof offensivesupportthathelpswinmultipletitles.
First-basemanMiahCarona rippedthreehitsanddroveinfour runs,whilethird-basemanChristi McGuirechasedthreemoreruns acrosstheplatetoheadlineanimpressivenine-hitattack.
Coronadrilleda3-1pitchoverthe
left-fieldfenceinthefirstinningto giveSouthwestanearly2-0lead.Second-basemanJourneeWhiteknocked inasecond-inningrunwhenshewas hitbyapitchwiththebasesloaded, increasingSouthwest’sleadto3-1.
TheCentralTexanseruptedforsix runsinthefourthinningon McGuire’sthree-rundouble,arunscoringtwo-baggerbyCorona,and catcherJaydenSadler’stwo-run homertocenterfieldthatmadeit9-1.
Southwestcompletedtheon-
slaughtwhenshortstopKylieAlonzo alertlyscoredfromsecondbaseona sacrificefly,andanRBI-doubleby Corona.
LatinAmerica,whichisbasedin PuertoRico,scoreditsonlyruninthe homefirst,whensecond-baseman TelaidyRosarioracedhomefromsecondbaseonateammate’sinfieldhit. StartingpitcherYlineTorresallowedsixhits,ninerunsandfour walks,whilestrikingoutfive,before shewasliftedinthefourthinning.
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CoastalPointphotos•ShaunM.Lambert Southwest’sYasmineTraore,aboveleft,preparestoswingagainstLatinAmerica’spitcherduringgame4oftheSeniorLeagueSoftballWorldSeriesinRoxana.Aboveright, Southwest, fromLittleRiver-AcademyinTexascheersonateammateroundingtheplatesforascoreintheirwinoverLatinAmerica,fromGuanica,PuertoRico.
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TheNationalAnthemissungbyGregFullerduringthe2023SeniorLeagueSoftball WorldSeriesinRoxanaonMonday,July31.Tenteamsfromaroundtheworldhave gatheredtobattleitoutonthediamond.OpeningpitchwasthrownbyDavidHare attheopeningcermoniesatthe2023SeniorLeagueSoftballWorldSeries Teamsstartingtopleft
DelawareD3Region:LowerSussexLittleLeague,Frankford,Delaware
Europe-AfricaRegion:CzechRepublicDistrict1LittleLeague,Prague,Czech Republic
Latin AmericaRegion:YankeesFamilyGroupLittleLeague,Guanica,PuertoRico CentralRegion:IllinoisDistrict17LittleLeague,District17,Illinois
EastRegion:PennsvilleLittleLeague,Pennsville,NewJersey
SoutheastRegion:Vine-IngleLittleLeague,Macon,Georgia
SouthwestRegion:TexasDistrict9LittleLeague,LittleRiver-Academy,Texas Asia-PacificRegion:NegrosOccidentalLittleLeague,BacolodCity,Philippines WestRegion:HonoluluLittleLeague,Honolulu,Hawaii
CanadaRegion:YYCSoftballLittleLeague,Calgary,Alberta
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CanadawalksoffwithwinoverWestthankstoKinsleyHR
ByJasonFeather StaffReporter
Aftercruisingtoa10-0shutdown shellackingoverSoutheastintheir opener,thegirlsfromCanadawerein forabattlewhentheymetupwiththe Westregionchampionsintheirsecond gameofpoolplayonTuesday,Aug.1.
PaytonKinsleyledthechargefor Canadawitha3-for-4plateshowing,
butthebiggesthitofthegamewasthe game-winninghomerunsheblastedto deep centerfieldonthesecondpitch,to leadoffthebottomoftheseventhinning.Downinthecount0-1afterlookingatastrike,Kinsleyswungbigand gotabigresult,intheprocessliftingher teamtothevictory.
Thecatcher/thirdbasemanscored threerunsinthegameandalsohada double.TeammateMatteaBurrillhada
two-runhomerunofherowninthe firstinning,togetCanadaontheboard. Shefinishedthegamegoing2-for-3, withtworunsscoredandthetwoRBIs.
Canadawasactuallyouthitbythe West10-8overall.C.Stone,R.Alberts andA.Bugdenhadtheotherhitsinthe gameforCanada,whichstoodat2-0in PoolBattheendofthenight.
FortheWest—0-2inpoolplayas oflateTuesdaynight—TasianaTaufa-
hemaledtheoffensewiththreehits,includingadouble,whilescoringarun andknockingintwoothers.Nikki Chongwastheonlyotherplayerwitha multiple-hiteffortinthisone,going2for-4witharunscored.ShelbyBagulo, KelseyKawamura,MyaKashida(two runsscored),KelseyKaluna-Thomas andHaylie-SeanReinyhadtheother hitsforWest.
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Canada’sMirandaDeckgetsahitingame2onthefirstdayoftheSeniorLeagueSoftballWorldSeries.
Above,volunteersworkontheinfieldatLyonsFieldonTuesday, Aug.1.Farleft,ArchieDiehlenjoyshimselfwhilewalking aroundthePyleCenterComplex. Left,SenatorCarpergivesthe thumbsupatthePyleCenterin RoxanafortheSeniorLeague SoftballWorldSeries.
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Above,CentralpitcherMiaVolpertfiresoneinagainstSoutheastRegiononTuesday,August1,during theseconddayoftheSeniorLeagueSoftballWorldSeriesinRoxana.Centralwonthegame11-1. Aboveright,SoutheastbaserunnerAva‘Kendall’Pattoniscalledoutatsecondbaseafterastolen base attemptagainstCentral.CentralshortstopItaleeFordmadethetag.Right,CentralbatterAva Womblessmilesassheroundsthebasesafterhittinga2runhomerunagainstSoutheast.
SteadyattackleadsCentraloverUSASoutheast
ByDarinMcCann ExecutiveEditor
TarynGriffithpickedupfourhits andAvaWombleshitahomeruntolead USACentraltoan11-1winoverSoutheastattheSeniorLeagueSoftballWorld SeriesonTuesday,Aug.1.
Centraltalliedtworunsineachofthe first,thirdandfourthinnings,before
toppingthingsoffwithafive-runbottomhalfofthefifthtobringthegameto aclose.Allinall,Centralpickedup14 hitsontheday,withWombles,Volpert andCaitlinBuntejoiningGriffithin producingmultiplehitsontheday. VolpertalsopitchedforCentral,striking outfourandwalkingnobodyasshescatteredfivehitsoverfiveinningsofwork.
Buntedroveinthefirsttworunsof
thegamewithafirst-inningdoubleto center,anddroveinanotherwithatriple inthethirdinning.KayleeMacDonald savedarunforSoutheastlaterthatinningwhensherifledathrowhometo cutdownBuntetryingtoscore. Wombleshithermammothhomerunin thatdecisivefifthinning.
ElizabethBridges,HannahGarner, NakeiraMallory,JasmineJonesand
ZariaBlasinggamepickeduphitsfor Southeast,whileGarnerwentthedistanceonthehill.
Southeastlookedtobeofftoagood startontheday,asGarnerlacedadouble toleft,butshewasstrandedthereasthe inningcametoanend.Malloryscored Southeast’sonlyrunofthegame,inthe topofthefifthonarunnercaughtstealingsecond.
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Asia-PacifictopsLatinAmerica
ByJasonFeather StaffReporter
Withbothteamsplayingstellardefense,andbothpitchersdoingtheir partskeepingtheotherteamoffthe scoreboard,Asia-Pacificfinallyfound theirswings,explodingforfiverunsin thefifthinningontheirwaytoa7-2 winoverLatinAmericaonTuesday.
Afterastrikeouttostartthetopof thefifth,Asia-Pacific’sChe-Restcel
DelaCruzgottherally,goingwitha singletoright.VergieMaghinayfollowedwithawalk.ThenAnneMarie ManalosingledtoscoreDelaCruz.
Rhea ManalothenplatedMaghinay, reachingsafelyonafielder’schoice bunt.MagdaleneNanganfollowedthat upwithanear-identicalfielder’schoice buntthatscoredAnneMarieManaloto makeit3-0.RheaManalocameacross onagroundoutbyTrishaKaryl
Hicayen,andthenSheinEspinosasin-
gledtoleft,scoringNangan.
Espinosahadapairofhitstolead theA-Poffense,whichmanagedjustsix hitsoverallinthegame.Shealso knockedintwo.RheaManaloand Nanganeachscoredtwice,withNangan alsopickinguptwoRBIs.
AngelicaJeanLatrizwasthewinningpitcherforAsia-Pacific,tossingsix inningsoftwo-hitball.Sheallowed bothLatinAmericarunsandstruckout seven.
JelaidyRosarioVazquezandYadielis Mercado-Cornierhadtheonlyhitsin thegameforLatinAmerica,whichfell to0-2intheirpool.RosarioVazquez andNainangelysFloresscoredtheruns forLatinAmerica.YlimeTorrestook thelossinthecircle,goingthedistance and allowingjustsixhitsandsevenruns (fiveearned),andoffsetherthreewalks withninestrikeouts.
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Left,Asia-Pacific’sVergeMaghinayuptobatinAsiaPacific’s7-2winondaytwooftheSeniorLeagueSoftballWorldSeries.
Southeastpast Europe-Africa
ByDarinJ.McCann ExecutiveEditor
HannahGarnerdrove infiverunsonthreehits, andSoutheasttopped Europe-Africabyascore of8-4attheSenior LeagueSoftballWorld SeriesinRoxanaon Tuesday,Aug.1.
OliviaWoodgeardand IreneGreeneachdrove inrunsforSoutheast, withdoubles,and Woodgeardwentthedistanceonthehill,striking outnineinseveninnings ofwork,andonlyallowingoneearnedrun.
Southeastgotthe scoringstartedearly,with GarnerknockinginKaitlynDeshazerwithasingle.Deshazerwalked threetimesinthegame, pickedupahitand scoredthreeruns.
Europe-Africamade
somedefensiveplaysin thefourthinningtopreventwhatwasthena2-0 deficitfromgrowing larger.TeresaKoubova madeagreatthrowhome fromsecondbasetopreventoneSoutheastrun fromscoring,andleftfielderAmelieForetova endedtheinningwith oneofthecatchesofthe tournament—adiving, twistingballdownthe leftfieldlinewitharunneronsecond.
SaraRolfesovaled Europe-Africawithtwo hitsonthedayandthrew 51/3inningsfromthe mound.Europe-Africa scoredalltheirruns withoutpickingupan RBI,astheywereableto capitalizeonsixerrorsby Southeast. Pr yorscoredtworuns forSoutheastontheday.
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Eastholdsofflaterallyby Asia-Pacificforlate-nightwin
ByJasonFeather StaffReporter
Tworunsinthefirstandthreein thesecondallowedtheEastregion champstojumpouttoasizablelead intheirmeetingwithAsia-Pacific. However,theA-Pgirlshadnodesire togoawaywithoutafight,andralliedtoscorefiverunsoftheirownin thebottomofthesecondinning.
Fromthere,itbecameatestof whosepitchingwasgoingtokeep theotherofftheboardmoreoften thantheother.Andintheend,itwas theEast’sJessBretzwhowouldprevail,allowingjustoneruntherestof theway,forthe7-6Eastwin.
Bretzactuallyswungthebiggest batofthenightforEast,knockingin fiverunsonhertwohitsinfivetrips totheplate.Shewouldgo2-for-3, withtwowalks,adoubleandhome run.Inthecircle,sheneeded117 pitchestogothedistanceforthe win.Sheallowedsixruns(onlytwo earned)onsevenhits,andstruckout fivewiththreewalks.
East—1-1inthepoolafter Tuesdaynight’sgame—collected13 hitsoverallinthecontest,withLily Edwardsgoinganear-perfect4-for-
5withtworunsscored.KylieHarris andBellaFarinaeachhadmultiplehiteffortsaswell,withFarinaplatingapairandHarrisscoringtwice.
SheinEspinosaandJeanneUbay eachwent2-for-4inthegamefor Asia-Pacific,withbothalsoscoringa run.AllsevenofA-P’shitsweresingles,assixdifferentplayersscored theirruns,whileRheaManalo,MagdaleneNanganandAnneMarie ManalowerecreditedwithRBIs.
Itwasasplitoftheirtwogames onthedayforA-P,astheyhadtaken downLatinAmerica,7-2,earlierin theevening.
SpecialtotheCoastalPointphotos•CarlaVarisco Aboverightandbelowright,East’sLily Edwardsscoresarunduringgame9 againstAsia-Pacificondaytwoofthe SeniorLeagueSoftballWorldSeriesat thePyleCenterinRoxana.Eastheldoff alaterallybyAsia-Pacifictowin7-6.
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Above,SouthwestplayersgreetChristiMcGuireathomeplateafterMcGuirebelteda solohomerunagainstDistrict3duringGame10oftheSeniorLeagueSoftballWorld Series.Aboveright,District3startingpitcherCierraLewisbattlesSouthwestTexas. Farright,District3startingpitcherCierraLewis,left,andfirstbasemanGracieHoban watchSouthwest’sKyLiAlonzoheadforhomeafterhittingahomerun.Right,District 3playersstandduringthenationalanthematLyonsField.
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Southwestusedthreehomerunsand asolidpitchingperformancetotop District3bya5-1scoreinananticipatedmatchupattheSeniorLeague SoftballWorldSeriesonTuesday,Aug. 1.
StartingpitcherChristiMcGuire blastedatwo-outshottocentertoopen thescoringinthetophalfofthefirst
inningoffDistrict3pitcherCierra Lewis.Thatscoreremainedthesame until thebeginningofthethirdinning, whenKyliAlonzohitatwo-runshotto right-center,andthenarun-scoringsinglebyMiahCoronaextendedthe Southwestleadto4-0.
District3showedsomelifeinthe bottomofthesixthagainstMcGuire, whenBaileyUllmansingledtoright andSophieScurcimovedtothird. Scurcicameintoscoreonagroundout
byAshlynUllman,narrowingthelead to4-1,buttherallyendedthere.
Southwestpromptlyextendedthe gap backtofourwhenYasmineTraore launchedSouthwest’sthirdhomerof theeveningwithablasttocenterfield, makingit5-1.
AgameDistrict3teamdidn’tgo quietlyintothatgoodnight,however. Withtwooutsinthebottomoftheseventh,JillianCoulbournlacedasingleto left,andKatelynMurrayfollowedthat
upwithasingleofherown,bringing thehomecrowdtoitsfeet.But McGuirewasabletoendthegamewith thenextbatter,sealingSouthwest’swin. McGuirehadtwoofSouthwest’sfive hits andstruckoutfiveonthehill. CoulbournhadtwoofDistrict3’s fivehits.Lewispitchedallseveninnings forthehometeam,walkingsixand strikingoutseven.
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Southwest’sBrittanyMorgandivessafelybacktothebaseasDistrict3’sfirstbasemanGracieHobanappliesalatetagonTuesday,August1,2023,duringthesecondday oftheSeniorLeagueSoftballWorldSeriesinRoxana.
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