SOFTBALL: Bound 4 Beijing Tour Continues at Judi Garman Classic

Bound 4 Beijing Tour Continues at Judi Garman Classic OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.-After a week off, the USA Women's National Team is back in action as they will compete in Fullerton, Calif., at the Judi Garman Classic hosted by Cal-State Fullerton. The Women's National team is a perfect 11-0 so far on the KFC Bound 4 Beijing Tour, outscoring opponents 118-0. The team will open play on March 19 with a 7:00 p.m./PT game against host-team Cal State Fullerton, the alma mater of National Team member Jenny Topping (Whittier, Calif.). The team will continue action on Thursday at 6:00 p.m/PT against No. 17 ULL before concluding the Classic with a game against New Mexico on Fri., March 21 at 6:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.fullertontitans.com. Despite more than half of their schedule games begin rained out at the USF Under Armour Classic last week, the team made use of their double header with shutout scores of 18-0 over USF and 13-0 over North Carolina State. The evening was highlighted by the power of Team USA as they connected on 28 hits. Clean-up hitter Bustos (.421) tallied nine RBI on the evening with a grand slam in game one and a 300 foot three-run blast in game two. Stacey Nuveman (La Verne, Calif.) and Caitlin Lowe (Tustin, Calif.) each sent three-run home runs over the fences in game two. After the stint in Fullerton, the team will head back to the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium where they have captured back-to-back World Cup titles. Starting on March 24, the team will compete against No.8 Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, No. 19 DePaul and Virginia Tech. Tickets are still available for sale by logging onto www.softballoutlet.com Also don't forget to catch ALL of Team USA's games lives by logging onto www.usasoftball.com for live stats!! About ASA The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation's largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 83 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit www.asasoftball.com. About USA Softball USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men's, Women's, Junior Boys' and Junior Girls' National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women's National Team is one of the only two women's sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won eight World Championship titles including the last six consecutive as well as claimed two World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball, please visit http://www.usasoftball.com/.

Tags: Caitlin Lowe, Jenny Topping, Stacey Nuveman