SOFTBALL: U.S. returns to tour action on east coast with minor league stadium stops

For Immediate Release: 4/28/08 U.S. returns to tour action on east coast with minor league stadium stops OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. --- After a five-day break, the USA Softball Women's National Team (26-1) returns to KFC Bound 4 Beijing tour travel on Tuesday as they head east to Washington, Pa. The team will practice on Wednesday before taking the field on Thursday, May 1 at the Wildthings Frontier League Stadium against Robert Morris University at 7:30 p.m. (EST) . The U.S. will then take a quick trip down south to Plant City, Fla., home of West Central Florida ASA and the International Softball Federation. The Red, White and Blue will battle Florida Southern on May 3 at 7 p.m. (EST) at the Plant City Stadium, former home of a farm team from the Cincinnati Red. Then it's back north to Ann Arbor, Mich. for a match-up with the No. 5 Michigan Wolverines on Tuesday, May 6 at 7 p.m. (CST) . Heading back east, the U.S. will then return to Pennsylvania for a sold out game against ASA Regional All Stars on Thursday, May 8 at 7 p.m. (EST) in Williamsport, Pa. Bowman Field will host the team and serves as the home of the Williamsport Crosscutters, a single A farm team of the Philadelphia Phillies. Highlighting the week will be the team's trip near the Nation's capital on May 10 at 4 p.m. (EST) where they will meet up with the NPF's Washington Glory at the MLB minor league Baysox Stadium in Bowie, Maryland. Home of the Double AA team for the Baltimore Orioles, this stop could possibly break a tour record with over 7,500 tickets sold to date. The next week consists of four games and four states as the U.S. continues to prepare for Beijing. Leading the ranks is leftfielder Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo, Calif.) who is hitting .473 with 41 RBI including 11 home runs. As a team, the U.S. has outscored opponents 276-11 and is hitting .406 as a team. From the circle, the U.S. has held opponents to a .082 batting average and has a combined .43 ERA. Monica Abbott (Salinas, Calif.) has a team best perfect 7-0 record while Jennie Finch (La Mirada, Calif.) is leading in strikeouts with 91 in 45.1 innings pitched. Be sure to check out www.usasoftball.com for photos from the tour and the team's recent visit to the Dodger game. Also blogs and game stories and box scores along the B4B tour! 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 http://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/. About KFC Bound 4 Beijing Tour The KFC Bound 4 Beijing tour is a 45-city nationwide pre-Olympic tour for the USA Softball Women's National team as they prepare to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Beginning in February, the tour reaches every corner of the country including 23 states while Team USA prepares with 62 total games. The tour consists of five consecutive weekly national televised games on ESPN2 in April and May along with two other bonus games plus four games slated for July that rounds out over 22 hours of original USA Softball branded programming on the ESPN family of networks. Along with the title sponsor, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), other national tour sponsors include Dermabond and Lumber Liquidators. About DERMABOND Adhesive DERMABOND Adhesive is a topical skin adhesive used by doctors in the O.R. and E.R. to close incisions from surgeries or wounds from injuries. DERMABOND Adhesive may not be right for all types of wounds such as those that are infected or wounds on the eyes, mouth, scalp or joints. Tell your doctor about any skin sensitivities. Your doctor will know if DERMABOND Adhesive is right for you. For more information go to DERMABOND.com.