16U ASA Western Nationals

Pride started pool play on Tuesday with a loss of 0-2 to All American Mizuno. They came back on Wednesday morning and beat Blaze 93  9-6.  Bracekt play begain that evening against Synergy at 7 pm and won with a final score of 3-0.  Thursday Pride faced Scorpio 93 and walked away with the 2-1 win. Pride later faced Team Velocity at 11 pm that evening and lost 0-1. Friday Pride was back on the field at 9 am to face Utah Eclipse and won 4-3. With another long break they head back to the field for the 9 pm game against San Diego Legacy. Pride gave up two runs in the first inning and that would be all Legacy needed to win.

Pride finished tied for 13th Place out of 63 teams.

Ladies, thank you for all your hard work and dedication. See you next Season!

ASA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNER UP 

After a long week in Colorado and short rest, Pride was ready for another tourney. They took the fields at Rose Mofford on Friday with a 12-0 victory over the Lil Saints and a 10-4 victory over the Thunderhawks. This set them up for one game on Saturday. It was a close game and Pride was able to hold on and win with a score of 4-3 over Scorpio. Sunday morning we faced the Hotshots in the semis. We took a tough loss of 0-9 that put us in the losers bracket where we face Scorpio for a second time. Pride bats were hot and beat Scorpio with a score of 8-1. With a few hours to rest before the Championship game the ladies relaxed and got ready to face the Hotshots for the title. Pride bats had cooled down and only scored 1 run. The Hotshots advanced and won The State Championship title.

Pride finsihed as The State Championship Runner Up with a 4-2 record.

ASA COLORADO FIREWORKS 

Pride travelled to Colorado for the ASA Fireworks. The girls played 5 practice games finishing 3-1-1. The girls then went 3-1 in pool play taking the number two seed. As the girls geared up for bracket play on Friday they were greeted with dark clouds, rolling thunder and lots of rain that postponed the start. Due to the bad Weather on Friday and Saturday the losers bracket was eliminated and game times were cut squeezing the tournament into a one day event. Pride went 3-1 in bracket play losing to the Tournament Champions OR Northwest Blaze finishing in an impressive 5th place out of 56 teams. Our ladies played a total of 12 games. Their record 9-2-1. 

Great job ladies and way to represent Arizona in Colorado!