In their final matchup up of the 2014 USA Softball Women’s National Team Selection Camp, the U.S. squad swept their exhibition doubleheader against the Virginia All-Stars.

In game one, the Red, White and Blue combined for 15 hits for a 12-0 shutout win, while nine hits pushed the U.S. to a 4-1 win in game two.  Sam Fischer (Simi Valley, Calif.) had a standout performance for the night, going 5-for-6 with two home runs and six RBI.

“For the last 12 days we’ve had incredible effort from these 22 athletes,” said Head Coach Ken Eriksen.  “You could take anyone from this camp and create a great team and the chemistry of this team was amazing.  The 22 here today make it very difficult to choose the final 17 but going forward into the summer we feel good about this solid group of women.”

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Game One

Two pitchers joined forces to throw a no-hitter for Team USA in a 12-0 victory in five innings over the VA All-Stars in game one.   Jessica Moore (Sutter, Calif.) and Jolene Henderson (Elk Grove, Calif.) teamed up to stifle the VA All-Stars with Moore striking out four batters through three innings of work.

Nine runs in the opening three innings allowed Team USA to gain a comfortable lead early in the game. A two-run triple by Lauren Gibson (Pasadena, Md.) and an RBI double by Fischer during the first inning put the U.S. up 3-0 after just one inning.  Gibson would gain another RBI via a single in the second inning to score Michelle Moultrie (Jacksonville, Fla.), who had reached on a double to right field.

Team USA added five more runs in the bottom of the third as Kellie Fox (San Diego, Calif.) led off the inning with a single.  Back-to-back singles by Destinee Martinez (Corona, Calif.) and Haylie McCleney (Morris, Ala.) loaded the bases for Moultrie, who doubled to centerfield to plate two runs. That was followed up by a Raven Chavanne (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) single, scoring McCleney, Martinez and Moultrie.  The U.S. would add their final run of the inning after Amanda Chidester (Allen Park, Mich.) reached base on a fielder’s choice, which plated Taylor Hoagland (Flower Mound, Texas), who pinch ran for Chavanne.

The U.S. increased its lead with three runs in the fourth inning to push their lead to 12-0. For the game, Moultrie was 4-for-4 with two doubles, two singles, four runs scored and two RBI.  McCleney and Gibson also finished the game 2-for-3 with Gibson collecting three RBI and McCleney scoring two runs.

 

Game Two

Sam Fischer hit two home runs to carry Team USA to a 4-1 win over VA All-Stars in their final exhibition game of the evening.  Chavanne, Fischer and McCleney led the U.S., combining for six hits and four RBIs with Fischer punching a two-run home run in the bottom of the first and fifth innings.

The lone run of the game for the VA All-Stars crossed the plate in the sixth inning on an RBI double by Maddie Obrien.

Four U.S. pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts as Sara Nevins (Pineallas Park, Fla.) led from the circle with three strikeouts, one walk and one hit through three innings of work.  Lacey Waldrop (Chester, Va.) fanned two batters while allowing one earned run, one walk and one hit through 2.1 innings and Cheridan Hawkins (Anderson, Calif.) picked up two strikeouts against three batters faced.  Jaclyn Traina (Naples, Fla.) threw the final frame of the game, shutting down the VA All-Stars with three strikeouts.

This marked the end of the 2014 USA Softball Women’s National Team Selection Camp.  The final roster for the 17-athlete 2014 USA Softball Women’s National Team will be announced on June 22 on USASoftball.com.