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Friday, 28 October 2011
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Peter Blangé (born 9 December 1964 in Voorburg, Zuid-Holland) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.His finest hour came in 1996, when he won the gold medal in Atlanta, Georgia with the Dutch Men's National Team by defeating Italy in the final (3-2). Blangé obtained a total number of fivehundred caps (a national record) for the Netherlands, and started a career as volleyball coach after his career. He is currently the head coach of the Dutch Men's National Team.
On 2000-01-05 Blangé beat the record of international caps in the history of volleyball. In the match against Yugoslavia for the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Katowice (Poland) he earned his 464th international selection. This record previously belonged to his compatriot, Ron Zwerver, who finished his international career in December 1996 with 463 caps for his country
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Real Name : April Jeanette Mendez
Other Names : AJ , A.J. , April Lee , Miss April
Height : 5' 2"
Weight : 107 lb-49 kg
Date Of Birth : March 19, 1987
Place Of Birth : Union City, New Jersey
Trainers : Jay Lethal
Debut Year : September 29, 2007
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April Jeanette Mendez[4][5] (born March 19, 1987)[3] is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE,[6] wrestling on its SmackDown brand under the name of AJ. In 2010, she competed on the third season of NXT, finishing in third place. She also competes in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where she is a former Queen of FCW and FCW Divas Champion, and the first person to have held both titles.
She has wrestled for several Northeast-based independent promotions under the name Miss April. including VPW, NWS, and ACE as well as the all-female promotion Women Superstars Uncensored, where she was one half of the WSU Tag Team Champions along with Brooke Carter, known as The AC Express.
Early life
Mendez has stated she is of Puerto Rican heritage.[7] She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in New York City where she majored in Film and Television production. She has a brother who served in the Army, and as a tribute to him, she has been known to wear camouflage wrestling attire.[8]
Personal life
Mendez was previously in a relationship with her trainer Jay Lethal.[36] Mendez is a self-described geek[37] and enjoys comic books, video games and action movies.[38] Mendez is also an animal lover, owning two rescue dogs.[39]
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April Jeanette Mendez[4][5] (born March 19, 1987)[3] is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE,[6] wrestling on its SmackDown brand under the name of AJ. In 2010, she competed on the third season of NXT, finishing in third place. She also competes in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where she is a former Queen of FCW and FCW Divas Champion, and the first person to have held both titles.She has wrestled for several Northeast-based independent promotions under the name Miss April. including VPW, NWS, and ACE as well as the all-female promotion Women Superstars Uncensored, where she was one half of the WSU Tag Team Champions along with Brooke Carter, known as The AC Express.
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Thursday, 27 October 2011
Edwin Benne Biography
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Edwin Johannes Benne (born 21 April 1965 in Amersfoort) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He ended up in fifth place at the 1988 Summer Olympics, followed by the silver medal four years later in Barcelona.Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Famous Softball Player Michele Smith Biography And Photos
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Smith attended Voorhees High School in Glen Gardner, New Jersey, where she set school records for wins, strikeouts and no hitters. On July 21, 1986, while Michele's father was driving her home from an oral surgeon's appointment. The sleeping Smith was thrown from the truck when her door opened on a turn. She was thrown into a roadside post, chopping off part of her elbow bone and tearing her triceps from her left arm, which severed the muscle and nerve endings in her golden pitching arm. The accident forced her to not only face the trauma of her injury, but also the end of her life as she had known it. "It was like losing my identity," she says. Her life was far from over, after 9 intensive months of rehab she made her comeback as a pitcher at Oklahoma State University. She returned throwing 3 mph faster than before the accident![2]
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Joan Joyce (born August 18, 1940, in Waterbury, Connecticut) is the softball coach at Florida Atlantic University, following a record-setting career as a softball player for the Raybestos Brakettes and the Orange Lionettes.[1] She also had set records on the LPGA Tour as a golfer and on the USA women's national basketball team, and was a player and coach for the Connecticut Clippers volleyball team.[2]Saturday, 22 October 2011
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Born: Sept. 3, 1980
Hometown: La Mirada, Calif.
Height: 6-1
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Family: Husband, Casey Daigle; son, Ace
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Height: 6-1
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Primary position: Pitcher
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Finch married Major League Baseball pitcher Casey Daigle on January 15, 2005.[37] Daigle proposed to Finch on the softball field at the University of Arizona, her Alma Mater.[37] According to Finch, "He blindfolded me and took me to the mound and said, 'You have been the queen of the diamond for four years. Now I want you to be the queen of my heart.'"[37] Their son, named Ace, was born on May 4, 2006[5] and a second son Diesel, was born on June 19, 2011.[38] Finch is an avid fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers.[7]
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Bustos, a Mexican American, was born in Canyon Country, California. She began her career playing softball at Canyon Country Little League. She is a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic softball team, which won the silver medal after losing to Japan in the gold-medal game, the first loss for the U.S. women in 23 straight Olympic games.[3] Her accomplishments also include two World Cup Championships (2006 and 2007), three Pan American gold medals (1999, 2003 and 2007), and a gold medal at the 2006 ISF World Championships. She has also played for the NPF Akron Racers, and was the Most Valuable Player in the WPSL for the Orlando Wahoos in 1998.[4]
Bustos announced that she would retire from international competition after the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[5]
Bustos was named 2008 USA Softball Player of the Year. She became the field manager for the Akron Racers in October 2009,[6] but elected to return to the playing field for the Racers in 2010.
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011
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Famous Softball Player Cat Osterman Full Biography
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Birth Place: Houston, TX
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/16/1983, Aries
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Catherine Leigh "Cat" Osterman (born April 16, 1983), is an American athlete and was one of the pitchers on the USA Women's Softball Team which won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics. She started playing softball in first grade before quitting to play soccer and basketball. Cat found her way back to the diamond in fifth grade, when she was filling in as a backup pitcher for a little league team. She completed her collegiate eligibility in 2006 at the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a starting pitcher for the Longhorns since 2002.
Osterman held the NCAA Division I career strikeout record with 2,265 strikeouts over her four year career, surpassed by Monica Abbott on May 6, 2007. Cat is still the NCAA all-time leader for strikeouts per 7 innings, 14.34, as she pitched far fewer innings than Abbott (343 less). Cat also holds the Big 12 record with 25 Pitcher of the Week awards and the Big 12 record with four Pitcher of the Year awards. Osterman pitched a total of 20 NCAA career no-hitters and 10 NCAA career perfect games.
Early life and high school
Osterman was born in Houston, Texas to parents Gary and Laura Osterman. Her younger brothers are Craig (born 1986) and Chris (born 1994). She attended Cypress Springs High School in Cypress, Texas from 1997 to 2001, where she set several records on the school's softball team.
In 2001, she struck out 33 batters in a 14-inning 1-0 shutout over Cy-Fair High School. The performance ranked 16th on the strikeouts-in-a-single-game (extra innings) list, behind:
61, Alicia Hollowell; Fairfield Middle School 0, Woodland High School 1; May 25 & 29, 2001; 30 innings
53, DeeDee Weiman; Cerritos Gahr 0, Lakewood St. Joseph 1; 1986; 29 innings
49, Jennifer Deering; Salinas North Salinas 9, Gilroy 4; April 14 & May 8, 1997; 34 innings
48, Lisa Fernandez; Lakewood St. Joseph 1, Cerritos Gahr 0; 1986; 29 innings
47, Kristen Sloubar; Van Nuys Montclair Prep 2, Santa Monica Crossroads 1; May 8–9, 2005; 21 innings
44, Samantha Freeman; Pleasant Hill MO vs. Jefferson City Helias MO; October 20, 2001; 21 innings
43, Terry Carpenter; Huntington Beach Edison 0, Burbank Burroughs 0; 19xx; 24 innings
43, Jenny Schachtner; Flintridge Prep 2, Westright Tigers 1; June 27–29, 2005; 26 innings
42, Kristy Goodrich; Warren Lordstown OH 6, Bristol OH 2; 1998; 21 innings
42, Tracy Tiensvold; Truman MO vs. Blue Springs MO; October 14, 2000; 35 innings
40, Marissa Marzan; Fresno Bullard 0 vs. Clovis 1; 2000; 22 innings
40, Michele Granger; Placentia Valencia 1, La Mirada 0; 1988; 25 innings
40, Kayla Richardson; West Jefferson Ashe County NC vs. Mt. Airy North Surry NC; April 22, 25 & 27, 2005; 26 innings
35, Lucy Cezarez; Chula Vista Bonita Vista 1, La Mesa Helix 0; 1976; 29 innings
As such, she set a national record for strikeouts in a game under 20 innings, beating Jenny Stallard's previous record of 31 in 19 innings in 1978; she also set a national record for strikeouts in a 14-inning game, breaking Michelle Granger's former record of 31 in 1985.
University of Texas: Freshman and Sophomore years
2002: Freshman year
Osterman became the first UT freshman to be named Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week, for the week of February 19, a week in which she threw two no-hitters (a 3-0 win over the University of Utah on February 13 and a 4-0 win over Southwest Texas on February 15); they were only the third and fourth no-hitters by a UT freshman, and Cat became only the second Longhorns pitcher to throw a no-hitter, along with Natalie King's two freshman no-hitters in 2001). Her February 13 no-hitter was the first of her NCAA career.
She also threw the first perfect game in UT history in a game against Stephen F. Austin State University on February 26; she proceeded to throw two more perfect games in her freshman season. She struck out 554 batters to set an NCAA freshman record (which has since been eclipsed by Monica Abbott of the Tennessee Volunteers with 582 in 2004).
She set UT single-season records for wins (36), innings pitched (304⅓), games started (40), shutouts (17), appearances (51), and consecutive innings without giving up an earned-run (79⅔ from February 13 to March 13), as well as the UT single-game record for innings-pitched (14) and strikeouts-in-a-game (23) in a March 1 game against Mississippi State University. In a March 20 game against Texas State, she broke her own UT record for strikeouts-in-a-game with 24 in a 12-inning match. She also tied the UT single-season record for complete games (27)..
2003: Sophomore year
Osterman threw four more no-hitters, including another perfect game—on February 12, March 1, and March 20—while setting new UT career records for wins (68), shutouts (35), strikeouts (1,042), and opponents-batting-average (.105). She is so far the only pitcher in Big 12 Conference history to strike out 1,000 batters in only two seasons. She also broke the record for strikeouts-per-game with an average of 14.1 per seven-innings, beating the previous mark of 13.9 by Danielle Henderson of the University of Massachusetts in 1999; she surpassed her own UT single-season record for shutouts with 18, and tied her own shared record for complete games (27). From April 22 to May 22, she went a career-high and UT record 65 consecutive scoreless-innings.
On July 11, Osterman threw a no-hitter in the 2003 Canada Cup, striking out 10 batters to defeat Team Canada 8-0; on July 12, Osterman pitched her second no-hitter of the 2003 Canada Cup, striking out 16 of 24 batters to defeat the Stratford Brakettes 5-0.
On August 15, Osterman threw a perfect game to win the Gold-Medal game of the 2003 Pan American Games against Canada 4-0, securing Team USA's fifth consecutive PanAm Gold Medal. She struck out 14 batters in a game that was delayed three-and-a-half hours due to rain.
2004: XXVIII Olympiad
Osterman redshirted from UT to participate with fellow college softball pitcher Jennie Finch in the Olympic Games in Athens.
Aiming for Athens
Osterman went undefeated in 24 appearances during the USA Softball National Team's 53-game schedule. On February 20, she struck out nine batters in four perfect innings and combined with Finch for a no-hitter. On May 17, she struck out seven of nine batters over three innings, after which Finch struck out the final six batters in a row to combine for a perfect game and defeat the Sonic Stars 10-0. On July 10, she struck out 13 batters over five innings for another no-hitter, this time missing perfection on a lone error by first-baseman Stacey Nuveman in a 16-0 win over the Fort Worth All-Stars.
Olympic Games
Osterman picked up two wins and a save in the Olympiad. She followed Finch and Lori Harrigan of the University of Nevada by striking out the final two batters in Team USA's 7-0 victory over Italy on August 14; she gave up one hit and struck out 11 batters over eight innings in Team USA's 3-0 victory over Japan on August 16; and she gave up one hit and four walks while striking out 10 batters over six innings in Team USA's 3-0 victory over Chinese Taipei on August 20. Her 23 strikeouts led Team USA.
Return to the University of Texas
2005: Junior year
Osterman threw six more no-hitters including three more perfect games on February 16 (perfect), March 9 (perfect), March 11, May 12, May 20 and May 21 (perfect); she also struck out 20-or-more batters in four separate games on March 17 (23 in ten innings), March 19 (21 in eight innings), April 26 (24 in ten innings matching her career-high), and May 27 (20 in nine innings) in the process of leading the Longhorns to a third-place finish in the NCAA Softball World Series (they lost to the UCLA Bruins, who in turn lost to the Michigan Wolverines).
She also topped her previous UT single-season records for complete games (31) and shutouts (22), and broke her own NCAA single-season record for strikeouts-per-game with an average of 15.2 per seven innings. She tied her own UT records for strikeouts-in-a-game with 24 (April 26) and strikeouts-in-a-seven-inning-game with 19 (May 1), and finished the season at third place on the all-time NCAA single-season strikeout list with 593 (behind Courtney Blades's 663 in 2000, and Monica Abbott's 603 in 2005).
On June 12, Osterman picked up the win in Team USA's Gold-Medal 9-0 victory over Australia in the 2005 International Sports Invitational; she gave up one hit and struck out ten batters over five innings.
Osterman was named the 2005 Sportswoman of the Year (in the team category) by the Women's Sports Foundation.[1]
On August 28, Cat made her television broadcast debut when she was the color commentator for ESPN2’s broadcast of the National Pro Fastpitch championship and all-star games.
Milestones
On March 9, Osterman struck out her 1,200th batter to tie Lisa Ishikawa of Northwestern University for 10th place on the NCAA all-time strikeout list; on March 11, she moved past Ishikawa and passed Jocelyn Forest of the University of California, Berkeley to take ninth place. On March 15, she reached 1,229 to surpass Amanda Renfro of Texas Tech for eighth place; on March 17, she passed Shawn Andaya of Texas A&M to take seventh place. On March 23, she struck out her 1,291st batter, passing Sarah Dawson of the University of Louisiana at Monroe for sixth place.
On March 25, Osterman became the sixth NCAA Division I pitcher to strikeout 1,300 batters. On April 6, she passed Danielle Henderson for fifth place on the NCAA all-time strikeout list; on April 10, she struck out seven in 3⅓ innings to surpass Britni Sneed for fourth place. On April 13, she passed Nicole Myers to take third place; on April 16, she struck out 13 in a 3-2 win over the University of Missouri to become the third member of the 1,400 Strikeout Club (along with Michelle Granger and Courtney Blades). On May 12, she crested the 1,500 strikeout plateau; on June 3, she broke the 1,600 strikeout mark.
2006: Senior year
Osterman pitched five more no-hitters, including three more perfect games, in her 2006 season on February 10 (perfect), February 11, February 17 (perfect), March 8 (perfect) and April 15; she also struck out 20 batters in a seven-inning 5-1 win over the University of Texas at San Antonio on February 21, second most in NCAA history and her career best at Texas for a regulation game. She opened the season with six consecutive shut-outs, including an opening day perfect-game, a follow-up no-hitter, and a 16-0 romp over Oklahoma Christian University on February 16. Her February 10 no-hitter was also her 100th career NCAA win.
Her pursuit of the NCAA Division I career strikeout record continued in her season debut, a 3-0 perfect game against the Northwestern University Wildcats on February 10; she struck out 11 batters to bring her career total to 1,646, passing Michelle Granger for second place on the all-time list. On February 16, she struck out 13 Oklahoma Christian batters to bring her career total to 1,708, making her just the second pitcher in NCAA history to reach the 1,700 plateau.
On February 25, Cat Osterman struck out six Fresno State batters in a 7-2 win and then proceeded to strike out seven batters in a 4-0 victory over the University of Nevada Lady Rebels, bringing her career strikeout total to 1,774 to surpass Courtney Blades as the all-time NCAA Division I leader. On March 1, she struck out 15 batters in a 5-1 win over the University of Texas at Arlington to bring her career total to 1,807, making her the first pitcher in NCAA Division I history to reach the 1,800 watershed.
On March 17, Cat struck out 13 Michigan Wolverines batters in her first loss of the season (following 17 consecutive wins) to become the first pitcher in NCAA Division I history to enter the 1,900 Strikeout Club. On April 5, she struck out five Texas A&M Aggie batters to become the first pitcher to enter the 2,000 Strikeout Club; her milestone strikeout was against leadoff third-baseman Jamie Hinshaw. On April 29, Cat struck out 16 OSU Cowgirls batters to become the first pitcher to enter the 2,100 Strikeout Club; on May 26, Cat struck out 16 Washington Huskies to become the first pitcher to enter the 2,200 Strikeout Club.
Cat was also awarded the Big 12 Player of the Week Award six of the first seven weeks of the 2006 season. She took a total of nine awards in her senior year, for the weeks of February 8 to 14, February 15 to 21, February 22 to 28, March 8 to 14, March 15 to 21, March 22 to 28, April 12 to 18, April 19 to 25 and April 26 to May 1.
She lost the weekly award only four times; to Amie Ford of Iowa State University (March 1 to 7), Kassie Humphreys of University of Kansas (March 29 to April 2, April 5 to 11), and Ashley DeBuhr of the University of Nebraska (May 2 to 8). For the week of February 22 to 28, Cat also won the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Player of the Week Award and the USA Softball National Player of the Week award.
Chasing Blades
On March 1, Cat recorded her 109th career win over the University of Texas at Arlington to tie Jennie Finch (University of Arizona) and Jessica Sallinger (Georgia Tech) for 16th on the NCAA all-time career wins. On March 3, Cat recorded her 110th career win over Ole Miss to pass Finch and Salinger and tie Jenny Voss (University of Nebraska) for 15th place; the next day, she recorded her 111th career win over the University of Houston to pass Voss and tie Samantha Iuli (University of Illinois at Chicago) 14th place.
On March 16, Cat recorded her 114th career win to tie Shawn Andaya (Texas A&M for 13th place on the NCAA all-time list. On March 18, Cat recorded her 115th career win over Notre Dame to pass Andaya and tie Jennifer Stewart (University of Oklahoma) and Shelley Laird (University of Alabama) for 12th place; the next day, she recorded her 116th career win over the University of Arizona Wildcats to pass Stewart and Laird and tie Kristin Schmidt (Notre Dame/LSU) and Debby Day (UTA/Arizona) for 11th place.
On March 22, Cat recorded her 118th career win---over Georgia Tech---to tie Jamie Southern (Fresno State) for 10th place on the NCAA all-time list. On March 25, Cat recorded her 119th career win over the University of Nebraska to pass Southern and tie Brooke Mitchell (Louisiana-Lafayette) and Michele Granger (University of California) for ninth place. On March 29, Cat recorded her 120th career win to pass Mitchell and Granger and tie Britni Sneed (LSU) and Sarah Dawson (Louisiana-Monroe) for eighth place on the all-time list.
On April 14 and April 15, Cat recorded her 124th and 125th career wins over the Oklahoma Sooners to tie and then pass Nancy Evans for sixth place on the all-time list. On April 29 and April 30, Cat recorded her 129th and 130th career win over the Oklahoma State University Cowgirls to tie UCLA Bruins pitcher Keira Goerl for fifth place on the all-time list.
On June 1, Cat recorded her 136th and final NCAA career win (15 wins behind Courtney Blades’s career record), finishing in sixth place on the all-time list.
Cat struck out 18 Arizona State Sun Devils in the 2-0 win to set a new Women's College World Series seven-inning-game record; she also brought her season total to 608, passing Monica Abbott’s 2005 strikeout total for second place on the single-season strikeouts list, 33 behind Courtney Blades’s all-time record. The win was also Cat's 85th NCAA career shutout, tying her with Debbie Nichols (Louisiana Tech) for second place behind Michele Granger's career record 94 shutouts.
Cat’s NCAA career and hopes for a World Series championship ended on June 3; following a 2-0 loss to the Arizona Wildcats on June 2, she lost her second game in a row, 2-0 again, to Anjelica Selden of the UCLA Bruins (who had ended the Longhorns run for a champion in 2005 as well).
Post-Collegiate Career
On July 2, 2006, Osterman threw a 12-0 no-hitter against the Arizona Heat in the USA Softball Exhibition, missing the perfect game by walking Kaleo Eldridge. Cat struck out 12 Heat batters, catching every batter at least once.
On July 17, 2006, Osterman won the championship game of the 2006 World Cup by beating Team Japan 5-2, giving up two runs on two hits and a walk while striking out eleven batters. She recorded two wins in the tournament, striking out 21 batters in 14 innings of work over three games (including two complete games, and a 9-0 shutout against Team Australia).
In 2007, Osterman appeared sparingly on ESPNU broadcasts as a color commentator for certain college softball games, including the game in which Monica Abbott surpassed Osterman's career strikeout record.
Professional career
On February 15, 2006, Osterman was the first overall pick in the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) softball league draft. [1] She was chosen by the Connecticut Brakettes. The Brakettes were formerly known as the Stratford Brakettes of the Amateur Softball Association. However, even though Osterman had been on their amateur roster for the five seasons prior to being drafted, she chose not to sign with them, making her officially a free agent on 30 September. On 19 December 2006, the Rockford Thunder of the NPF announced that they signed Osterman to a contract for the 2007 season. [2] Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
On 29 May 2007, Osterman pitched her professional debut, striking out 24 batters in a complete-game 12-inning 1-0 win over the Chicago Bandits. In June 2007, Osterman went 3-and-2 with four complete games, striking out 69 batters in 36⅔ innings, while giving up five runs on 16 hits and eight walks. In July, Osterman took a leave from the Thunder to travel with the US National Team, returning to the NPF following the Women's Pan-Am Games. In August, Osterman went 1-and-4 with two complete games, striking out 57 batters in 33⅔ innings, while giving up ten runs on 14 hits and 21 walks.
In her rookie professional season, Osterman struck out 126 batters while walking 29, and surrendered 15 runs (twelve earned) on 30 hits.
US National Team
Osterman continued to pitch for USA Softball Women's National team in 2007. In the Canada's Cup, she struck out 18 batters in eight innings over four games from July 1–7 and gave up 1 run on three hits and four walks. In the World Cup, she struck out 21 batters in two complete game wins on July 13 and July 16, giving up four hits, two walks, and no runs.
In the Women's Pan-Am Games, Osterman threw a five-inning no-hitter against Cuba on July 26, giving up just one walk and striking out fifteen. In the Japan Cup, she struck out 20 batters in nine innings over three games from November 16–18, giving up three hits, one walk, and one unearned run.
2008: XXIX Olympiad
Bound 4 Beijing
Osterman went undefeated in 28 appearances during the USA Softball National Team's 60-game tour, contributing 15 wins to Team USA's 59-and-1 record. She struck out 247 batters in 116⅓ innings, giving up nine runs on 37 hits and 18 walks, and throwing nine complete games.
On February 22, she struck out seven batters in three perfect innings and combined with Abbott and Finch for a 9-0 no-hitter against the Palm Springs All-Stars.[2] The next afternoon, she struck out five batters in two perfect innings to close out another 9-0 combined no-hitter with Finch against Florida Atlantic University, the first of two combined no-hitters for Team USA in the February 23 double-header.[3]
On the 24th, Osterman struck out seven batters in the final three innings of a combined perfect game; Abbott struck out seven in the opening three innings of a 15-0 rout of Hawaii.[4] On May 16, Osterman struck out 14 batters in a complete-game 13-0 no-hit victory over the Visalia All-Stars, missing the perfect game by hitting Lindsey Herrin with a pitch.[5]
On July 10, Osterman struck out 22 batters in nine-and-a-third innings, leading Team USA to a 31-0 victory over the Spokane All-Stars.[6] She struck out ten-or-more batters eleven times during the tour, and topped fifteen strikeouts four times.
Olympic Games
On August 13, Osterman struck out 13 batters in a no-hitter against the Australian national team.[7] She issued three walks in the 3-0 victory, which was Team USA's 16th consecutive Olympic win.[8] The seven-inning no-hitter was just the second in U.S. Olympic history, following Lori Harrigan's 6-0 perfect game against Canada on September 17, 2000,[9] and was Osterman's 100th game-played with the U.S. Women's National Team.
On August 15, following Team USA's 7-0 victory over Japan, Osterman pitched the final four innings of the suspended match against Canada, postponed from the previous day due to rain and lightning. Osterman struck out eight batters and allowed one hit, enabling the line-up to mount a comeback for an 8-1 win, Team's USA's 18th consecutive victory and Osterman's second of the 2008 Games.[10]
On August 18, Osterman pitched the first three innings of a five-inning 9-0 win over China, giving up a hit, a walk, and hitting a batter, while striking out three. Osterman's third win of the tournament was Team USA's 21st consecutive Olympic victory.
On August 20, Osterman earned a save — her first for Team USA since the Athens Olympics — in a nine-inning 4-1 win over Japan. She inherited a runner from Abbott before retiring three batters for a perfect ninth to preserve the victory and advance to the Gold Medal Match, where Team USA faced Japan once again following Japan's 12-inning 4-3 win over Australia in the Bronze Medal Match.
On August 21, Osterman pitched the first five innings of a 3-1 loss to Japan in the Gold Medal Match, ending Team USA's winning streak at 22 consecutive games and clinching the silver medal of the 2008 Summer Games. The loss was Team USA's first since a 2-1 loss to Australia on 21 September 2000, and marks the first time in four Olympiads that the US National Team has failed to win the gold. Osterman gave up two runs on three hits while striking out nine batters; the runs and the loss were the first in her Olympic career.[11]
Thursday, 13 October 2011
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