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The United States women's national softball team is the national softball team of the United States. It is governed by USA Softball (formerly known as the Amateur Softball Association ) and takes part in international softball competitions.
The No. 1-ranked U.S. Women's National Team began its WBSC World Cup Finals run in Italy on Monday with a 5-2 win over Canada. Former OU and OSU pitcher Kelly Maxwell shined inside the circle.
Softball was still played at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, however, and the Japanese team claimed their first gold and third overall medal in Olympic softball. [12] The United States won silver, and the Australian team bronze, to become the only countries to win a medal in all four Olympic softball tournaments.
In 1982, the National Collegiate Athletic Association began to sanction the Women's College World Series, a move that led to increased participation and exposure for the sport. Internationally, the USA Softball Women's national team won back-to-back gold medals at the 1986 ISF Women's World Championship and the 1987 Pan American Games. The ...
The U.S. took home gold in softball’s first three Olympics. Then, in 2008, Team USA. faced Team Japan in Beijing. A then-25-year-old Cat Osterman allowed two runs in the first five innings.
Catherine Leigh Osterman (born April 16, 1983) is a retired American softball player. Osterman pitched on the United States women's national softball team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver medal at the 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
The Women's Softball World Cup is a fastpitch softball tournament ... include the US in 1965, 1970, 2012 2014, and 2024, Japan in 1974, 2002, 2006 and 2010, Canada in ...
In 1996, the USA softball women's national team became the first American softball team to compete in the Olympics. Team USA has 15 players and 3 replacement players currently on roster. [7] USA Softball registers over 120,000 softball teams adding up to about 2 million players. [7] USA Softball is a not-for-profit organization.