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In a 1-0 no-hitter (VT pitcher Angela Tincher)
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thetruth08 's 12 YO daughter must not have been pitching for Team USA 
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Viper- All I can say is Wrong ;D Wrong ;D Wrong ;D ;D ;D. Goes to show anyone can be beat when one team is on and the other is not.
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Who was pitching for Team USA?
Seriously.
Seriously.
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From www.spysoftball.com
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. ---- It was an up and down night for the USA Softball Women?s National team blowing through the DePaul Blue Demons 23-0 in game one, before succumbing to a no-hit 1-0 loss in game two against Virginia Tech. Suffering its first pre-Olympic tour lost since May 3, 1996 when the U.S. lost to California Select in Los Angeles, Calif., the loss breaks a 185-game pre-Olympic tour win streak. During that time, Team USA has outscored opponents 1,475-24.
?My hat goes off to Angela Tincher tonight,? said head coach Mike Candrea. ?She pitched a great ball game. I told our team what she was capable of and told them to be ready to go. But she came out firing and really kept us off our game.?
The last shutout against Team USA came on August 4, 2005 at the Sendai Series in a 1-0 loss to Japan.
Starting pitcher Jennie Finch (La Mirada, Calif.) was saddled with the loss totaling four innings pitched allowing one earned run on four hits.
Tincher was near perfect allowing just one walk with ten strikeouts.
Virginia Tech?s eventual game-winning run came in the second inning with a lead-off double from Kelsey Hoffman. Anna Zitt entered to pinch run and moved quickly to third on an illegal pitch from Finch. Looking to leave Zitt stranded, back-to-back strikeouts soon occurred but Caroline Stolle blooped an RBI single to left field plating Zitt for lead.
Team USA allowed a tour high six hits while Hokie Beth Walker led all batters with a 2-for-2 outing.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. ---- It was an up and down night for the USA Softball Women?s National team blowing through the DePaul Blue Demons 23-0 in game one, before succumbing to a no-hit 1-0 loss in game two against Virginia Tech. Suffering its first pre-Olympic tour lost since May 3, 1996 when the U.S. lost to California Select in Los Angeles, Calif., the loss breaks a 185-game pre-Olympic tour win streak. During that time, Team USA has outscored opponents 1,475-24.
?My hat goes off to Angela Tincher tonight,? said head coach Mike Candrea. ?She pitched a great ball game. I told our team what she was capable of and told them to be ready to go. But she came out firing and really kept us off our game.?
The last shutout against Team USA came on August 4, 2005 at the Sendai Series in a 1-0 loss to Japan.
Starting pitcher Jennie Finch (La Mirada, Calif.) was saddled with the loss totaling four innings pitched allowing one earned run on four hits.
Tincher was near perfect allowing just one walk with ten strikeouts.
Virginia Tech?s eventual game-winning run came in the second inning with a lead-off double from Kelsey Hoffman. Anna Zitt entered to pinch run and moved quickly to third on an illegal pitch from Finch. Looking to leave Zitt stranded, back-to-back strikeouts soon occurred but Caroline Stolle blooped an RBI single to left field plating Zitt for lead.
Team USA allowed a tour high six hits while Hokie Beth Walker led all batters with a 2-for-2 outing.
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Yes, it's an upset, but it's not all that big of a deal. First, Tincher is one of the top pitchers in the country. Second, this is softball, not football where a superior opponent can just physically overwhelm its competition. Finally, Team USA is traveling game after game after game, which takes its toll.
This would be about like one of the top pitchers in MLB shutting down a team of All-Stars over seven innings. A great accomplishment, but not at all impossible.
This would be about like one of the top pitchers in MLB shutting down a team of All-Stars over seven innings. A great accomplishment, but not at all impossible.
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I'm a fan of USA softball. I love to watch them play and don't want them to loose. :-/
However, if they are going to loose, I'm glad the victorious team was a team from a state other than a sunny one. Va. Tech's win helps prove the point that top-level softball exists throughout the country!
However, if they are going to loose, I'm glad the victorious team was a team from a state other than a sunny one. Va. Tech's win helps prove the point that top-level softball exists throughout the country!
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Are these games being televised? If so, what channel and what times?
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Just a side note......Angela Tinchner will be pitching for the Akron Racers this summer.
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wahoo17 said:
Side note #2.... She tried out for the Olympic Team, but didn't make the roster.
http://www.roanoke.com/sports/college/wb/129772
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cshilt said:
KARMA!!!
BTW, It is suntastic here in Florida. Getting ready to go to the beach..Not a cloud in the sky!!!! Can't wait to get back home :'( :
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How marvelous for V. Tech---you go girls!!! ?
Sorry for Team USA ending their winning streak, but there's no shame in losing a close game to a worthy opponent. ?
And Ringer, we all are experiencing weather-envy, no need to rub it in, lol--- (gray, drizzly and 40 degrees here ?:'().
Sorry for Team USA ending their winning streak, but there's no shame in losing a close game to a worthy opponent. ?
And Ringer, we all are experiencing weather-envy, no need to rub it in, lol--- (gray, drizzly and 40 degrees here ?:'().
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TheRinger said:
KARMA!!!
BTW, It is suntastic here in Florida. Getting ready to go to the beach..Not a cloud in the sky!!!! Can't wait to get back home :'( :
[/quote]Mike - don't lose your head down there.
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wow Joe, I didn't realize you were a Team USA Apologists... that was some excuse to write off something that hasn't happened in 185 games... you sound like a lawyeror something HA
VT had to hit the best pitching STAFF in the world too to win. It wasn't all pitching on VT's part. That is a great thing that they did and its good for Team USA to be put on the ropes now instead of at the big dance.
VT had to hit the best pitching STAFF in the world too to win. It wasn't all pitching on VT's part. That is a great thing that they did and its good for Team USA to be put on the ropes now instead of at the big dance.
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Think maybe she had something to prove to team USA?!
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David: What's much more amazing is that they hadn't lost in 185 games. Although, many of those games are against all-star teams that they will never lose to.
VT scored one run, but let's fact it, Tincher is the reason they won. Without her, it's likely not even close. I'm not sure where Tincher rates among all the pitchers in the country, in or out of college, but it's likely in the top 20. Take the 20th best baseball pitcher in the country (probably someone like Aaron Harang) and him shutting out an All-Star MLB team for seven innings is not a big deal. It's even less of a deal in softball, where runs are typically harder to come by.
VT scored one run, but let's fact it, Tincher is the reason they won. Without her, it's likely not even close. I'm not sure where Tincher rates among all the pitchers in the country, in or out of college, but it's likely in the top 20. Take the 20th best baseball pitcher in the country (probably someone like Aaron Harang) and him shutting out an All-Star MLB team for seven innings is not a big deal. It's even less of a deal in softball, where runs are typically harder to come by.
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Snide comments aside, the Tichner victory over U.S.A. proves my point. The best "team" is the one with the best pitcher. Eight unknowns from VT plus one great pitcher beat Crystal Bustos, Jennie Finch & company. Send VT to the Olympics!
The article about Tichner's quest to make the Olympic team was a complete whitewash of the facts, of course. There was exactly ONE spot available for a pitcher when Tichner went to the tryout-- and even that spot was taken.
Finch= name recognition, fan base, guaranteed ticket sales (automatically on the team).
Osterman= see Finch
Fernandez= see Finch and Osterman
Tennessee lefty= see Finch, Osterman & Fernandez
I'll guess the little blondie from Arizona was the other pitcher who made team. Not that she wasn't great in the CWS last year, but who was her coach? Oh, yeah. Same guy who coaches the Olympic team. So, basically, Tichner could have gone to that tryout and struck out everybody she faced and still had absolutely no chance.
So where do you think my 6th grader wants to go to school? Same place her mother went. The University of Arizona.
The article about Tichner's quest to make the Olympic team was a complete whitewash of the facts, of course. There was exactly ONE spot available for a pitcher when Tichner went to the tryout-- and even that spot was taken.
Finch= name recognition, fan base, guaranteed ticket sales (automatically on the team).
Osterman= see Finch
Fernandez= see Finch and Osterman
Tennessee lefty= see Finch, Osterman & Fernandez
I'll guess the little blondie from Arizona was the other pitcher who made team. Not that she wasn't great in the CWS last year, but who was her coach? Oh, yeah. Same guy who coaches the Olympic team. So, basically, Tichner could have gone to that tryout and struck out everybody she faced and still had absolutely no chance.
So where do you think my 6th grader wants to go to school? Same place her mother went. The University of Arizona.
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FYI truth08,
The lefty from Tenn. is Monica Abbott. Who, by the way broke the all time strike out record for NCAA pitchers. And who's record did she break???????? Oh yeah, Osterman's.
The lefty from Tenn. is Monica Abbott. Who, by the way broke the all time strike out record for NCAA pitchers. And who's record did she break???????? Oh yeah, Osterman's.
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Alicia Hollowellthetruth08 said:
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Has anyone heard anything about softball being removed from the 2012 games ?? :-? :-? :-?
[highlight]The International Olympic Committee (IOC) held its 118th Session, during which time support went against softball, 47-43 (plus two abstentions), to have a re-vote on the sport?s status for the 2012 Olympics. At last July?s IOC Session in Singapore, a tie vote (52-52, with one abstention) had resulted in softball being taken off the programme of the Games to be held in London just over six years from now.[highlight][/highlight][/highlight]
[highlight]The International Olympic Committee (IOC) held its 118th Session, during which time support went against softball, 47-43 (plus two abstentions), to have a re-vote on the sport?s status for the 2012 Olympics. At last July?s IOC Session in Singapore, a tie vote (52-52, with one abstention) had resulted in softball being taken off the programme of the Games to be held in London just over six years from now.[highlight][/highlight][/highlight]
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