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NY/NJ Comets
NY/NJ Comets
Information
League	National Pro Fastpitch
Location	Ramapo, New York; Montclair, New Jersey; Bridgewater, New Jersey; Allentown, Pennsylvania
Ballpark	Provident Bank Park; Yogi Berra Stadium; TD Bank Ballpark; Coca-Cola Park
Founded	2013
Ownership	Comets Pro Softball, LLC
Management	Michael Neuwirth
Manager	Jay Nelson

The New York/New Jersey Comets were a women's professional softball team that played for one season. In February 2013, National Pro Fastpitch announced the Comets as an expansion team, replacing the Carolina Diamonds which had folded at the end of the 2012 season.^[1] The team played home games at several sites in 2013: Provident Bank Park in Ramapo, New York, Yogi Berra Stadium in Montclair, New Jersey, TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The Comets were named in honor of the women who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and specifically after the Kenosha Comets, one of the founding members of the AAGPBL.^[7]

Roster

The Comets assumed the rights to players that were previously held by Carolina.^[1]^[8]

Player	Number	Position	Bats	Throws	College
Angel Bunner	15	P	L	L	Auburn
Olivia Galati	2	P/DH	R	R	Hofstra
Taryne Mowatt	9	P	R	R	Arizona
Sarah Plourde	27	P	R	R	UMass
Lindsay Richardson	5	P	R	R	South Florida
Amy Hooks	10	C/OF	R	R	Texas
Amanda Kamekona	47	2B/IF	R	R	UCLA
Brittany Mckinney	22	C	R	R	North Carolina
Bianca Meija	28	SS	R	R	Long Island U.
Angeline Quiocho	8	OF	R	R	BYU
Kelsi Weseman	18	3B/IF	L	R	Georgia Tech

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^ "Yogi Berra Stadium". New York/New Jersey Comets. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
^ "TD Bank Ballpark". New York/New Jersey Comets. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
^ "Coca Cola Park Stadium". New York/New Jersey Comets. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
^ "NY NJ Comets - Schedule". pointstreak.com. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
^ "About". New York/New Jersey Comets. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
^ "NY/NJ Comets Franchise History (2013)". statscrew.com. Retrieved August 7, 2024.