2017 National Pro Fastpitch season

2017 NPF Season
LeagueNational Pro Fastpitch
Sportsoftball
DurationJune 1, 2017 – August 20, 2017
Number of teams6
2017 NPF Draft
Top draft pickJessica Burroughs P
FSU
Picked byUSSSA Pride
Regular Season
Regular Season Championship CupUSSSA Pride
Player of the YearKelly Kretschman
USSSA Pride
Offensive Player of the YearKelly Kretschman
USSSA Pride
Pitcher of the YearMonica Abbott
Scrap Yard Dawgs
Gold Glove AwardChelsea Goodacre
USSSA Pride
Cowles Cup
ChampionsScrap Yard Dawgs
  Runners-upUSSSA Pride
Finals MVPMonica Abbott Scrap Yard Dawgs
NPF seasons
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The 2017 National Pro Fastpitch season was the 14th season of professional softball under the name National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) for the only professional women's softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL). Each year, the playoff teams battle for the Cowles Cup.

Milestones and events

The Dallas Charge announced that they would be relocating to San Marcos, Texas and changing their name to the Texas Charge.[1]

On January 16, 2017, the NPF announced that the ownership of the Pennsylvania Rebellion would be dissolving the team, effective immediately. All Rebellion players under contract were granted free agency.[2]

On February 1, the Village of Rosemont announced it would be assuming ownership of the Bandits from previous owner Bill Sokolis. The transaction included a $50,000 licensing fee paid to the NPF. Rosemont employee Toni Calmeyn will take over as general manager and will hire a new head coach.[3]

Later in February Softball Australia and NPF announced an agreement that will allow at least eight players from the Australia women's national softball team to play for the Bandits. This will increase the NPF's international profile, and allow the Australian players to compete against top-level talent.[4]

On May 2, 2017, NPF announced the addition of an expansion team, Beijing Shougang Eagles. Its roster is to be populated with members of China women's national softball team and selected American players. For 2017, the home half Beijing's schedule will be played in the home venues of the other NPF teams. Beijing is expected to announce an permanent US home location in the future.[5]

At the Pride's first home game at Space Coast Stadium, they announced that legendary pitcher Cat Osterman's jersey number 8 had been retired, commemorating it with a banner on the outfield fence.[6]

On July 26, Brittany Mack-Oakes threw a no-hitter, beating the Eagles 6-1.[7]

Monica Abbott threw the first no-hitter in Scrap Yard Dawgs' history on August 2, striking out 18. It was her fourth professional no-hitter.[8]

Rule changes

NPF held its annual winter meetings in Nashville from January 18–20, 2016. The following announcements were released after the meetings:[9]

  • Rosters were increased from a maximum of 23 players to 26. However, only 23 of those on the roster can be active for a game.
  • Team salary caps were increased from $150,000/team to $175,000. NPF clarified that only the amount paid to a player counts against the salary cap, eliminating "signing bonus[es], performance incentives, improved living conditions, et al."
  • The player minimum salary going forward is $3000.
  • Teams that have tagged an athlete with the Franchise Player Tag are allowed to negotiate beyond the established player value.
  • Extended a team's rights to retired player to permanent.
  • Clarified that a player who retires must spend at least one full season out of NPF.
  • A player's minimum age requirement was changed from 21 on January 1 of the season's calendar year to 21 at the time of the game.
  • Removed the minimum amount for travel expenses.
  • Banned the use of bats that are not on an official list of NPF suppliers.
  • Previously, NPF pitching rules mirrored the NCAA rules. Going forward, they are to follow World Baseball Softball Confederation rules.
  • Previously, the penalties for an illegal pitch were a ball added to the batter's count and advancing baserunners one base. Beginning in 2017, the penalty is only the ball added to the count.
  • Player autograph sessions will continue in 2017, but teams must to make player safety a priority. Sessions were suspended briefly in 2016 due to concerns about player safety.
  • The 8th inning tie-breaker rule for doubleheaders previously applied to scheduled doubleheaders. In 2017, the rule will apply to all doubleheaders, including makeup doubleheaders.

Teams, cities and stadiums

Team City Stadium Coaches
Akron Racers Akron, Ohio Firestone Stadium Head Coach: Charlotte Morgan
Assistants: Alison Owen
Beijing Shougang Eagles Various Various Head Coach: Teresa Wilson
Assistants: Breanne Lewis, Thomas Hazelhurst
Chicago Bandits Rosemont, Illinois (Chicago Area) Ballpark at Rosemont Head Coach: Sharonda McDonald
Assistant: Kyla Holas, Annie Smith
Texas Charge San Marcos, Texas Bobcat Softball Stadium Head Coach: Roman Foore
Assistant: Jessica Rogers, Penny Foore
Scrap Yard Dawgs Woodlands, TX (Houston Area) Scrap Yard Sports Complex Head Coach: Gerry Glasco
Assistants: Jimmy Kolaitis, Joe Guthrie
USSSA Florida Pride Melbourne, Florida Space Coast Stadium Head Coach: Lonni Alameda
Assistants: Travis Wilson, Craig Snider
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National Pro Fastpitch teams

Player acquisition

College draft

Further information: 2017 NPF Draft

The 2017 NPF College Draft will be the 14th annual collegiate draft for NPF.

Notable transactions

Further information: 2017 NPF transactions

The Dallas Charge hired Scott Smith as their general manager. Smith is the founder of the Texas Bombers, a softball organization with hundreds of players nationwide.[23]

USSSA purchased Space Coast Stadium and announced renovations to make it a center for amateur softball and baseball with 15 fields. The Pride announced it would be their new home stadium, beginning in 2017.[24]

The Pride announced that former player and assistant coach Megan Willis was promoted to assistant general manager.[25]

League standings

Team GP W L Pct. GB
USSSA Pride 49 40 9 .816 -
Scrap Yard Dawgs 49 31 18 .633 9
Akron Racers 50 26 24 .520 14.5
Chicago Bandits 49 25 24 .510 15.0
Texas Charge 50 22 28 .440 18.5
Beijing Shougang Eagles 47 3 44 .064 36.0

Results table

2017 NPF Records
Team Racers Eagles Bandits Dawgs Charge Pride
Akron Racers — 10-0 5-5 4-6 6-4 1-9
Beijing Shougang Eagles 0-10 — 0-9 0-9 2-8 1-8
Chicago Bandits 5-5 9-0 — 3-7 6-4 2-8
Scrap Yard Dawgs 6-4 9-0 7-3 — 7-3 2-8
Texas Charge 4-6 8-2 4-6 3-7 — 3-7
USSSA Florida Pride 9-1 8-1 8-2 8-2 7-3 —
Legend
  Protest/Halted Game
  Postponement
Bold Winning team

2017 Game log

June
Date Time Visitor Home Venue Score Win Loss Save Player of the Game Attendance
Jun. 01 8:05 PM ET Akron Racers (0-1) Chicago Bandits (1-0) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 2-3 Haylie Wagner (1-0) Alexis Silkwood (0-1) - Emily Carsone[26] 857
Jun. 02 8:35 PM ET Akron Racers (0-2) Chicago Bandits (2-0) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 4-9 Haylie Wagner (2-0) Sara Groenewegen (0-1) - Stacy May-Johnson[27] 1114
Jun. 03 8:35 PM ET Akron Racers (1-2) Chicago Bandits (2-1) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 7-5 Alexis Silkwood (1-1) Ellen Roberts (0-1) Sara Groenewegen S(1) Nicole Schroeder[28] 1046
Jun. 06 12:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (0-1) Chicago Bandits (3-1) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 0-1 Haylie Wagner (3-0) Wang Lan (0-1) Ellen Roberts S(1) Sammy Marshall[29] 218
Jun. 07 8:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (0-2) Chicago Bandits (4-1) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 0-7 Shelby Turnier (1-0) Li Qi (0-1) - Sammy Marshall[30] 222
Jun. 08 7:05 PM ET Akron Racers (2-2) USSSA Florida Pride (0-1) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 6-4 Rachele Fico (1-0) Jolene Henderson (0-1) - Alex Hugo[31] 840
Jun. 08 8:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (0-1) Texas Charge (1-0) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 0-3 Ally Carda (1-0) Morgan Melloh (0-1) Dallas Escobedo S(1) Nadia Taylor[32] 768
Jun. 08 8:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (0-3) Chicago Bandits (5-1) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 2-3 Haylie Wagner (4-0) Feng Qian Wen[33] (0-1) - Brenna Moss[34] 230
Jun. 09 7:05 PM ET Akron Racers (2-3) USSSA Florida Pride (1-1) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 4-6 Kelsey Nunley (1-0) Emily Weiman (0-1) Jordan Taylor S(1) Andrea Duran[35] 532
Jun. 09 8:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (1-1) Texas Charge (1-1) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 9-4 Monica Abbott (1-0) Lauren Haeger (0-1) Cheridan Hawkins S(1) Taylor Edwards[36] 236
Jun. 09 8:35 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (0-4) Chicago Bandits (6-1) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 3-13 Haylie Wagner (5-0) Wang Lan (0-2) - Emily Carosone[37] 711
Jun. 10 7:05 PM ET Akron Racers (2-4) USSSA Florida Pride (2-1) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 1-3 Keilani Ricketts (1-0) Sara Groenewegen (0-2) - Keilani Ricketts 654
Jun. 10 8:05 PM ET Texas Charge (2-1) Scrap Yard Dawgs (1-2) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Woodlands, TX 3-1 Ally Carda (2-0) Sara Plourde (0-1) Lauren Haeger S(1) Ally Carda 1076
Jun. 11 2:05 PM ET DH Texas Charge (2-2) Scrap Yard Dawgs (2-2) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 4-5 Morgan Melloh (1-1) Dallas Escobedo (0-1) Monica Abbott S(1) Britt Vonk[38]
Jun. 11 5:05 PM ET DH Texas Charge (2-3) Scrap Yard Dawgs (3-2) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 0-4 Monica Abbott (2-0) Jill Compton (0-1) - Monica Abbott[39] 306
Jun. 11 7:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (6-2) USSSA Florida Pride (3-1) JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex - Tallahassee, FL 3-4, 8 innings Jordan Taylor (1-0) Ellen Roberts (0-2) - Sydney Broderick[40] 269
Jun. 12 7:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (6-3) USSSA Florida Pride (4-1) JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex - Tallahassee, FL 1-11 Kelsey Nunley (2-0) Shelby Turnier (1-1) - Sierra Romero[41] 243
Jun. 13 7:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (6-4) USSSA Florida Pride (5-1) JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex - Tallahassee, FL 0-3 Keilani Ricketts (2-0) Haylie Wagner (5-1) Jordan Taylor S(2) Keilani Ricketts[42] 183
Jun. 13 8:05 PM ET Akron Racers (3-4) Scrap Yard Dawgs (3-3) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Woodlands, TX 9-3 Alexis Silkwood (2-1) Miranda Kramer (0-1) - Kristen Wyckoff[43] 157
Jun. 13 8:05 PM ET Texas Charge (3-3) Beijing Shougang Eagles (0-5) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 1-0 Dallas Escobedo (1-1) Wang Lan (0-3) - Dallas Escobedo[44] 14
Jun. 14 4:05 PM ET DH Texas Charge Beijing Shougang Eagles Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL Suspended in 3rd inning(Inclement weather)(Resumed on July 23)
Jun. 14 8:05 PM ET Akron Racers (3-5) Scrap Yard Dawgs (4-3) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Woodlands, TX 1-9 Monica Abbott (3-0) Sara Groenewegen (0-3) - Nerissa Myers 144
Jun. 14 8:05 PM ET DH Texas Charge Chicago Bandits Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL Postponed (Inclement weather)(Makeup date:Aug. 09)
Jun. 15 4:05 PM ET DH Texas Charge (4-3) Beijing Shougang Eagles (0-6) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 7-1 Jill Compton (1-1) Li Qi (0-2) - Jill Compton 30
Jun. 15 8:05 PM ET Akron Racers (4-5) Scrap Yard Dawgs (4-4) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Woodlands, TX 6-2 Jailyn Ford (1-0) Cheridan Hawkins (0-1) - Jailyn Ford 173
Jun. 15 8:05 PM ET DH Texas Charge (4-4) Chicago Bandits (7-4) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 2-3 Lacey Waldrop (1-0) Lauren Haeger (0-2) - Lacey Waldrop 1132
Jun. 16 8:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (6-1) Scrap Yard Dawgs (4-5) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 7-0 Jolene Henderson (1-1) Morgan Melloh (1-2) - Jolene Henderson[45] 184
Jun. 16 8:35 PM ET Texas Charge (5-4) Chicago Bandits (7-5) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 5-0 Brittany Mack-Oates (1-0) Sierra Hyland (0-1) - Brittany Mack-Oates[46] 1160
Jun. 17 6:05 PM ET Akron Racers (4-6) Texas Charge (6-4) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 2-5 Dallas Escobedo (2-1) Sara Groenewegen (0-4) Brittany Mack-Oates S(1) Nadia Taylor[47] 214
Jun. 17 8:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (6-2) Scrap Yard Dawgs (5-5) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 1-4 Monica Abbott (4-0) Keilani Ricketts (2-1) - Monica Abbott[48] 198
Jun. 18 2:05 PM ET Akron Racers (4-7) Texas Charge (7-4) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 9-12 Brittany Mack-Oates (2-0) Jailyn Ford (1-1) - Kristyn Sandberg[49] 357
Jun. 18 4:05 PM ET DH Chicago Bandits (8-5) Beijing Shougang Eagles (0-7) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 8-0 Lacey Waldrop (2-0) Wang Lan (0-4) Breanna Wonderly S(1) Megan Blank 522
Jun. 18 8:05 PM ET DH Chicago Bandits (9-5) Beijing Shougang Eagles (0-8) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 8-1 Ellen Roberts (1-2) Li Qi (0-3) - Sahvanna Jaquish 541
Jun. 19 8:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (7-2) Texas Charge (7-5) Getterman Stadium - Waco, TX 8-0 Kelsey Nunley (3-0) Dallas Escobedo (2-2) - Kelsey Nunley[50] 321
Jun. 20 8:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (9-6) Scrap Yard Dawgs (6-5) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Woodlands, TX 8-0 Monica Abbott (5-0) Haylie Wagner (5-2) - Kiki Stokes 441
Jun. 20 8:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (8-2) Texas Charge (7-6) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 16-2 Keilani Ricketts (3-1) Brittany Mack-Oates (2-1) - Lauren Chamberlain 487
Jun. 21 7:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (0-9) Akron Racers (5-7) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 2-12 Emily Weiman (1-1) Wang Lan (0-5) - Emily Weiman 841
Jun. 21 8:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (9-7) Scrap Yard Dawgs (7-5) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Woodlands, TX 7-8 Miranda Kramer (1-1) Lacey Waldrop (2-1) - Kiki Stokes 60
Jun. 22 7:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (0-10) Akron Racers (6-7) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 1-2 Megan Betsa (1-0) Li Qi (0-4) - Megan Betsa 481
Jun. 22 8:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (9-8) Scrap Yard Dawgs (8-5) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 4-7 Morgan Melloh (2-2) Shelby Turnier (1-2) Monica Abbott S(2) Nerissa Myers 137
Jun. 23 5:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride Beijing Shougang Eagles Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH Postponed (Inclement weather)(Makeup date:Jun. 24)
Jun. 23 7:35 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride Akron Racers Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH Postponed (Inclement weather)(Makeup date:Jul. 27)
Jun. 23 8:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (10-8) Texas Charge (7-7) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 3-2, 8 innings Lacey Waldrop (3-1) Brittany Mack-Oates (2-2) - Abby Ramirez 230
Jun. 24
Makeup game		 4:35 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (9-2) Beijing Shougang Eagles (0-11) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 1-0 Keilani Ricketts (4-1) Wang Lan (0-6) - Shelby Pendley 1183
Jun. 24 7:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (10-2) Akron Racers (6-8) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 3-2 Jolene Henderson (2-1) Sara Groenewegen (0-5) Jordan Taylor S(3) Megan Wiggins 1183
Jun. 24 8:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (10-9) Texas Charge (8-7) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 1-2 Dallas Escobedo (3-2) Ellen Roberts (1-3) Brittany Mack-Oates S(2) Dallas Escobedo 250
Jun. 25 2:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (11-9) Texas Charge (8-8) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 6-3 Haylie Wagner (6-2) Lauren Haeger (0-3) - Sammy Marshall 193
Jun. 25 4:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (0-12) Akron Racers (7-8) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 2-15 Jailyn Ford (2-1) Nancy Bowling (0-1) Aimee Creger S(1) Jennifer Gilbert 717
Jun. 25 6:35 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (11-2) Beijing Shougang Eagles (0-13) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 10-1 Kelsey Nunley (4-0) Li Qi (0-5) - GiOnna DiSalvatore 717
Jun. 27 7:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (11-10) Akron Racers (8-8) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 2-3 Alexis Silkwood (3-1) Shelby Turnier (1-3) - Nicole Schroeder[51] 456
Jun. 27 9:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (8-6) Texas Charge (9-8) Aurora Sports Park - Aurora, CO 4-5 Ally Carda (3-0) Morgan Melloh (2-3) - Lauren Haeger 932
Jun. 28 7:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (12-10) Akron Racers (8-9) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 9-1 Haylie Wagner (7-2) Megan Betsa (1-1) - Haylie Wagner 4385
Jun. 28 7:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (9-6) Texas Charge (9-9) Christopher Complex - Westminster, CO 7-1 Monica Abbott (6-0) Lauren Haeger (0-4) - Nerissa Myers 4855
Jun. 29 7:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (12-11) Akron Racers (9-9) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 0-3, 5 innings Emily Weiman (2-2) Lacey Waldrop (3-2) Jailyn Ford S(1) Emily Weiman 551
Jun. 30 7:05 PM ET Texas Charge Akron Racers Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH Postponed (inclement weather)(Makeup date:July 1)
Jun. 30 8:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (12-2) Scrap Yard Dawgs (9-7) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 5-3 Angel Bunner (1-0) Miranda Kramer (1-2) Jordan Taylor S(4) Jordan Taylor[52] 422
July
Date Time Visitor Home Venue Score Win Loss Save Player of the Game Attendance
Jul. 01
Doubleheader/ makeup game		 4:05 PM ET Texas Charge (9-10) Akron Racers (10-9) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 1-3 Sara Groenewegen (1-5) Ally Carda (3-1) - Sara Groenewegen 400
7:05 PM ET Texas Charge (9-11) Akron Racers (11-9) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 0-1 Jailyn Ford (3-1) Dallas Escobedo (3-3) Alexis Silkwood S(1) AJ Andrews 606
Jul. 01 8:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (13-2) Scrap Yard Dawgs (9-8) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 4-3 Jolene Henderson (3-1) Monica Abbott (6-1) - Kelly Kretschman 320
Jul. 02 4:05 PM ET Texas Charge (10-11) Akron Racers (11-10) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 13-6 Lauren Haeger (1-4) Rachele Fico (1-1) - Lauren Haeger 975
Jul. 02 8:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (14-2) Scrap Yard Dawgs (9-9) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 3-1, 9 innings Keilani Ricketts (5-1) Monica Abbott (6-2) Jordan Taylor S(5) Chelsea Goodacre 342
Jul. 03 8:05 PM ET Akron Racers (12-10) Chicago Bandits (12-12) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 12-7 Alexis Silkwood (4-1) Haylie Wagner (7-3) - Sam Fischer 1214
Jul. 04 2:05 PM ET Akron Racers (13-10) Chicago Bandits (12-13) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 4-2 Sara Groenewegen (2-5) Lacey Waldrop (3-3) Alexis Silkwood S(2) Jennifer Gilbert 469
Jul. 04 4:05 PM ET DH Texas Charge (11-11) Beijing Shougang Eagles (0-14) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 1-0 Dallas Escobedo (4-3) Wang Lan (0-7) - Taylor Gadbois 287
Jul. 04 7:05 PM ET DH Scrap Yard Dawgs (9-10) USSSA Florida Pride (15-2) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 0-1, 8 innings Angel Bunner (2-0) Morgan Foley (0-1) - Kelsey Nunley[53] 649
Jul. 05 5:05 PM ET DH Texas Charge Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-14) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 1-2, 8 innings Li Qi (1-5) Lauren Haeger (1-5) - Wang Bei 320
Jul. 05 8:05 PM ET DH Scrap Yard Dawgs (10-10) USSSA Florida Pride (15-3) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 2-0 Morgan Foley (1-1) Keilani Ricketts (5-2) - Allexis Bennett 445
Jul. 06 5:05 PM ET DH Scrap Yard Dawgs (11-10) Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-15) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 3-2, 10 innings Monica Abbott (7-2) Wang Lan (0-8) - Monica Abbott 98
Jul. 06 8:05 PM ET DH Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-16) USSSA Florida Pride (16-3) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 0-12 Jolene Henderson (4-1) Nancy Bowling (0-2) - Jolene Henderson 355
Jul. 07 5:05 PM ET DH Texas Charge (11-13) USSSA Florida Pride (17-3) Felsberg Field (FIU) - Miami, FL 2-6 Keilani Ricketts (6-2) Coley Ries (0-1) Jordan Taylor S(6) Sierra Romero 203
Jul. 07 7:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (13-13) Akron Racers (13-11) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 8-4 Haylie Wagner (8-3) Laura Winter (0-1) - Natalie Hernandez 648
Jul. 07 8:05 PM ET DH Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-17) USSSA Florida Pride (18-3) Felsberg Field (FIU) - Miami, FL 1-2 Angel Bunner (3-0) Wang Lan (0-9) - Chelsea Goodacre 459
Jul. 08 5:05 PM ET DH Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-18) Texas Charge (12-13) Felsberg Field (FIU) - Miami, FL 0-1 Dallas Escobedo (5-3) Wang Lan (0-10) - Dallas Escobedo 235
Jul. 08 7:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (14-13) Akron Racers (13-12) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 3-2 Haylie Wagner (9-3) Rachele Fico (1-2) Breanna Wonderly S(2) Emily Crane 684
Jul. 08 8:05 PM ET DH Texas Charge (12-14) USSSA Florida Pride (19-3) Felsberg Field (FIU) - Miami, FL 2-8 Kelsey Nunley (5-0) Brittany Mack-Oates (2-3) - Shelby Pendley 605
Jul. 09 4:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (12-10) Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-19) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 10-7 Rachel Fox (1-0) Li Qi (1-6) - Allexis Bennett 156
Jul. 09 7:05 PM ET Texas Charge (12-15) USSSA Florida Pride (20-3) Felsberg Field (FIU) - Miami, FL 1-2 Jolene Henderson (5-1) Lauren Haeger (1-6) Jordan Taylor S(7) Sierra Romero 542
Jul. 10 5:05 PM ET DH Scrap Yard Dawgs Beijing Shougang Eagles Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH Postponed (Inclement weather)
Jul. 10 7:35 PM ET DH Scrap Yard Dawgs Akron Racers Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH Postponed (Inclement weather) (Makeup date:Aug. 09)
Jul. 10 8:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (20-4) Texas Charge (13-15) CommunityAmerica Ballpark - Kansas City, KS 4-7 Coley Ries (1-1) Keilani Ricketts (6-3) Dallas Escobedo S(1) Lauren Haeger 6739
Jul. 11 5:05 PM ET DH Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-20) Akron Racers (14-12) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 2-7 Emily Weiman(3-1) Wang Lan (0-11) - Ashley Thomas 201
Jul. 11 7:35 PM ET DH Scrap Yard Dawgs (13-10) Akron Racers (14-13) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 2-0 Monica Abbott (8-2) Megan Betsa (1-2) - Monica Abbott 502
Jul. 11 8:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (20-5) Texas Charge (14-15) CommunityAmerica Ballpark - Kansas City, KS 3-4 Dallas Escobedo (6-3) Kelsey Nunley (5-1) - Dallas Escobedo[54] 1663
Jul. 12 12:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-21) Akron Racers (15-13) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 0-4 Rachele Fico (2-2) Li Qi (1-7) - Rachele Fico 917
Jul. 12 7:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (14-10) Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-22) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 8-0 Cheridan Hawkins (1-1) Nancy Bowling (0-3) - Allexis Bennett[55] 117
Jul. 12 8:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (20-6) Texas Charge (15-15) CommunityAmerica Ballpark - Kansas City, KS 0-2 Lauren Haeger (2-6) Angel Bunner (3-1) - Bailey Landry 1544
Jul. 14 7:05 PM ET Akron Racers (15-14) USSSA Florida Pride (21-6) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 0-3 Jolene Henderson (6-1) Megan Betsa (1-3) - 559
Jul. 14 8:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (15-10) Texas Charge (15-16) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 5-0 Monica Abbott (9-2) Delanie Gourley (0-1) - Katiyana Mauga 621
Jul. 15 5:05 PM ET DH Akron Racers (16-14) Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-23) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 9-1 Emily Weiman (4-1) Nancy Bowling (0-4) - Ashley Thomas 223
Jul. 15 6:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits Scrap Yard Dawgs Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX Postponed (Inclement weather)(Makeup date:Jul. 16)
Jul. 15 8:05 PM ET DH USSSA Florida Pride (22-6) Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-24) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 12-0 Hannah Rogers (1-0) Wang Lan (0-12) - Lauren Chamberlain 419
Jul. 16
Makeup game 		4:00 PM ET DH Chicago Bandits (15-13) Scrap Yard Dawgs (15-11) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 5-0 Danielle O'Toole (1-0) Morgan Melloh (2-4) - Danielle O'Toole
Jul. 16 6:40 PM ET Chicago Bandits (15-14) Scrap Yard Dawgs (16-11) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 6-7 Monica Abbott (10-2) Shelby Turnier (1-4) - Kasey Cooper 837
Jul. 16 5:05 PM ET DH Akron Racers (17-14) Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-25) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 2-1 Jailyn Ford (4-1) Wang Lan (0-13) - Jailyn Ford[56] 184
Jul. 16 8:05 PM ET DH Akron Racers (17-15) USSSA Florida Pride (23-6) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 3-4[57] Kelsey Nunley (6-1) Rachele Fico (2-3) Jordan Taylor S(8) 397
Jul. 17 7:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles USSSA Florida Pride Champion Stadium - Kissimmee, FL Postponed (Inclement weather)(Makeup date:if necessary)[58]
Jul. 18 5:05 PM ET DH Chicago Bandits (16-14) Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-26) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 3-0 Haylie Wagner (10-3) Li Qi (1-8) Breanna Wonderly S(3) Haylie Wagner 185
Jul. 18 8:05 PM ET Akron Racers (17-16) Texas Charge (16-16) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 1-4 Lauren Haeger (3-6) Megan Betsa (1-4) - Lauren Haeger[59] 255
Jul. 18 8:05 PM ET DH Chicago Bandits (16-15) USSSA Florida Pride (24-6) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 2-8 Angel Bunner (4-1) Lacey Waldrop (3-4) - Angel Bunner 274
Jul. 19 7:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits Beijing Shougang Eagles Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida Postponed (Inclement weather)
Jul. 19 8:05 PM ET Akron Racers (18-16) Texas Charge (16-17) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 5-3, 8 innings Aimee Creger (1-0) Dallas Escobedo (6-4) Rachele Fico S(1) Sam Fischer 113
Jul. 20 7:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (16-16) USSSA Florida Pride (25-6) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 0-3 Keilani Ricketts (7-3) Kaia Parnaby (0-1) Kelsey Nunley S(1) Lauren Chamberlain 487
Jul. 20 8:05 PM ET Akron Racers (19-16) Texas Charge (16-18) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX[Game note 1] 2-1 Rachele Fico (3-3) Lauren Haeger (3-7) - Rachele Fico[60] 107
Jul. 21 6:30 PM ET DH Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-27) Scrap Yard Dawgs (17-11) Constellation Field - Sugar Land, TX 2-3 Monica Abbott (11-2) Wang Lan (0-14) -
Jul. 21 8:30 PM ET DH Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-28) Scrap Yard Dawgs (18-11) Constellation Field - Sugar Land, TX 7-8, 10 innings Morgan Melloh (3-4) Wang Lan (0-15) - 960
Jul. 22 8:05 PM ET Akron Racers (19-17) Scrap Yard Dawgs (19-11) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 1-3 Monica Abbott (12-2) Jailyn Ford (4-2) - Brittany Cervantes 183
Jul. 22 8:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-29) Texas Charge (17-18) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 0-6 Dallas Escobedo (7-4) Nancy Bowling (0-5) - Dallas Escobedo 134
Jul. 22 8:35 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (25-7) Chicago Bandits (17-16) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 3-7 Shelby Turnier (2-4) Jolene Henderson (6-2) Haylie Wagner S(1) Shelby Turnier[61] 1562
Jul. 23 2:05 PM ET Akron Racers (19-18) Scrap Yard Dawgs (20-11) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 6-7 Cheridan Hawkins (2-1) Megan Betsa (1-5) - Anissa Urtez[62] 102
Jul. 23 4:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (25-8) Chicago Bandits (18-16) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 1-2 Kaia Parnaby (1-1) Jordan Taylor (1-1) - Danielle Zymkowitz 1001
Jul. 23
Resumption of suspended June 14 game		 5:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (1-30) Texas Charge (18-18) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 1-9 Emily Vincent (1-0) Nancy Bowling (0-6) - Koral Costa, Missy Taukeiaho 120
Jul. 23 8:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (2-30) Texas Charge (18-19) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 2-1 Wang Lan (1-15) Jill Compton (1-2) - Wang Lan 120
Jul. 25 12:05 PM ET DH Scrap Yard Dawgs (21-11) Chicago Bandits (18-17) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 8-4 Monica Abbott (13-2) Danielle O'Toole (1-1) - Taylor Edwards[63] 1542
4:05 PM ET DH Scrap Yard Dawgs (22-11) Chicago Bandits (18-18) 9-0 Cheridan Hawkins (3-1) Shelby Turnier (2-5) - Hannah Flippen[63]
Jul. 25 7:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (26-8) Akron Racers (19-19) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 5-3 Keilani Ricketts (8-3) Megan Betsa (1-6) Jordan Taylor S(9) Megan Wiggins[64] 582
Jul. 25 8:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (2-31) Texas Charge (19-19) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 2-23 Delanie Gourley (1-1) Li Qi (1-9) - Mysha Sataraka 150
Jul. 26 7:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (27-8) Akron Racers (19-20) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 9-1 Angel Bunner (5-1) Sara Groenewegen (2-6) - Angel Bunner[65] 1109
Jul. 26 8:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (22-12) Chicago Bandits (19-18) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 1-8 Kaia Parnaby (2-1) Morgan Melloh (3-5) - Kaia Parnaby 1021
Jul. 26 8:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (2-32) Texas Charge (20-19) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 1-6 Brittany Mack-Oates (3-3) Wang Lan (1-16) - Brittany Mack-Oakes[7] 125
Jul. 27
Makeup game 		5:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (28-8) Akron Racers (19-21) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 3-1 Hannah Rogers (2-0) Aimee Creger (1-1) Jordan Taylor S(10) Kirsti Merritt 781
Jul. 27 7:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (29-8) Akron Racers (19-22) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 13-4 Kelsey Nunley (7-1) Jailyn Ford (4-3) - Sierra Romero 826
Jul. 28 6:30 PM ET DH Beijing Shougang Eagles (2-33) Scrap Yard Dawgs (23-12) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 4-14 Cheridan Hawkins (4-1) Nancy Bowling (0-7) - Meagan May-Whitley[66] 182
8:30 PM ET DH Beijing Shougang Eagles (2-34) Scrap Yard Dawgs (24-12) 1-15 Miranda Kramer (2-2) Li Qi (1-10) - Katiyana Mauga[66]
Jul. 29 6:00 PM ET DH Beijing Shougang Eagles (2-35) Scrap Yard Dawgs (25-12) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 2-3 Cheridan Hawkins (5-1) Wang Lan (1-17) - Ali Aguilar[67] 247
Jul. 29 8:30 PM ET DH Texas Charge (20-20) Scrap Yard Dawgs (26-12) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 0-1 Monica Abbott (14-2) Dallas Escobedo (7-5) - Monica Abbott[67]
Jul. 30 8:30 PM ET Texas Charge (20-21) Scrap Yard Dawgs (27-12) Scrap Yard Sports Complex - Conroe, TX 3-8 Rachel Fox (2-0) Lauren Haeger (3-8) Miranda Kramer S(1) Taylor Edwards 332
August
Date Time Visitor Home Venue Score Win Loss Save Player of the Game Attendance
Aug. 01 4:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (28-12) Beijing Shougang Eagles (2-36) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 4-0 Cheridan Hawkins (6-1) Nancy Bowling (0-8) - Cheridan Hawkins[68] 25
Aug. 01 7:05 PM ET Texas Charge (20-22) USSSA Florida Pride (30-8) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 1-4 Kelsey Nunley (8-1) Dallas Escobedo (7-6) Keilani Ricketts S(1) Keilani Ricketts 336
Aug. 01 8:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (20-18) Beijing Shougang Eagles (2-37) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 5-4 Sierra Hyland (1-1) Wang Lan (1-18) Ellen Roberts S(2) Ellen Roberts 466
Aug. 02 7:05 PM ET Texas Charge (20-23) USSSA Florida Pride (31-8) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 1-6 Angel Bunner (6-1) Coley Ries (1-2) - Shelby Pendley 235
Aug. 02[Game note 2] 5:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (2-38) Chicago Bandits (21-18) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 2-9 Haylie Wagner (11-3) Nancy Bowling (0-10) - Haylie Wagner 775
Aug. 02 8:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (29-12) Chicago Bandits (21-19) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 5-0 Monica Abbott (15-2) Lacey Waldrop (3-5) - Monica Abbott
Aug. 03 7:05 PM ET Akron Racers (20-22) Beijing Shougang Eagles (2-39) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 13-0 Rachele Fico (4-3) Wang Lan (1-19) - Rachele Fico[70] 452
Aug. 03 8:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (29-13) Chicago Bandits (22-19) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 2-5 Kaia Parnaby (3-1) Morgan Melloh (3-6) Shelby Turnier S(1) Kaia Parnaby[71] 507
Aug. 04 7:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (29-14) USSSA Florida Pride (32-8) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 0-3 Keilani Ricketts (9-3) Rachel Fox (2-1) Jordan Taylor S(11) Keilani Ricketts[72] 573
Aug. 04 7:05 PM ET Akron Racers Beijing Shougang Eagles Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH Postponed (Inclement weather)(Makeup date:Aug. 05)
Aug. 05 5:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (22-20) Texas Charge (21-23) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 3-4 Lauren Haeger (4-8) Lacey Waldrop (3-6) - Lauren Haeger[73] 450
Aug. 05 7:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (29-15) USSSA Florida Pride (33-8) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 1-3[74] Jolene Henderson (7-2) Miranda Kramer (2-3) Jordan Taylor S(12) 522
Aug. 05
Makeup game		 4:05 PM ET Akron Racers (21-22) Beijing Shougang Eagles (2-40) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 7-0 Emily Weiman (5-1) Li Qi (1-11) - Emily Weiman[75] 227
Aug. 05 7:05 PM ET Akron Racers (22-22) Beijing Shougang Eagles2-41 Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 9-0 Megan Betsa (2-6) Wang Lan (1-20) - Sami Fagan[75] 689
Aug. 06 2:05 PM ET Chicago Bandits (23-20) Texas Charge (21-24) Bobcat Softball Stadium (Texas State) - San Marcos, TX 8-6 Kaia Parnaby (4-1) Coley Ries (1-3) Haylie Wagner S(2) Emily Carosone [76] 205
Aug. 06 7:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (29-16) USSSA Florida Pride (34-8) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 0-3 Jessica Burroughs (1-0) Rachel Fox (2-2) Hannah Rogers S(1) Jessica Burroughs[77] 325
Aug. 07 7:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (2-42) USSSA Florida Pride (35-8) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 0-11 Hannah Rogers (3-0) Gu Nian Nian (0-1) - Bianka Bell[78] 194
Aug. 08 7:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (30-16) Akron Racers (22-23) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 7-1 Monica Abbott (16-2) Rachele Fico (4-4) - Nerissa Myers[79] 720
Aug. 08 8:05 PM ET Texas Charge (22-24) Chicago Bandits (23-21) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 5-0 Lauren Haeger (5-8) Haylie Wagner (11-4) - Lauren Haeger[80] 598
Aug. 08 5:05 PM ET DH USSSA Florida Pride (36-8) Beijing Shougang Eagles (2-43) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 3-0 Keilani Ricketts (10-3) Wang Lan (1-21) Angel Bunner S(1) Hallie Wilson[81] 75
8:05 PM ET DH USSSA Florida Pride (36-9) Beijing Shougang Eagles (3-43) 1-2 Li Qi (2-11) Jordan Taylor (1-2) - Sun Xun[81] 265
Aug. 09
Makeup game		 4:35 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (30-17) Akron Racers (23-23) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 5-7 Jailyn Ford (5-3) Monica Abbott (16-3) - Shellie Robinson[82] 193
Aug. 09 7:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (30-18) Akron Racers (24-23) 3-7 Megan Betsa (3-6) Moranda Kramer (2-4) - AJ Andrews[82] 1253
Aug. 09 7:05 PM ET Beijing Shougang Eagles (3-44) USSSA Florida Pride (37-9) Space Coast Stadium - Viera, Florida 0-11 Jolene Henderson (8-2) Wang Lan (1-22) - Kirsti Merritt[83] 246
Aug. 09
Makeup game		 4:35 PM ET Texas Charge (22-25) Chicago Bandits (24-21) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 0-8 Kaia Parnaby (5-1) Coley Ries (1-4) Shelby Turnier S(2) Emily Crane[84] 707
Aug. 09 8:05 PM ET Texas Charge (22-26) Chicago Bandits (25-21) 7-10 Kaia Parnaby (6-1) Lauren Haeger (5-9) Haylie Wagner S(3) Brenna Moss[84]
Aug. 10 7:05 PM ET Scrap Yard Dawgs (31-18) Akron Racers (24-24) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 5-2 Monica Abbott (17-3) Jailyn Ford (5-4) - Brittany Cervantes[85] 690
Aug. 11 8:35 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (38-9) Chicago Bandits (25-22) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 7-5 Jordan Taylor (2-2) Sierra Hyland (1-2) - Megan Wiggins[86] 978
Aug. 12 7:05 PM ET Texas Charge (22-27) Akron Racers (25-24) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 2-4 Rachele Fico (5-4) Lauren Haeger (5-10) Aimee Creger S(2) Sami Fagan[87] 947
Aug. 12 8:35 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (39-9) Chicago Bandits (25-23) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 8-2 Angel Bunner (7-1) Haylie Wagner (11-5) - Kirsti Merritt[88] 1727
Aug. 13 4:05 PM ET USSSA Florida Pride (40-9) Chicago Bandits (25-24) Ballpark at Rosemont - Rosemont, IL 4-2 Hannah Rogers (4-0) Shelby Turnier (2-6) - Sierra Romero[89] 1593
Aug. 13 4:05 PM ET Texas Charge (22-28) Akron Racers (26-24) Firestone Stadium - Akron, OH 1-2 Aimee Creger (2-1) Kelsee Selman-Rowe (0-1) - Sami Fagan[90] 984

Game notes

  1. ^ Game moved from Sugar Land to Conroe due to weather
  2. ^ Game rescheduled from original July 30 date[69]

NPF Championship

Logo for the 2017 NPF Championship Series

The 2017 NPF Championship was held at Tiger Park in Baton Rouge, La. on the LSU campus from August 17–20. This was the first time this venue has been selected for the NPF Championship.[91]

The Pride and Dawgs both swept their semifinal series 2 games to 0, against the Bandits and Racers, respectively. USSSA was able to beat Monica Abbott in game one of the final series.[92] However, on the second day, Abbott pitched two complete games to clinch the championship for the Dawgs.[93] Abbott was named MVP of the championship.[94]

NPF Semifinals NPF Championship
      
1 USSSA 2
4 Chicago 0
1 USSSA 1
2 Scrap Yard 2
2 Scrap Yard 2
3 Akron 0
2017 NPF Semifinals
USSSA Pride defeat Chicago Bandits, 2-0
Game Date Score Winning Pitcher Save Losing Pitcher Player of the Game Attendance Series
(USSSA–CHI)
1 Aug. 17 USSSA Pride 4, Chicago Bandits 1 Keilani Ricketts Jordan Taylor Kaia Parnaby Sierra Romero[95] 597 1-0
2 Aug. 18 USSSA Pride 3, Chicago Bandits 1 Angel Bunner - Shelby Turnier Lauren Chamberlain[96] 1619 2-0
2017 NPF Semifinals
Scrap Yard Dawgs defeat Akron Racers, 2-0
Game Date Score Winning Pitcher Save Losing Pitcher Player of the Game Attendance Series
(SY–AKR)
1 Aug. 17 Scrap Yard Dawgs 4, Akron Racers 1 Monica Abbott - Jailyn Ford Monica Abbott[97] 597 1-0
2 Aug. 18 Scrap Yard Dawgs 4, Akron Racers 3 Monica Abbott - Megan Betsa Nerissa Myers[98] 896 2-0
2017 NPF Championship Series
Scrap Yard Dawgs defeat USSSA Pride, 2-1
Game Date Score Winning Pitcher Save Losing Pitcher Player of the Game Attendance Series
(USSSA-SY)
1 Aug. 19 USSSA Pride 5, Scrap Yard Dawgs 0 Jolene Henderson - Monica Abbott Jolene Henderson[99] 1741 1-0
2 Aug. 20 USSSA Pride 0, Scrap Yard Dawgs 2 Monica Abbott - Keilani Ricketts Monica Abbott[100] 1086 1-1
3 Aug. 20 USSSA Pride 2, Scrap Yard Dawgs 5 Monica Abbott - Angel Bunner Monica Abbott[101] 1086 1-2

Championship Game

Team Top Batter Stats.
Scrap Yard Dawgs Kasey Cooper 1-3 3RBIs HR BB
USSSA Pride Megan Wiggins 1-3 RBI HR K
Team Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO
Scrap Yard Dawgs Monica Abbott (W) 7.0 4 2 1 1 11
USSSA Pride Kelsey Nunley 3.0 2 1 1 0 2
USSSA Pride Angel Bunner (L) 3.0 4 3 3 0 1
USSSA Pride Jordan Taylor 1.0 1 1 0 2 2
2017 NPF Championship Series MVP
Player Club Stats.
Monica Abbott Scrap Yard Dawgs 4-1 56Ks 1.45 ERA SH 0.65 WHIP (15Hs+4BBs/29.0 IP)[102]

Statistical leaders

Source: http://npf.805stats.com/leaderboard.php

Players of the Week

Week Offensive Player of the Week Pitcher of the Week Rookie of the Week
Player(s) Team(s) Highlights Player(s) Team(s) Highlights Player(s) Team(s) Highlights
1 June 1–11[103] Sammy Marshall Chicago Bandits SB:2;BA:.667;4 of 5 multi-hit games; 9 singles 1 double 1 triple 1 home run; Led NPF in batting average, runs scored, hits and total bases Ally Carda Texas Charge W/L: 2-0 ERA:0.62 K:11 BB:1 6 shutout innings in NPF debut Xi Kai Lin Beijing Shougang Eagles BA:.625 OBP:.700
2 June 12–18[104] Kelly Kretschman USSSA Pride BA: .625, OBP: .750, R:2, 2B:1, HR:1, RBI:4 Dallas Escobedo Texas Charge W-L: 2-0 with a complete game shutout. ERA: 0.82, K: 26 Bailey Landry Texas Charge 2B:2, 3B:1, HR:1, SB:1, BA:.474, R:9, RBI:5
3 June 19–25[105] Kiki Stokes Scrap Yard Dawgs BA:.875, OBP:.889, SLG:1.875, 2B:2, HR:2, R:5, RBI:5 Monica Abbott Scrap Yard Dawgs ERA: 0.00, K:18, CG ShO Megan Betsa Akron Racers 1st NPF win, IP:7, H:1
4 June 26-July 2 Lauren Haeger Texas Charge SLG:1.267, RBI:6, HR:4 Jailyn Ford Akron Racers 6 shutout innings, allowed 2 hits, OppBA: .100 Nicole Schroeder Akron Racers BA:.333 XBH:3 HR:2 SLG:.800
5 July 3-July 9 Shellie Robinson Akron Racers BA:.636, OBP:.643, RBI:6, SB:2, R:5, SLG: 1.091 Dallas Escobedo Texas Charge Two complete-game shutouts, W-L:2-0, ERA: 0.00, IP:14, K:19, BB:0 Allexis Bennett Scrap Yard Dawgs BA: .571, SLG: .857, OBP: .600, RBI:4
6 July 10–16[106] Ashley Thomas Akron Racers R:7, RBI:6, 1st in the league in hits, runs, triples, total bases and RBIs Monica Abbott Scrap Yard Dawgs W-L:3-0, K:30, 2 1-hitters Bailey Landry Texas Charge BA: .364, SLG: 1.091, 3B, HR:2
7 July 17–23[107] Brittany Cervantes Scrap Yard Dawgs BA: .769 avg, OBP: .800, led league in avg, obp, hits, doubles, total bases, and fewest strikeouts Nicole Ries Texas Charge IP: 9, ER: 0, R: 0, OBA: .156 BB: 0, HBP: 0, K: 7 Bailey Landry Texas Charge BA: .455, H: 10, SB:3, R:5
8 July 24–30[108] Kelly Kretschman USSSA Florida Pride BA: .616, SLG: 1.000, OBP: .643, R:4, RBI:4 Brittany Mack-Oates Texas Charge Pitched a no-hitter, W-L:1-0, IP:10, ERA: 0.00, H: 0, K: 0 Kasey Cooper Scrap Yard Dawgs BA: .571, OBP: .667, R: 7, RBI: 5, led league in runs scored, walks, and on-base percentage; top 5 in hits, doubles, and batting average.
9 July 31-August 6[109] Sami Fagan Akron Racers BA: .545, HR: 3, 2B: 2, SLG: 1.545, OBP: .583. R: 7, RBI: 8, Monica Abbott Scrap Yard Dawgs Pitched a no-hitter; K: 18, G: 1, led or tied for the lead in ERA, shutouts, complete games, runs allowed, strike outs, hits allowed, and opposing batting average. Wang Bei Beijing Shougang Eagles BA: .462, OBP: .533, led all rookies in

batting average, hits, obp, sac bunts, walks, and triples

10 August 7–13[110] Megan Wiggins USSSA Florida Pride BA: .462, OBP: .517, SLG: .846, HR: 2, 3B: 2, R: 8, RBI: 9, led league in runs scored, hits, RBIs, triples, home runs (tied for 1st), and total bases.

top 5 in avg, slg, obp, and walks.

Kaia Parnaby Chicago Bandits In 3 appearances, IP: 11, W-L:2-0, R: 1, H: 6, K: 11, OBA: .150 top

5 in era, opp avg, strikeouts, wins and total runs allowed.

Li Qi Beijing Shougang Eagles Complete game, R:1, BB: 1, K: 4, OBA: .222

Annual awards

The NPF's annual awards and All-NPF Team were announced at its league banquet, held August 16 at the Crowne Plaza in Baton Rouge, LA.[111] Kelly Kretschman won her third consecutive Player of the Year award, hitting a league-record .500. Monica Abbott won her sixth overall Pitcher of the Year award. A new award, Umpire of the Year, was presented for the first time.

The 2017 winners:

Award Player Team
Player of the Year Award Kelly Kretschman USSSA Pride
Pitcher of the Year Monica Abbott Scrap Yard Dawgs
Gold Glove Presented by Rawlings Chelsea Goodacre USSSA Pride
Best Offensive Performance Kelly Kretschman USSSA Pride
Rookie of the Year Bailey Landry Texas Charge
Rally Spikes Award[note 1] Taylor Gadbois Texas Charge
Home Run Award[note 2] Shelby Pendley USSSA Pride
Jennie Finch Award[note 3] Bailey Landry Texas Charge
Regular Season Championship Cup[note 4] USSSA Florida Pride
Coaching Staff of the Year Lonni Alameda, Craig Snider, Travis Wilson USSSA Florida Pride
Umpire of the Year Craig Hyde

Notes

  1. ^ The Rally Spikes Award is given to the player with the most stolen bases
  2. ^ The Home Run Award goes to the player who hit the most home runs
  3. ^ The Jennie Finch award is given to the player who best exemplifies the character and qualities of its famous namesake, and who is considered to positively impact the game both on and off the field.
  4. ^ The Regular Season Championship Cup goes to the team with the best regular season record

All-NPF Team

2017 All-NPF Team
Position Name Team
Catcher Chelsea Goodacre USSSA Pride
First base Hallie Wilson USSSA Pride
Second base Emily Carosone Chicago Bandits
Third base Natalie Hernandez Chicago Bandits
Shortstop Shelby Pendley USSSA Pride
Outfield Taylor Gadbois Texas Charge
Outfield Kelly Kretschman USSSA Pride
Outfield Bailey Landry Texas Charge
Designated player Lauren Haeger Texas Charge
At Large AJ Andrews Akron Racers
At Large Allexis Bennett Scrap Yard Dawgs
At Large Brittany Cervantes Scrap Yard Dawgs
At Large Sahvanna Jaquish Chicago Bandits
At Large Shellie Robinson Akron Racers
At Large Sierra Romero USSSA Pride
At Large Nadia Taylor Texas Charge
Pitcher Monica Abbott Scrap Yard Dawgs
Pitcher Dallas Escobedo Texas Charge
Pitcher Keilani Ricketts USSSA Pride
Pitcher Jordan Taylor USSSA Pride

See also

Notes

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