Triple Crown/USA Nationals, Reno/Tahoe, NV, July 16-19, 2013
“The TC/USA Nationals is a true national championship with top teams from across the United States,” said TC/USA Nationals Director Krista Judge. “The selection committee spends a lot of time during the selection process and uses the TC/National Rankings, both national and regional, in helping to choose the teams. Clubs are also selected using at-large criteria which includes their body of work on the field, current roster strength, current coach, and history of the organization.”
This year’s 18U bracket consists of 80 teams representing over 12 different states. Included in the field are 13 of the top 20, 30 of the top 50, and 48 of the top 100 teams in America. The 16U bracket features 40 teams from 8 states.
Notable teams in the 18U field include the No. 2 ranked Worth Firecrackers, who look to defend their 2012 title, last year’s runner-up Corona Angels (No. 3), and No. 6 Texas Impact who placed 6th a year ago. The Gold Coast Hurricanes (No. 7), Arizona Storm (No. 8), and Wichita Mustangs (No. 9) round out the teams currently ranked in the top 10.
The newly-constructed 10 field all-turf Golden Eagle Sports Complex will play host to the tournament amongst other premier sites. Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada Mountains provide a beautiful background for this national championship and teams will have many opportunities to enjoy their stay.
“The cities of Reno, Sparks, and Tahoe are all excited to be hosting this year’s national event,” Judge said. “Players and families will really enjoy the area and will have plenty of fun activities to do when not at the ball field.”
Teams will be seeded into separate double elimination brackets based on their TC/National rankings and then placed into a single elimination bracket depending on their finish in the double. The winners of each double elimination bracket will appear in the top single elimination championship bracket.
The 18U semifinal and championship games in the top single elimination bracket will air live and in HD on CBS Sports Network on Friday, July 19 at 4pm ET and 6:30pm ET. CBS Sports Network is available across the country through local cable, video and telco providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 613 and Dish Network Channel 158.
#2 – Worth Firecrackers (Rico)
#3 – Corona Angels (Tyson)
#6 – TX Impact (Burke)
#7 – Gold Coast Hurricanes (Cooper)
#8 – AZ Storm (Brun)
#9 – Wichita Mustangs (Griggs)
#11 – So Cal Choppers (Fausett)
#12 – WA Lady Hawks (Miller)
#13 – TX Glory (Shelton)
#15 – Newtown Rock Gold (Waye)
#16 – Cal Lite (Newton)
#17 – So Cal Pumas (Keohohou)
#19 - Lady Magic
#21 – Miami Stingrays (Rebhan)
#24 – So Cal Breakers (Beddow)
#25 – So Cal 3D TCS (Klepfer)
#28 – TC Stars (Klaviter)
#29 - Minors Gold (Lovelace)
#33 – Texas Bombers Gold (Smith)
#34 - Hotshots (Davis)
#37 – American Pastime (Farnworth)
#38 - So Cal Jets (Pearce)
#39 - NW Bullets (Muir)
#40 – The Next Level (Delameter)
#42 - Arizona Killer Bees (Grimaldi)
#43 - Texas Eclipse (Glass)
#45 – CO Styxx (Lembeck)
#48 – So Cal Wicked (Limon)
#49 - All American Sports Academy - JH
#52 – TX Storm (Wymer)
#54 - FL Storm (Shepherd)
#55 – Oklahoma Diamond Girls (Myers)
#56 – Houston Power (Glowacz)
#58 – Tulsa Eagles (Rogers)
#62 - RI Thunder (Constantin)
#50 - Team Smith (Schweikert)
#67 – Texas KAOS (Emanuel)
#69 - Power Surge Gold
#73 - Louisiana Patriots (Landry)
#81 - San Diego Legacy (Weimer)
#83 - San Diego Renegades (Fox)
#84 - So Cal Diamonds (Garziano)
#89 - Conklin Raiders
#90 - Pure Fastpitch (Jackson/Wakeman)
#91 – USA Athletics (Rogers)
#92 – TC Tremors (Bishop)
#93 - Strike Force (Guerra)
#101 - Team Bownet (Creamer)
# 103 - So Cal Fillys (Kelly)
#104 - So Cal Athletics (Smith)
#106 – RR Gold (Regpala)
#108 - NW Sidewinders (Rabb)
#111 - TX Firecrackers (May)
#119 - Team Smith (Carlson)
#128 - Quakes Gold (Grant)
#129 - TX Impact Gold (Jackson)
#136 - WA Angels (Benson)
#144 - Mizuno Diamond Girls (Flores)
#145 - Cal Cruisers (Sievers)
IL chill - Morris
Fresno Force (Jennings)
Lil Saints (Dickson)
Gold Coast Hurricanes (Norman)
Fury Softball (Santos)
Combat Panthers (Surane)
Firecrackers (Blanco)
Beverly Bandits (Stephens)
So Cal Sliderz (Horvat)
Nevada Comets (McGowan)
American Freedom Gold (Soefje)
Firecrackers AZ (Kaye)
Long Island Sudden Impact (Havdoglous)
Austin Storm (Koehler)
New Lenox Lightning (Abbott)
Lil Rebels (Stover)
Worth Thundercasts (Taber)
Boise Blast (Godina)
Nemesis (Garcia)
Extreme Elite (Swip)
AZ Cats (Biggan)
Absolute Blast
American Freedom
AZ Killer Bees
AZ Power - Carter
CA Breeze
Cal Cruisers
Cal Lite
Corona Angels
Desert Thunder
Firecrackers
Fresno Force
Gold Coast Hurricanes
Grapettes
Impact Gold - Guy
Mizuno Storm - Beach
MO Originals
NJ Mystics
Northwest Sidewinders
Pure Fastpitch
Reno Heat
RR Gold
SJ Lady Sharks
So Cal 3D TCS
So Cal Breakers
Strike Force Softball
Strikkers
Suncats
TC Stars
Team Mizuno
Team Smith
Teamsmith - Greg
Tulsa Elite - Filali 16U team
TX Bombers Futures
TX Firecrackers
TX Glory
USA Athletics
Vienna Stars
WA Acers
Wichita Mustangs
