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News Headlines for March 2006

3/29/2006 - Seedings Set For XI World Championship OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Exactly five months from today, 16 countries will begin competing in the International Softball Federation’s (ISF) XI Women’s World Championship including Team USA, the defending World Champions, announced the Amateur Softball Association. The new softball ...more

3/28/2006 - Arizona Bounces Back to No.1 OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – After falling to No. 2 in last week’s ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll, the University of Arizona is back on top as the No. 1 team in the country after securing 15 of the 20 first-place votes this week. With three wins over No. 10 Louisiana-Lafa...more

3/28/2006 - Alabama’s Accetturo selected Player of the Week OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Amateur Softball Association announced today the selection of senior Dominique Accetturo (Pembroke Pines, FL.) as the USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Week. Accetturo led seventh ranked Alabama to a three-game sweep over second ranked Tenn...more

3/27/2006 - World Cup II tickets for sale! OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Amateur Softball Association announced that advance pre-sale tickets are now available for the 2006 World Cup scheduled for July 13-17, 2006 at ASA Don E. Porter Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Okla. This world-class event will feature some of th...more

3/21/2006 - UCLA takes over the top spot OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – For the first time since winning the 2004 NCAA Women’s College World Series, UCLA is the top ranked team in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll. The Bruins (26-1) take over the top spot after posting wins this week over UNLV (11-4) and defendin...more

More headlines for March, 2006

3/21/2006	UCLA takes over the top spot

3/14/2006	Arizona Solid at No. 1

3/8/2006	Wilson Named Official Ball of ASA Gold

3/8/2006	ESPN to televise II World Cup of Softball

3/8/2006	Ritter and Kelly selected as the 2005 USA Softball Player’s of...

3/7/2006	Arizona Remains No. 1

3/7/2006	McGowan Named Player of the Week