Meeting a legend

2009-06-05 / Sports

Local softball player Alyssa Maldonado, right, met United States Women Olympic Softball Team pitcher Lisa Fernandez following her team's first-place finish at the Pro Fastptich Tournament in McKinney. The Texas Blaze 98 went undefeated, winning five consecutive games in the single elimination tournament, including a 4-3 victory over the 98 Flower Mound Rage in the championship contest. Fernandez, a three-time Olympic gold medal winner, holds the Olympic record for strikeouts in a single game with 25.

Pro Fastpitch Tournament Final Scores


Blaze def. TX Bandits, 3-0
Blaze def. OK Sooners, 3-2
Blaze def. OK Elite, 3-2
Blaze def. TX Terminators, 2-1
Blaze def. Flower Mound, 4-3

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