Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's softball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, held at the Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, Ontario from July 19 to 26.[1]

Softball – Women's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenuePan Am Ball Park
DatesJuly 19 – 26
Competitors90 from 6 nations
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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For these Games, the women competed in a 6-team tournament. The teams were grouped into one single pool and all teams played each other in a round-robin preliminary round. The top four teams would advance to the semifinals.[2]

Qualification edit

A total of six women's team qualified to compete at the games. Canada as host nation qualified automatically, along with the top five nations at the qualification event held in August 2013.[3] Each team can contain a maximum of fifteen athletes.[4]

Summary edit

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1   Canada
2013 Pan American Championship August 10–18   Guaynabo 5   United States
  Cuba
  Puerto Rico
  Dominican Republic
  Brazil
TOTAL 6

Rosters edit

At the start of tournament, all six participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters.[4]

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's tournament   Canada
Jenna Caira
Jocelyn Cater
Larissa Franklin
Sara Groenewegen
Megan Gurski
Karissa Hovinga
Joey Lye
Erika Polidori
Kaleigh Rafter
Sara Riske
Jenn Salling
Megan Timpf
Logan White
Natalie Wideman
Jen Yee
  United States
Valerie Arioto
Ally Carda
Raven Chavanne
Amanda Chidester
Kellie Fox
Lauren Gibson
Janelle Lindvall
Haylie McCleney
Jessica Moore
Michelle Moultrie
Sara Nevins
Sierra Romero
Kelsey Stewart
Janie Takeda
Jaclyn Traina
  Puerto Rico
Karla Claudio
Dayanira Diaz
Quianna Diaz-Patterson
Elicia D'Orazio
Sahvanna Jaquish
Galis Lozada
Yairka Moran
Yahelis Munoz
Kiara Nazario
Aleshia Ocasio
Nicole Osterman
Gabriela Palacios
Shemiah Sanchez
Monica Santos
Yazmin Torres

Competition format edit

In the first round of the competition, teams were divided into one pool of six teams, and play followed round robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once.[4]

Following the completion of the pool games, the top four teams advanced to a page playoff round consisting of two semifinal games, and the final and grand final. All games were played over seven innings.[4]

Results edit

The official detailed schedule was revealed on May 1, 2015.[5]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round edit

 
The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, the venue for the women's softball competition
Team Pld W L RF RA RD Qualification
  United States 5 5 0 43 4 +39 Qualified for the semifinals
  Canada 5 4 1 21 14 +7
  Puerto Rico 5 3 2 18 17 +1
  Brazil 5 2 3 7 19 −12
  Cuba 5 1 4 10 23 −13
  Dominican Republic 5 0 5 14 36 −22
Source: [citation needed]
19 July 2015
14:00
Dominican Republic   1 – 3   Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,895
Boxscore

19 July 2015
16:30
Canada   6 – 0   Brazil President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,234
Boxscore

19 July 2015
19:00
Puerto Rico   2 – 9   United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 234
Boxscore

20 July 2015
14:00
Brazil   0 – 7   United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 502
Boxscore

20 July 2015
16:30
Puerto Rico   11 – 5   Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 375
Boxscore

20 July 2015
19:00
Canada   5 – 0   Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 546
Boxscore

21 July 2015
14:00
Puerto Rico   3 – 2   Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 832
Boxscore

21 July 2015
16:30
Brazil   2 – 1   Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,900
Boxscore

21 July 2015
19:00
Canada   0 – 7   United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,900
Boxscore

22 July 2015
14:00
Puerto Rico   2 – 0   Brazil President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 460
Boxscore

22 July 2015
16:30
Cuba   2 – 9   United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 450
Boxscore

22 July 2015
19:00
Canada   9 – 7   Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,200
Boxscore

23 July 2015
14:00
Dominican Republic   0 – 11   United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 112
Boxscore

23 July 2015
16:30
Brazil   5 – 3   Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 347
Boxscore

23 July 2015
19:00
Canada   1 – 0   Puerto Rico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,050
Boxscore

Medal round edit

SemifinalsBronze MedalGold Medal
1  United States51  United States2
2  Canada22  Canada4(8)
2  Canada7
3  Puerto Rico4
3  Puerto Rico12(4)
4  Brazil2

Semifinals edit

24 July 2015
16:30
Puerto Rico   12 – 2 (4)   Brazil President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,050
Boxscore

24 July 2015
19:00
United States   5 – 2   Canada President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,145
Boxscore

Bronze Medal Game edit

25 July 2015
17:00
Canada   7 – 4   Puerto Rico   President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,267
Boxscore

Gold Medal Game edit

26 July 2015
11:00
  United States   2 – 4 (8)   Canada   President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 3,000
Boxscore


 2015 Pan American Games winners 
 
Canada
2nd title

Final standings edit

Rank Team Record
    Canada 6 – 2
    United States 6 – 1
    Puerto Rico 4 – 3
4   Brazil 2 – 4
5   Cuba 1 – 4
6   Dominican Republic 0 – 5

References edit

  1. ^ "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ^ McNair, Brian (1 May 2015). "Softball medals expected for Canada at Pan Am Games in Ajax". durhamregion.com. Ajax, Ontario. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. ^ "USA Wins Gold; Qualifies for ISF World Championships, Pan Am Games". calbears.com/. University of California. 18 August 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d "Sport Technical Manual Softball". scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Pan Am softball schedule features Canada, U.S. rivalry". CBC Sports. Toronto, Canada. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.