Dickson Leads Junior National Softball Team

ESCONDIDO, Calif. The USA Junior Women's National team notched two victories in exhibition play on Monday evening shutting out the 18-under Gold San Diego Renegades. Recording a 13-0 triumph in game one and 10-0 victory in game two, the team combined for 34 hits and allowed just three hits for the night. Preparing for the ISF Junior World Championships October 12-20, the USA Women will continue training at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA before traveling to Nanjing, China on October 9 for the 14 nation tournament.

In game one, the USA attacked the plate combining for 22 hits and 13 runs thanks to the offense of Norrelle Dickson (Orange, CA). Dickson led the team going 4-for-6 with two RBI. Dickson is a freshman on Oklahoma head coach Patty Gasso's softball team.

Jodie Legaspi (Garden Grove, CA) and Desiree Williams (Tucson, AZ) each added three hits while Caitlin Lowe (Tustin, CA) and Caitlin Benyi (Scottsdale, AZ) connected on two hits a piece.

From the circle, the Red, White and Blue allowed just two hits in the scheduled nine inning exhibition due to the efforts of pitchers Brianne McGowan (Reno, NV) and Meagan Denny (Crowley, TX). McGowan started the game completing five innings allowing one hit and six strikeouts before Denny entered in the sixth fanning 10 of the 13 batters she faced.

A bottom of the sixth inning six run rally pushed the USA Women to a 10-0 margin of victory in game two of the exhibition match up. Recording 12 hits, the junior National squad was led by Jessica Gilmore (Ft. Walton Beach, FL) who finished 4-for-4 with three RBI highlighted by a two-run homerun to left field. Pitcher Monica Abbott (Salinas, CA) went 2-for-2 at the plate while tossing 3.1 innings and recording eight strikeouts.

"I really thought the girls did a great job tonight,' head coach Pam Newton said. 'Things we have worked on in the last couple of days really came together. They did great on their first and third situations and our base running was fantastic. We were aggressive at the plate and bunted well. We executed our fun plays with squeezes, steals and hit and runs. All in all it was a great day and a good preparation for us."

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Dickson Leads Junior National Softball Team

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