2015 Little League Softball World Series
Tournament details | |
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Dates | August 13–August 19 |
Teams | 10 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
The 2015 Little League Softball World Series was held in Portland, Oregon from August 13 to August 19, 2015.[1] Six teams from the United States and four from throughout the world competed for the Little League Softball World Champions. A controversy arose when the Snohomish, Washington team was accused of "throwing" a game so as not to have to face the Central Team from Slater/Polk City, IA. As a result, the favored Iowa team was forced to use their ace pitcher, Mikayla Houge (who later pitched four years at University of Virginia), in a tie-breaker game, where Iowa prevailed. Unfortunately, Mikayla was then unable to pitch in the semi-finals. Iowa lost that semi-finals game, effectively ending their chance at advancing to the Finals and winning the World Series. [2][3]. In a bit of irony, the Southeast team that advanced due to the thrown game ended up winning the championship.
Teams
[edit]Each team that competes in the tournament will come out of one of the 10 regions.
United States | International |
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![]() Central Region Central Iowa LL |
![]() Asia-Pacific ILLAM LL |
![]() East Region Warwick North LL |
![]() Canada Layritz LL |
![]() Southeast Region Rowan LL |
![]() Europe & Africa AVRS Secondary School LL |
![]() Southwest Region Seguin LL |
![]() Latin America ASOFEM LL |
![]() West Region South Snohomish LL |
Only 4 International Teams |
![]() Oregon District 4 Tigard LL |
Results
[edit]Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Defensive Innings | Run Ratio |
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1 | ![]() |
3–1 | 13 | 23 | .565 |
2 | ![]() |
3–1 | 8 | 24 | .333 |
3 | ![]() |
2–2 | 19 | 21 | .905 |
4 | ![]() |
1–3 | 26 | 23 | 1.130 |
5 | ![]() |
1–3 | 18 | 22 | .818 |
Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Defensive Innings | Run Ratio |
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1 | ![]() |
3–1 | 4 | 22 | .182 |
2 | ![]() |
3–1 | 5 | 22 | .227 |
3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 11 | 20 | .550 |
4 | ![]() |
1–3 | 37 | 16 | 2.313 |
5 | ![]() |
0–4 | 39 | 20 | 1.95 |
All times US PST.
Pool | Away | Score | Home | Score | Time |
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August 13 | |||||
A | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
9 | 10:00am |
B | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
11 (F/4) | 1:00pm |
B | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
1 | 4:00pm |
A | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 7:00pm |
August 14 | |||||
B | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
10 (F/5) | 10:00am |
A | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
8 | 1:00pm |
B | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
12 (F/4) | 4:00pm |
A | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 7:00pm |
August 15 | |||||
B | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
3 | 10:00am |
A | ![]() |
9 | ![]() |
10 | 3:00pm |
A | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
8 | 5:30pm |
B | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
13 (F/4) | 7:30pm |
August 16 | |||||
A | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
10 (F/5) | 10:00am |
B | ![]() |
12 (F/5) | ![]() |
0 | 1:00pm |
A | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
1 | 4:00pm |
B | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 7:00pm |
August 17 | |||||
A | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
5 | 10:00am |
B | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
7 | 1:00pm |
B | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
8 | 4:00pm |
A | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 7:00pm |
August 18 | |||||
9th | A5 ![]() |
14 | B5 ![]() |
8 | 9:00am |
August 19 | |||||
7th | 4B ![]() |
11 | 4A ![]() |
2 | 9:30am |
5th | 3B ![]() |
4 | 3A ![]() |
1 | 11:30am |
Elimination round
[edit]Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||
B2 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||
WSF1 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||
WSF2 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||
B1 | ![]() | 8 | |||||||
A2 | ![]() | 0 | Third place | ||||||
LSF1 | ![]() | 9 | |||||||
LSF2 | ![]() | 2 |
2014 Little League Softball World Series champions |
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![]() ![]() Rowan Little League Salisbury, North Carolina |
References
[edit]- ^ "2015 WORLD SERIES DATES". Littleleague.org. November 18, 2014. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2550293-little-league-softball-team-throws-game-sparks-world-series-controversy.amp.html
- ^ https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/18/432721453/accusations-of-game-throwing-rile-little-league-softball-world-series