There are less than two months until the start of the new season and the Arizona softball team has already released the schedule for the new campaign. The Wildcats are going to take part in the 23rd Women’s College World Series and ninth national championship.

Arizona’s contests are very interesting to the audience, so 23 matches of the team are going to be televised. 20 of these games will be shown on the Pac-12 Networks. Moreover, ESPN2 is going to broadcast the first two matches of the Arizona’s home series – against UCLA on 23rd and 24th April 2016. Another match of the Arizona’s softball team will be shown on ESPN2. It will be The Wildcats visit to Oregon on 1st May 2016.

56 games are scheduled for the period between 11th February and 14th May 2016. The Wildcats start against Southern Utah (2 games). Then the Arizona’s softball players will have to meet North Texas, Nebraska-Omaha, Purdue, UC Santa Barbara and so on. The Wildcats will also go to Tuscaloosa for the first time since 2000 to take part in The Easton Bama Bash (26-28 February), where Arizona will play against the host Crimson Tide twice. The schedule is so busy, that The Wildcats will have to play two games in one day on 6 occasions in February.

The Arizona’s players continue with Friday – Sunday matches’ program in March. The Wildcats will play 10 games against the following opponents: Samford (11th and 13th March), Texas (12th March), Texas-Arlington (12th March), Arizona State (18th, 19th and 20th March) and Utah (24th, 25th and 26th March).

Then, the softball players of Arizona will have a week off. After that, The Wildcats will visit Seattle for a Saturday – Monday series with Washington (2-4 April). The Pac-12 Networks will broadcast these matches and you shouldn’t miss them. Then, the Arizona softball team will host New Mexico State (6th April) and after this match will play three times in a row vs. Houston at Hillebrand Stadium.

After these interesting matches, Arizona will have to visit Stanford for 3 matches in 3 days (15-17 April). All of these games will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks. But that’s not all. In the middle of April, The Cats will prepare for a tough six matches in just two weeks. Firstly, Arizona will play against UCLA (23-25 April). Two of these three matches can be watched on ESPN2. The third game (on Monday) will be broadcasted by the Pac-12 Networks.

In the last two weeks of the regular season The Arizona Wildcats will take on Oregon State (6-8 May) and then welcome California (12-14 May).

The softball player Fred Entilla, who is 69, was saved by his teammate after suffering a heart attack on the pitch in a game of a major softball tournament. The good news for was that his Kini Popo’s teammate Bobby Damaso was recourceful enough and decreed Entilla first aid help.

69-year-old man said that the only unusual thing that has happened to him was the fatigue he felt before the start of the game. Then, suddenly in the middle of the match he fell on the field. It finally turned out that he has suffered a heart attack.

‘Halfway through the first game, I felt a little tired but I thought nothing of it cause I figured, I haven’t been playing so I’m just trying to catch my breath. We went back on the field and the next thing I knew I was in the ambulance on the way to the hospital,’ the lucky man said after being saved.

Bobby Damaso, who is now 70 years old, plays like a pitcher for Kini Popo. He has more than 30 years of experience as a firefighter and the emergency situations are not unfamiliar to him. ‘Oh, it seemed like eternity. It was like 7-8 minutes, 12 minutes and finally as I was compressing – one time, I just popped his chest and he just gasped. He took a deep breath and I knew already that was a good sign,’ was Damaso’s point of view.

Kini Popo eventually won the tournament and Bobby Damaso became the Most Valuable player (absolutely deservedly), not only because his abilities on the pitch, but also because his responsibility for his teammates and his paramedical skills. The victory was dedicated to Fred Entilla. ‘We did everything for Freddy. When we went into the huddle we’d yell for Freddy, we did everything and we just did our best and we ended up going undefeated and won the tournament,’ the hero added.

To conclude, Fred Entilla was released from the hospital with no danger for his life. He is looking forward to return to the pitch and join his teammates for other major tournament matches. Entilla has thanked a thousand times his savior and feels even more connected to his teammates, who support him unreservedly. That is the main thing the team sports teach people – responsibility, selflessness and respect to the other people.

The first tournament, Conway (The Coastal Carolina University softball team) will take part in, will be in Jacksonville. It is called River City Leadoff tournament and there will be 3 teams in total. Conway will play there against NC State and Kansas. In the upcoming season 2016, The Chanticleers will host 35 matches, including 3 tournaments.

‘Our goal is to be the last team standing in the Big South Tournament. That will not be an easy task with the quality of teams in our conference, but we are here to win championships and we will work hard to prepare for that opportunity. Our strong non-conference schedule will help us prepare for our conference opponents and hopefully allow us to have a strong RPI by the end of the year,’ said the head coach of the team – Kelley Green.

The first home match of the season for Conway will be on 19th February against Appalachian State. Then The Chanticleers will play against Seton Hall. These two matches will be a part of the Kickin’ Chicken Classic. Conway’s schedule continues with a visit to Columbia on 21st Feb. At a later stage, for the first time in Coastal’s history, they will travel to Hawaii, in order to play three softball games with the host team. ‘This trip is really a once in a lifetime experience together,’ added Green.

The third tournament, Conway will participate in is called the Chanticleer Classic. The Conway’s opponents will be Memphis, Buffalo and Furman. The competition will start on 11th March and will last for 3 days.

The team will travel again for three consecutive conference series in April, taking on Winthrop, Radford and Campbell while hosting a double-header with Charleston Southern. Then the team will return home and play against Charleston Southern (26th April) with a single game and two series vs. Gardner-Webb and Longwood.

‘Our conference gets tougher every year and we always have a target on our backs, but our goals are to win the regular season and tournament championships. Anything less is a disappointment, as this is the Coastal way. With that said, we know we have a lot of work to do and need to be diligent in our preparation. We cannot get complacent. Our best players need to get 1% better each day and everyone else needs to get 3% better. If we can keep on focusing on the process throughout the winter months and continue this through the season, we should be right where we want to be in May,’ said Kelley Green.

Softball has recently become very popular among the bettors. This sport is even more interesting now than some of the old fashioned sports and that’s why the self-respecting bookmakers are offering a lot of softball games and markets per season. Of course, there aren’t as many betting markets as there are in football, for example, but the tendency is for enlarging the number of events and markets, offered on softball.

Bet365 is offering a lot of softball betting markets. Except for the single games, the bookmaker provides the punters with the chance to bet on softball ‘Outrights’. You can easily find the softball betting markets. After visiting the site, just click on the preferred sport on the left. When clicking on softball you will see a list of the current events and, as I said, a lot of long-term betting options. Bet365 broadcasts the biggest number of sports events per year, so you can watch here softball matches and bet in-play.

To continue with, among the leaders in the world of softball betting markets are William Hill. They are offering competitive odds and different promotions on this sport. Of course, the bookie is also offering betting on the following markets: ‘Who will win the tournament?’.

Another good choice for betting on softball is BWIN. Except for the most popular sports in Europe, the bookmaker is providing its clients with a big number of less famous sports markets. One of the highest odds can be found here! Don’t hesitate, get £30 risk free bet and start having fun with the softball betting markets of BWIN.

188bet are also good at softball betting. The bookie has included the main betting markets of this sport: Money Line (who will win the game), Run Line Handicap, Total Runs (Over/Under), Odd/Even. In addition, the punters can find at 188bet the most competitive odds on softball. The bookmaker is also offering a bonus of up to £50 in free bet tokens.

But, let me give you a piece of advice. If you are new to softball, just watch several matches before starting to bet. You can do this at these sites’ live streaming sections when you deposit in your account. You can also read some blog posts about the teams. Some of the bookies are providing the customers with analyses for the matches. Then you will see how easy it will be for you to predict which team is going to win when betting in-play. Of course, you should also try betting on pre-match final scores and see whether you are better at it than at the live betting.

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You know that every single sport has its own biggest forum. Softball makes no exception. The most precious trophy in the sport is The Men’s Softball World Championship. The tournament is held once in every four years. The best 16 national teams in the world are taking part in the World Championship. From 2013, the competition will be held on every two years. Even though the motherland of softball is the USA, the most entitled team is New Zealand. The Black Sox (their nickname) have won the trophy 6 times so far.

The first World Championship dates back to 1966, which host country was Mexico. Eleven nations took part in it and the winners were the United States. The host team left on the second place. New Zealand took the bronze medals. In the final match the USA won 6-0 against Mexico and finished the competition with 12 victories and 0 defeats. An interesting fact is that in 1976 there has been three winners. The United States, Canada and the hosts – New Zealand shared the golden medals.

The last champion is the Canadian team, which won the trophy for the 4th time a couple of months ago. In the final game Canada won 10-5 against The Black Sox. That was the 4th lost final for New Zealand. Great Britain also took part in the competition. That was their 4th participation. They won 4 matches, but lost five and were eliminated.

42 countries in total have ever taken part in at least one World Championship. As I said, the team with the highest number of titles is New Zealand (6). In the second place are the United States. Canada are with 4 trophies. Except for these three dominants, Australia managed to win the World Championship once. Australian Steelers beat 5-0 The Black Sox in 2009 and lifted the Cup for the first time in their history.

That was the main information about the most important men’s trophy in the softball world. If you want to find some additional information, you can visit the official website of the last World Championship. What is going to happen in 2017 – you can share your opinion with me!