Add-A-Bath / Demarini Wins USSSA Women's Class

Seven Teams Participate At Forest Hills In Rockfrod on June 17th

ROCKFORD: Add-A-Bath / Demarini (5-1) from Gurnee came charging out of the loser's bracket to upend Team BP twice 12-10 and 15-1 to win the Illinois USSSA Women's Class C Great Lakes national Tournament qualifier played at the Forest Hills Diamonds Complex in Rockford on Sunday June 24th. The champions earned a paid berth to play at the 2007 USSSA Great Lakes Women's Class C National Tournament to be held over Labor Day Weekend in Canton, Michigan. Add-A-Bath / Demarini also earned a berth to play at the 2007 Illinois USSSA Women's Class C State Tournament to be held in Rockford in August. Tournament runner-up Team BP from Rockford earned a paid berth to play at the state tournament with third place finisher PM Pub (2-3) from Milwaukee, Wisconsin took home third place and received a state berth also with Northern Diamonds / Worth (2-2) from Rockford finished in fourth place at this tournament.
Add-A-Bath / Demarini opened tournament play with a first round 22-7 win over Scores 2007 from Racine, Wisconsin to advance into the second round of play in the winner's bracket.
Add-A-Bath / Demarini notched their second win in as many tries when they defeated PCC Power from Elm Grove, Wisconsin 17-5 to advance into the winner's bracket finals. PCC Power made it to this second round contest with Add-A-Bath / Demarini by defeating the Northern Diamonds / Worth 9-6 in the first round of tournament action.
Add-A-Bath / Demarini was sidetracked in the winner's bracket finals when they were upended by Team BP 12-9 to drop the Gurnee ladies into the loser's bracket finals where they met PM Pub and posted a impressive 16-1 victory onto the bracket board to earn a second chance at both Team BP and the tournament title.
Add-A-Bath / Demarini made the most of this second opportunity when they evened the tournament at one loss each by bating the team that had beaten them earlier in the day edging Team BP 12-10. This win forced the need to have the 'if necessary game played between these two ball clubs with the winner of that extra game also earning the tournament title and the berth to play at the 2007 USSSA Women's Class C National Tournament. The extra game was all Add-A-Bath / Demarini as the won impressively 15-1 to claim the first place prize package from this event.
Tournament runner-up Team BP made it to the championship game by winning the winner's bracket as they opened play with a first round bye before taking on and defeating Rainbow Separation from Belvidere in the second round and beating them 13-6. Rainbow Separation had met and defeated PM Pub 12-11 in the first round of play to advance into the second round contest with Team BP.
Team BP became the only unbeaten team left in this tournament after they won the winner's bracket finals over Add-A-Bath / Demarini winning 12-9.
Now Team BP had to sit and wait until the loser's bracket play was complete and when it was over they had a rematch with Add-A-Bath / Demarini on their hands in the championship game. In a close game Team BP was edged by Add-A-Bath / Demarini 12-10 and with that loss the need to play the 'if necessary game' forced an extra game to be played. Team BP just could not get anything going right in this extra game losing to Add-A-Bath / Demarini15-1 and with that loss having to settle for the second place prize package from this tournament.