Culvers Wins USSSA Women's Class E State

Undefeated Champions At Forest Hills Diamonds In Rockford On August 27th

ROCKFORD: Culver's from Byron won the 2005 Illinois USSSA Women's Class E State tournament held at the Forest Hills Diamonds in Rockford on August 27th with a perfect 3-0 record. The champions were led by the play of Angela Miller who was named as they 'Most Valuable Player' of this state tournament. She was joined on the 2005 Illinois USSSA Women's Class E All-State Tournament team performers by her teammates Shannon Keister, Della Hathaway, and Lori Strohecker. The Lady Diamonds (2-2) from Davenport Iowa finished in second place with Shooters North (2-2) from Rockford finishing in third place.
Culver's opened play with a huge 21-2 win over Oasis in the first round of play.
Now playing in the winner's bracket championship game of this four team event Culver's stopped Shooter's North cold by a final score of 5-0 to become the only unbeaten team left in this tournament.
After having to wait until the losers bracket was completed before knowing who they would be playing in the championship game Culvers found that they would be playing the Lady Diamonds in the finals.
Once again it was all Culver's as they dismantled the Lady Diamonds 19-4 to win the 2005 Illinois USSSA Women's Class E state Tournament undefeated.
Culvers did not supply Illinois Softball Report with any team information, stats, highlights or quotes on how they were able to win this 2005 Illinois USSSA State Tournament.
The Lady Diamonds started their day off on a sour note as they dropped their first game of the state tournament to Shooter's North by a final score of 14-3.
The Lady Diamonds responded with a win in the loser's bracket to even their tournament record at one win and one loss after they beat Oasis 15-5 to advance in the bracket.
Playing in the game where the winner would advance into the championship game to play unbeaten Culvers the Lady Diamonds sought to get some revenge as they took the field to play Shooters North the team that had put them into the loser's bracket in the first round of this tournament. The Lady Diamonds did just that by sending Shooter's North to the parking lot to pack their cars for the trip back home after beating them 15-8 to extract some revenge before moving on to play Culvers in the championship game.
The Lady Diamonds dream of bouncing back to win the state title after being upended in their very first game came to a crashing halt when Culvers pounded out an impressive 19-4 win to claim the state title over the Lady Diamonds who finished in second place at this years 2005 Illinois USSSA Women's State Tournament.
The Lady Diamonds did not provide Illinois Softball Report with any information, stats, highlights or quotes about their team and how they were able to finish in second place at this state tournament.

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