Miller Forty-fives Champions At ASA National Qualifier

Twenty-four Teams Participate At Majewski Complex, In Mt Prospect

ASA National Qualifier Champions - Miller Forty-fives - (I.S.R. File photo)

MT PROSPECT: The defending ASA Major national Champions Miller Forty-fives (4-0) won the opening ASA Men's sixteen inch national qualifying tournament held at Majewski Complex, in Mt. Prospect on May 7th. They defeated Sage (3-1) 4-2 in the title game with Out There Softball (2-1) and the Bucketheads (2-1) tying for third place in this twenty four team single elimination event.
The Miller Forty-fives received a first round bye from the blind draw format before taking on and defeating Nemesis 3-2 in the second round of play. Nemesis had advanced by defeating Flash 8-6 in the first round of tournament play.
IN their quarterfinal game of this tournament the Miller Forty-fives were paired with Traffic and the champions to be posted an 8-4 win up onto the bracket board to continue their advancement through this tournament. Traffic made it to the quarter final game by opening with a 5-2 win over March in the first round of play and than defeating M-Best 7-0 in the second round.
In their semifinal game of this single elimination tournament the Miller Forty-fives squared off with Out There Softball and again they won another one run game as they edged out Out There Softball 4-3
The championship game was a match-up with Sage as the Miller Forty-five complete their run to the title with a 4-2 win to take home the top prize from this national qualifying tournament.
The Miller Forty-fives did not supply Illinois Softball Report with any details, highlights, stats or quotes on how they were able to win this tournament.
Sage made it to the title game by opening play with a first round bye from the blind draw format that was used in this tournament. In the second round of play Sage defeated Red Bull 4-3 to advance into the quarter final round of this event. Red Bull made it to the second round by posting a 4-2 win over Thunder in the first round of tournament play.
Sage now was paired against the Snappers as Sage got it done wining 5-3 to move into the semi finals of this tournament. The Snappers made it to the third round by opening with 5-3 win over Nutz in the first round be fore taking on and defeating Menace 6-5 in the second round of Tournament action.
Sage and the Bucketheads now went toe to toe in a semi final game with Sage getting the upper hand by a final score of 8-5. The Bucketheads made it to the semifinal round by opening the tournament with a first round bye before they defeated the Registers 7-1 in the second round and than defeated the Lemonheads 15-5 in a quarter final round game.
The championship game went to the Miller Forty-five over Sage 4-2 forcing Sage to accept the second place prize from this tournament.\Sage did not provide Illinois Softball Report with any details, stats, highlights o quotes on how they were able to achieve their second place finish from this event.