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2018 Nationwide Conference USSSA Championships tournament preview!

 

 

 

2018 Conference Championships!

 

Nationwide Conference USSSA!

 

August 31st – September 2

 

Tournament Preview

 

 

2018 Conference Championship Bracket and Team List Link

 

 

The 2018 Nationwide Conference USSSA Championships take place this coming weekend, August 31st – September 2nd in Viera, Florida at the USSSA headquarters at the Space Coast complex.  The "Red" baseball quad will be used for the tournament instead of the stadium and the baseball fields have the same dimensions as the stadium 325-365-385-365-325 and are all artificial turf.  11 of the top 12 teams in the country will play to jockey for the final points and seeding for the USSSA Major World Series in a few weeks.  #2 Dan Smith still has a chance to overtake #1 Resmondo for the #1 seed at the major.  To do so Dan Smith would have to win and Resmondo would have to finish 3rd or worse by my calculations.  If Dan Smith finished 2nd then Resmondo would have to finish last to drop out of the #1 seed for the Major.  'A' teams are playing the 'A' Worlds so they will not be in the Conference Championships but also cannot lose their current seed.  The tournament will use the Stadium ZN on the baseball fields and the managers meeting is set for 2 PM over by the building near the Red Quad which is headquarters for this event. 

The Conference Championship banquet will take place in the concourse at the Stadium on Saturday evening.  

 

REMEMBER all players need to print and fill out a waiver for the park

 

POINTS SCENARIOS

Resmondo is the favorite to win the event as they have done well on the big fields this year but Dan Smith who won Columbus does have the momentum and the #1 seed for the Major does come with the added advantage of being home team in every game as well as playing more games at night.  Dan Smith will have Kevin Kennington playing for the first time this year and #3 Smash It is reportedly playing without center fielder Nic Santana who was dismissed from the team.  A number of the 'AA' teams are also missing players like Pure Sports who is missing Ryan McClanahan (maternity leave) and Justin Mucciarelli (Injury avoidance).

The tournament starts Friday at 4 PM eastern time and teams play into the night Friday as many as 3 games, then the tournament resumes early Saturday morning with the loser's bracket, and into Saturday afternoon.  Then the tournament pauses for the Annual Nationwide Conference Awards banquet and finishes up on Sunday.

 

USSSALive.com will have stationary cameras on all of the games and I believe the Banquet Awards.

The chat room here at SoftballCenter.com will also be up all weekend. 

 

 

Conference Championships bracket

 

 


 

Spacecoast "Red" Quad is the bottom left in this picture furthest from the stadium

Dimensions: 325-365-385-365-325

Space Coast Stadium Complex Address:
5800 Stadium Parkway
Melbourne, FL  32940

Googlemaps shows a 41 minute drive from the Orlando Airport to the SpaceCoast Stadium Complex:
From Orlando Airport follow FL-528 E and I-95 S to S. Fiske Blvd in Brevard County. Take exit 195 from I-95 S

 


 

Poll Results- 45% picked Resmondo over Dan Smith 29% and Smash It Sports 11%

 

 


 

Weekend Weather

 


 

Past Winners

 

2017 Conference Champions – SIS/Thunder/Miken/Worth/Louisville (NY-M)

2017 Conference Championships tournament report

 

2017 Conference Qualifier Champions – Precision/3rd Street/G Brand/Easton

2017 Conference Qualifier tournament report

 


 

2016 Conference Champions – Backman/Louisville Slugger

2016 Conference Championships tournament report

 

2016 Conference Qualifier Winner – Precision

2016 Conference Qualifier tournament report

 


 

2015 Winner – Resmondo-Specialty Tank/Worth

2015 Nationwide Conference Championship tournament report link

 

1st Place 'A' Division – Xtreme/Miken

Also GSL 'A' Champions!

 


2014 Winner – Resmondo-Specialty Tank/Worth

2014 Nationwide Conference Championship tournament report link


2013 Winner – Resmondo-Specialty Tank/Worth

2013 Nationwide Conference Championship tournament report link


2012 Winner – TYJA/Suncoast Reebok

2012 Nationwide Conference Championship tournament report link

2011 Nationwide Conference Championship tournament report link

2010 Nationwide Conference Championship tournament report link

 


 

Past tournament results

2017 Major Conference Championships
1 NY-M SIS/Thunder/Miken/Worth/Louisville
2 NY-M Smash It/Scene/TDB/Miken/Worth
3 CA-M Dan Smith/Menosse
4 FL-M Resmondo/O.A.Apparel/H.Auto/SPTank/Easton

2017 Conference Qualifier Champions
1 IL-AA Precision/3rd Street/G Brand/Easton
2 NC-AA TDB/TM Sports/Midwest Whitetail Adv/Miken
3 MN-AA RXtreme/Miken/ASP/Athlon
4 IL-AA OA Apparel/Broughton/KBI/Easton

2016 Major Conference Championships
1 IN-M Backman/Louisville Slugger
2 NY-M SmashItSports/ASP/HAuto/MrWiggles/Easton
3 FL-M Resmondo Specialty Tank Worth
4 IN-AA TG/Reds Astros/Headlines/K&G/Worth

2016 Conference Qualifier Champions
1 IN-AA Precision
2 MI-AA Line Drive Sportz Easton
3 FL-B Team Adiktiv/Energy Systems/Worth
4 OH-AA 3rd Street/Louisville Slugger

2015 Major Conference Championships
1 FL-M Resmondo-Specialty Tank/Worth
2 IL-A Precision/Easton/DO
3 NY-M SmashItSports/Compound/HAuto/ASP/Easton
4 NY-A Albicocco/The Scene/Easton

2015 Conference Qualifier Champions
1 MN-A Xtreme/Miken
2 NC-B Broughton Pharmacy/Bad Draw/Worth
3 IL-B Compound Athletics/Easton
4 AR-A Fence Brokers Inc/Buzini/Worth

2014 Major Conference Championships
1 FL-M Resmondo-Specialty Tank/Worth
2 NY-M Laservision/H Auto/JJ's/Easton
3 NY-A Team Albicocco/The Scene/Easton
4 AL-A Baugh Ford Doerflinger National Pawn/Easton

2014 Open Conference Championships
1 WA-M Team Combat/Softball.com
2 IN-A Red's Astros/Louisville Slugger
3 IL-B Precision/Easton
4 CA-B Classic Glass/Easton

2014 Conference Qualifier Champions
1 NJ-B Above All Landscaping/GWS
2 MN-B Xtreme/Miken
3 CA-B OC Swats/Miken/Premier Athletics
4 TX-C ASPNation/JOCO/Reset/Easton

2013 Major Conference Championships
1 FL-M Resmondo-Specialty Tank/Worth
2 NY-M Laservision/Desert Falls/Boombah/Easton
3 TN-M Shoppe/TYJA/Louisville Slugger
4 OH-B Pure Romance/Chic's/Insanity/Easton

2013 Open Conference Championships
1 FL-A Demarini/Dirty/Xtreme
2 IA-A GTL/Doerflinger/R&M Metals/Easton
3 MI-A Line Drive Sportz/SSS/Miken
4 IN-A Red's Astros/Slugger/Stucco/Dirty

2013 Conference Qualifier Champions
1 GA-B Team Adiktiv/Dynasty/D2E/LS/TYJA
2 OH-B 3rd Street/Louisville Slugger
3 NC-B B&B/Sears/BMW Insulation/Easton
4 MN-B Xtreme/Miken

2012 Major Conference Championships
1 NY-A TYJA – Suncoast Reebok
2 IA-A R&M metals/troupe/pipac/s&r/easton
3 UT-M Nordkap/desert falls/easton
4 TN-A SHOPPE / TEAM TPS / ELITE

2012 Open Conference Championships
1 MI-B Line Drive Sportz/sss softball
2 IN-B Reds Astros/tps/sports den
3 CA-A West Coast Doerflinger – easton
4 GA-B Down2earthsports.com/sbc/worth

2012 'B' Conference Championships
1 MA-B Magic/S&S/TYJA/Easton
2 NC-B B&B/Sears/N&N Finishing
3 AL-B Baughford.com/advantagesports/worth
4 FL-B Westshore pizza/tps

2011 Major Conference Championships
1 FL-M Resmondo-specialty tank / worth
2 WA-M Team Combat/laservision/d2e/supreme
3 FL-A Suncoast Reebok
4 WA-M GTL Cartel/DeMarini 

2011 Open Conference Championships
1 IA-A R&M Metals/troupe/tcp/easton
2 VA-A Taylormade/tm sports/mizuno
3 WA-B Doerflinger/tsc/pro-coat/combat
4 MI-A Sinister/Pritchard/Miken

2010 Major Conference Championships (Best of 5)
1 CA-M Dan Smith/Menosse
2 FL-M Resmondosport/specialty/phonemaster

2010 Open Conference Championships
1 IL-B EWS/SHIRTS and LOGOS
2 FL-B AJS/easton/supreme/mike foulks/mojo
3 TX-A Wood Law/Miken
4 TN-A Jean Shoppe-easton-down2earthsports

2010 'B' Conference Championships
1 CT-B Darkside/TYJA
2 CA-B Elite sports u.s.a./combat
3 OH-B Blitz/watanabe/weller/minges/easton
4 FL-B Art Explosion/drash

2009 Major Conference Championships
1 FL-M Resmondo-Specialty Tank-Worth
2 MN-M Long Haul/Miken/Phonemasters
3 CA-M Dan Smith-Menosse-Benfield-Combat
4 FL-A T&R Stucco/Worth

2009 Open Conference Championships
1 VA-A Taylormade/Titan/PAS/Mizuno
2 WA-A GTL Cartel/Stucco/Worth/Elite
3 CA-A Johnny Blaze/Combat/Elite
4 WA-A Combat USA/Elite

2009 'B' Conference Championships
1 FL-B AJS/Easton/3N2/DSSBats
2 CA-B WCS/LCV
3 AR-B Fence Brokers/Illustrated Sportswear
4 OH-B PRI/MFAB/Insanity

2008 Major Conference Championships
1 FL-M Resmondo/specialty tank/worth
2 CA-M Dan Smith/menosse/benfield/combat
3 WA-A GTL/Creative Stucco/Worth
4 IL-A Ropeclub/hennessys/onqclub/easton

2008 'B' Conference Championships
1 MI-B Team Bud Light/Easton
2 OH-B Blitz/Watanabe/Bull/Minges Drywall

2007 Major Conference Championships
1 FL-M Resmondo Softball
2 FL-M Bellcorp/belcher/tai/backman
3 WA-A GTL/COMBAT
4 CA-A KME/CHANEY'S/EASTON

2006 Major Conference Championships
1 FL-M Bell Corp/taylor/belcher/easton
2 OH-M Specialtytank/ stucco/k&g /worth
3 VA-M Benfield/reece/shade/am las vegas
3 FL-M Resmondo – KME Softball 

 

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