1st Place 12U USSSA Winter March Madness WSQ
2015 Memorial Day Mayhem Winner!
2015 PA-PONY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNER-UP TSUNAMI 12U!
2015 PONY Nationals Championships - 9th Place Overall!
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Home of Tsunami 12u - 2014-2015 (Summer Record 40-15-2)
To My Girls....
In such a small amount of time you have come together not just as teammates but friends ...
The journey we have created by forming our team should never be looked at by wins and losses only ...
But by the bonds of friendships that will last a lifetime ...
Let the Hard Work Begin! Coach Ray
To My Girls....
In such a small amount of time you have come together not just as teammates but friends ...
The journey we have created by forming our team should never be looked at by wins and losses only ...
But by the bonds of friendships that will last a lifetime ...
Let the Hard Work Begin! Coach Ray
so far 2015 Winter Plans for Team...
To help the girls prepare for the future and next stage of advanced development we have embarked on a rigorous training program that starts with Parisi Speed School Training to help girls become the best athletically they can be plus adding an outstanding winter softball program that gets support from Tsunami players that have come back to mentor and help our team.
The list of girls is really exciting and provides such leverage for our team to aspire to compete at the highest level. Here is short list of our girls coming back to help including getting amazing training from Steph Pasqual
(All American from Nebraska) who is working hard with our catchers :)
Gabby Castelli-WPU, Mikayla Melendez and Nicole Hernadez Ramapo, Kaela Romano- Albright..
Ashley Kowalski-Virginia Tech, Holly Arentowitz- Stockton, Carly Benjami- Desalles just to name a few
Also getting some HS Starting Pitcher the opportunity to prepare for the season and at same time play live games vs. out team and players. A real Win-Win.
Alexa Pettit from Jefferson HS and Madison Wronko from Lenape...many more NJAC pitchers will be coming in and help our girls be the best they can be.
What an amazing dynamic is being formed where we ask our girls to be pushed as hard as they can in advanced pressure situations and they are flourishing. The 2nd part for our young team will be playing at Diamond Nation this winter in the 18U HS League. The Goal is simple...play up as much as we can so they are prepared for anything as they get ready for HS next year. Looking forward to seeing the girls perform and use the winter to have an outstanding Spring and Summer...
Go Tsunami and Thanks so much to all the past players who have come so far and to those who will be coming over the winter.
To help the girls prepare for the future and next stage of advanced development we have embarked on a rigorous training program that starts with Parisi Speed School Training to help girls become the best athletically they can be plus adding an outstanding winter softball program that gets support from Tsunami players that have come back to mentor and help our team.
The list of girls is really exciting and provides such leverage for our team to aspire to compete at the highest level. Here is short list of our girls coming back to help including getting amazing training from Steph Pasqual
(All American from Nebraska) who is working hard with our catchers :)
Gabby Castelli-WPU, Mikayla Melendez and Nicole Hernadez Ramapo, Kaela Romano- Albright..
Ashley Kowalski-Virginia Tech, Holly Arentowitz- Stockton, Carly Benjami- Desalles just to name a few
Also getting some HS Starting Pitcher the opportunity to prepare for the season and at same time play live games vs. out team and players. A real Win-Win.
Alexa Pettit from Jefferson HS and Madison Wronko from Lenape...many more NJAC pitchers will be coming in and help our girls be the best they can be.
What an amazing dynamic is being formed where we ask our girls to be pushed as hard as they can in advanced pressure situations and they are flourishing. The 2nd part for our young team will be playing at Diamond Nation this winter in the 18U HS League. The Goal is simple...play up as much as we can so they are prepared for anything as they get ready for HS next year. Looking forward to seeing the girls perform and use the winter to have an outstanding Spring and Summer...
Go Tsunami and Thanks so much to all the past players who have come so far and to those who will be coming over the winter.
Home of Tsunami 14U 02 Futures - 2015-2016
Record- 11-9-1 Fall
Winter-Spring 30-25-3 (Combined 14U/16U/18U)
18U-0-1-2 Diamond Nation 18U HS/Club League
16U-4-0-0 USSSA WSQ Qualifier - Champions!
18U-2-2-0 USSSA WSQ Qualifier - Champions!
14U-2-3-1 Rock Spring ASA Fling - RUNNER UP 2nd Place!
14U-4-1-0 USSSA WSQ Qualifier - RUNNER UP 2nd Place!
14U-1-4-0 USSSA WSQ Qualifier - 3rd Place Finish!
14U-4-3-0 Memorial Day Madness - Champions Bronze Bracket!
14U-1-3-0 Blue Chip Futures - OUCH :(
14U-3-1-0 USSSA WSQ Fathers - 3rd Place!
16U-2-2-0 USSSA WSQ Diamond - 6th Place
14U-4-2-0 USSSA WSQ Big Apple Classic- Champions!
16U-3-3-0 USSSA WSQ XTREME SUMMER HEAT- 3rd Place!
Ray Romano - Head Coach and Former 18U Gold Head Coach
Shamus Mack - Assistant Coach
Home of Tsunami 14U 02 Futures - 2015-2016
Record- 11-9-1 Fall
Winter-Spring 30-25-3 (Combined 14U/16U/18U)
18U-0-1-2 Diamond Nation 18U HS/Club League
16U-4-0-0 USSSA WSQ Qualifier - Champions!
18U-2-2-0 USSSA WSQ Qualifier - Champions!
14U-2-3-1 Rock Spring ASA Fling - RUNNER UP 2nd Place!
14U-4-1-0 USSSA WSQ Qualifier - RUNNER UP 2nd Place!
14U-1-4-0 USSSA WSQ Qualifier - 3rd Place Finish!
14U-4-3-0 Memorial Day Madness - Champions Bronze Bracket!
14U-1-3-0 Blue Chip Futures - OUCH :(
14U-3-1-0 USSSA WSQ Fathers - 3rd Place!
16U-2-2-0 USSSA WSQ Diamond - 6th Place
14U-4-2-0 USSSA WSQ Big Apple Classic- Champions!
16U-3-3-0 USSSA WSQ XTREME SUMMER HEAT- 3rd Place!
Winter Diamond Nation 18U/HS League
Why bring a group of 7th and 8th grade players into 18U/HS League?
The entire plan for our team this winter surrounds practices with purpose, that highlights pressure induced plays where girls on offense and defense are pushed into toughest situation play so they can learn to play confidently and understand they can and will succeed at whatever they put their minds to. Adding to that is playing the 18U/HS league where again we expect to be pushed harder in all phases of the game but older and more capable players with the goal of our girls 'learning' that age is relative and next year in HS they will (like it or not) be playing a 4 year age swing when they play Varsity Softball. In the end, winning or losing is irrelevant, but was important is effort and 'learning' that they can play with any team.
Each week the girls clearly are expanding their own sites on what they can and cant' do.
So proud of the players and coaches for believing in the plan set forth.
Well Done Tsunami Futures...Well Done :)
Jan 3rd - Tsunami vs. North Hunterdon HS Tie 3-3
Great Start playing solid North Hunterdon Team. Girls Showed Well and never backed down.
Jan 9th - Tsunami vs. Colonia HS Loss 7-1
Should have been 2-1 Final. 1 long tough inning where we needed last out and had many attempts including the last out which hit the Ceiling :( and should have ended inning 2-1. At that point 4 more innings 0-0 score
Jan 16th - Tsunami vs. CJ Fillies (18U Club) Tie 4-4
Pitcher from Fillies throwing 62mph on gun all game (well done Cristina Colon Ex Tsunami). It was a Real Test for girls and they never backed down and took aggressive swings each at bat. We received highest compliments from parents and coaches regarding our girls as they knew our age and it was a great game right from start to finish. Showed Huge fight coming from 4-1 and tie game after back to back to back doubles to tie game. If not for outstanding play from Phillies 2b snaring a game winning line drive we would have won. In all cases a tie vs. a very-very solid 18U team is a win in our books.
Jan 23rd - 27th Tsunami vs. 18U Teams -SNOW CANCELLED OUR FUN. DOME IS DOWN FOR WINTER :(
Feb 6th 16U USSSA WSQ 5-0 Champions
Girls went wire to wire seeding #1 and won 1st 16U Event and earned National Qualifier!
Well Done Girls....The Best is still to come!
Feb 27th 18U USSSA WSQ 2-2 Champions Silver Bracket
Girls Played 18U Event this past weekend and drew 2 of the top teams for seeding and lost tough 10-0 loss to eventual overall winner Sting 18U Gold and went down to last out in 6-5 loss to Fusion Gold. Girls showed they wouldn't back down or be intimidated by ay team and impressed everyone they played. Seeding results put us in Consolation Bracket and girls played impressively winning the Bracket as Champions finishing 2-2 after facing tough Haverford Gold and NYC Rush Teams.
2016
East Coast Tsunami 14U Futures
March 26-27 Easter Off
April 2-3 NJ Heat Friendly 14U Howell NJ
Was looking forward to playing Outlaws-Elite, Flames Futures and Heat Futures- ALL # SAME DAY :)
The goal was to look for the 3 toughest teams to play to simulate a worst case scenario on Saturday seeding.
Sadly the weather just didn't cooperate and the event was cancelled. :(
April 9-10 Off
April 16-17 The Rock Spring Fling 14U Chester NY - RUNNER UP 2nd Place!
The girls opened season up with less than typical Tsunami Softball on Saturday going 0-2-1
taking #6 Overall Seed heading into Sunday Elimination Day. At times we played inspired and battled in 1st and 2nd games to tie both games with 2 outs in last inning. One ended in a tie the other was won by Academa Elite in last half of inning. With the season being long we asked the girls to forget the day and play tomorrow as if each game was championship game. They came out inspired and played well right thru the championship game vs a very good Kaboom Team. We always learn from our defeats and team we play. This past weekend we had to play our sister Tsunami team in Semi-Final Game. It was a battle from start to finish and both teams represented Tsunami Softball well. Kudo's to 14U-01 Team on a fine weekend.
Game #1 Rage -TIE
Game #2 Academa Elite - LOSS 8th Inning
Game #3 Kaboom - LOSS
Seeding 6th Overall
Qtr. Final Game vs #3 Seed HV Raptor - Win
Semi-Final Game vs #2 Seed Tsunami -01 -Win
Final Game vs #1 Seed Kaboom - Lost Runner Up
April 23-24 USSSA Spring April Flowers 14U Linden NJ
Girls worked hard for #1 Seed going 3-0 on Saturday. Played outstanding defense with 4 Double Play's. Girls showed big fight coming from behind in 1st Game vs Shock and then again vs Jersey Girls.
Sunday opened with rematch in Semi-Final Game vs. Shock. In true fashion game went back and forth until Shock tied game in last half of inning forcing ITB. Shock took lead until Futures found a way to come back with walk off double to win the game to get to 2nd finals of season.
Played very poorly with 5 critical errors and lost in finals. Much to build upon as season is for maturing and preparing for Nationals.
Game # 1 Neshaminy Shock - WIN
Game # 2 North Jersey Vipers Black - WIN
Game # 3 Jersey Girls Blue - WIN
Seeding #1 Overall - Great job Ladies!
Semi-Final Game vs Neshaminy Shock - Win in ITB. Amazing Game By Both Teams!
Finals Game vs #2 Seed Kaboom - Lost Runner Up
April 30-May 1 Off
May 7-8 USSSA Mother's Day Classic WSQ 14U Mansfield NJ - RAIN OUT :(
May 14-15 USSSA May Magic 14U East Hartford CT - 3rd Place Finish.
This was key weekend for girls getting invitation to play in preselected A event in CT. We knew games would be tough as all teams in the event had won many events this year. The team played poorly for the 1st time this year and lost all 3 games on Saturday. Very similar in all games we lost our defensive edge and error's eventually lost and certainly a lesson was learned (why we came in 1st place)
As we have preached to girls how you seed doesn't mean you cant win on Sunday! We played inspired softball vs #2 Seed Rhode Island Thunder Gold and knocked them out setting up rematch in Semi-Final game vs Wildcats.
We played a close-close game thru 4 innings and again we couldn't put tut that last out away when needed and missed our chance at another final round. Like all experiences losing 'educates' you much faster than winning honestly and top completion highlights your areas of focus. Onward and upward girls!
Game # 1 Cheshire Wildcats - LOSS
Game # 2 CT Rockets - LOSS
Game # 3 RI Thunder Gold - LOSS
Seeding :( #7 Lowest Seed Ever!
Qtr. Final Game vs #2 Seed RI Thunder Gold - Win
Semi-Final Game vs # 2 Seed Cheshire Wildcats - Loss
3rd Place Overall!
May 21-22nd Off
May 28-30 (3 Day Event) Memorial Day Madness (3day Event) 14U Chambersburg PA-Play Back Champs
Having competed at this event a number of times I told girls competition and venue would be incredibly challenging. Girls battled heat and conditions on both Saturday and Sunday going 4-2 in pool play.
Girls overall record should have seeded then 28th in Silver Bracket but due to error on recap of scores event director placed our team in wrong bracket. Unfortunate as girls deserved to play in the Silver Bracket but all we could do was start Monday where they placed team. Rain created havoc with fields and conditions along with poor communications forced our team to play within a 15 minute window earlier that expected. The game was one of the best of the weekend eventually losing in ITB 1-0 in a fiercely contested defensive game.
At that point girls were placed in Play Back Bracket where we learned there were no teams to play?
That was very upsetting as we wanted out chance and playing back to win. Unfortunately you just have to move on and that is what we did. Girls prove time and time again they can play with any team but must work on being more consistent and play with that aggressive Tsunami Style Softball we all know and love.
Game #1 Northern Valley Cyclones - WIN
Game #2 Heart Breakers - LOSS
Game #3 Lady Stormers - WIN
Game #4 NOOK Academy - WIN
Game #5 Loudon Storm - LOSS
Game #6 PA Ball Hawks - WIN
Seed 28th of 89 Teams!
Semi-Final Round- Rock Sports Academy - LOSS 1-0 ITB
Play Back Champions - Tsunami Futures
June 4-5 Blue Chip Futures Showcase 18U INVITE ONLY
Well it finally due to happen :( Man did we hit the wall this past weekend. Girls just were exhausted mentally and physically and we just didn't play well with 1 exception in beating #3 Seed on Saturday. Sunday however had a rematch with CJ A's and again the girls simply played uninspired and we will recoup and go back ready in our next event. We will focus on getting back to having FUN and why we play the game.
Game #1 SJ Mystics - LOSS
Game #2 CJ A's -WIN
Game #3 Flames - LOSS
Seed 6th
Qtr Final CJ A's - LOSS
June 11-12 Off
June 18-19 USSSA 2016 Father's Day Classic 14U Union NJ 3rd PLACE!
After taking a very tough weekend at Blue Chip the girls had 4 excellent practice's where we went back to work with special effort on having fun. Girls play their best when they are loose. We came out with determination and went 3-0 taking #1 Seed. We knew bracket layout would have us play our friends at Shock. In Semi Final game we took an early 4-0 lead and help until 5th inning. We made some errors that lead to allowing Shock to come back to tie game 4-4 and ultimately stretching lead to 7-4. The weekend ended 1 game shy of finals and while you play to win and expect to win we will take the positive turnaround and head in a 16U event this weekend where we are playing up to gain much as much competitive advantage going into Nationals.
3rd Place Finish
Game #1 North Jersey Vipers - WIN
Game #2 ProSwing Lady Pride - WIN
Game #3 Neshaminy Shock - WIN
Seeding #1 Seed!
Semi-Final Game Shock - LOSS
June 25-26 USSSA playing the Diamond 16U WSQ
Girls Played up this weekend at 16U. Played tough in every game and took the challenge very well to prepare for
nationals. Lost a tough opening game in ITB but the girls battled hard and won next 2 games. Playing up shows your weakness's very fast and that speed helps greatly as girls had a number of double plays to their credit. One key note from the weekend was how quickly the girls adjust at this age. From pitch to pitch and consistently throughout the game. It keep you fully energized and focused. In the end we showed a lot of fight and were in position to win in final 2 innings with runners in scoring position. Girls never quit and that is what the take-a-way should be for them. In every game vs these older teams coaches commented on how good our team was and to keep pushing this group Hard.
Game #1 Edison Angels - Loss ITB
Game #2 CJ Phillies - Win
Game #3 NJ Heat - Win
Seeding 2-1 6th Seed
Quarter Final- Total Chaos - Loss
July 2-3 Off
July 9-10 USSSA Big Apple Classic 14U WSQ - CHAMPIONS!
Back playing this weekend and girls responded on Sunday after seeding poorly on Saturday. Played very strong with all phases of game working well. Big effort by many including Spin getting back on the mound after terrible line drive hit her a few weeks ago. It is a process and hope she continues to gain confidence as Nationals approach. Proud of her for her efforts. Also big shout out to Mack for helping catch key game on Saturday and Michelle catching 5.6 games in the heat. All with a smile :)
Well done everyone.
Game #1 Westchester Heat - WIN
Game #2 Junction Girls - LOSS
Game #3 Marlboro Pride - LOSS
Seeding 1-2 3rd in Pool B
Quarter Final- North Jersey Rangers -WIN
Semi-Final-USA Lady Hawks - WIN
Final- Fight- WIN
July 16-17 USSSA Extreme Summer Heat WSQ -16U Linden NJ 3rd Place Finish!
When most teams take off prior to Nationals our girls were hard at work playing up at 16U at USSSA Summer Xtreme WSQ. They battled all 3 games on Saturday and were primed for a long run Sunday and didn't disappoint. They showed poise and determination to come back in opening round to secure the rematch of a hard fought loss the day before to Blue Fire. The game was epic and battled to a tie and went to ITB. So many plays by so many players ultimately resulted in a win to go to semi-final. Perhaps the best compliment came form Head Umpire who clearly was Tops in his game having Umped College World Series 5 x's in his career. He took the time to let me know 'Coach', you have something special with this group and the way to coach is inspiring. He thanks me for the best 3 games of his summer. In the end we lost a hard fought 4-3 loss to Rage and wished them well in Finals. They helped prepare our girls for Nationals as we leave for Ocean City Maryland!
Game #1 Rage Softball 16U - WIN
Game #2 Mid-Penn-Lightning 16U - LOSS
Game #3 Blue Fire 16U - LOSS
Seeding 1-2 7th Overall Seed
Opening Round - LI Thunderbolts 16U - WIN
Quarter Final- Blue Fire - WIN ITB
Semi-Final - Rage 16U - LOSS
3rd Place Overall
July 19-24 USSSA 2016 USSSA Eastern World Series 14U Ocean City Maryland
2015 Spring Record to Date
11-15-2
9/5 - CONFIRMED 1-1-1
4 Team Friendly Hosted by Edison Angels
Tsunami vs. NJ Heist Win
Tsunami vs. Edison Angels - AD Loss
Tsunami vs. Edison Angels -DI Tie
Edison Angels -AD > Sportika Nightmare > Pride >Tsunami > Edison Angels - DI > NJ Heist
www.edisonangels.com
9/12-13th - CONFIRMED 1-1
The Rock Sports Park
Fall Foliage-14U-ASA
Chester NY
Round Robin games : EVENT RAINED OUT EVENT
Tsunami vs. Infinity Shock Win
Tsunami vs. Express Elite - Loss
Seed: N/A
Results: N/A
www.therocksportspark.com
9/19-20th - CONFIRMED 1-3
Pride Fall Bash 14U PONY NQ
Edison NJ
Pool Games:
Tsunami vs. Flames -LOSS
Tsunami vs. Team Long Island -LOSS
Tsunami vs. Fight -WIN
Seed: 12Th
Results 1-3
www.pridesoftball.com
9/26th-27th - CONFIRMED 2-3
NJ Heat Fall PONY - 14U NQ
Howell NJ
www.howellheat.com
Pool Games;
Tsunami vs. Fight-LOSS
Tsunami vs. Thunder -WIN
Tsunami vs. NJ Commotion -LOSS
Seed: 8th
Tsunami vs. Fight - Win
Qtr.-Final
Tsunami vs. NJ Flames - Loss in ITB
Results 5th Place and trending up. Played hard and lost close game to Flames.
10/3rd - Possible 2 Game vs. Jersey Flames and Top Gun-TBD
4th - OFF THIS Day
10/10th-11th - CONFIRMED 5-1
Finch Fall - 14u Invitational
Pool Games:
Tsunami vs. Sparks -WIN
Tsunami vs. Outlaws -WIN
Tsunami vs. Xtreme Red -WIN
Seed: #1 Seed. Nice Work Ladies
Qtr. Final
Tsunami vs. Surf - Win
Semi-Final
Tsunami vs. Sparks - Loss
Results 3rd Place and girls scored 62 Runs and are close to taking next big steps.
Flemington NJ
www.diamondnation.com
10/17th-18th - CONFIRMED 0-4
Witches 2nd Annual Halloween Havoc - 14U PONY NQ
Pool Games:
Tsunami vs. Talleyville Traveler's - Loss
Tsunami vs. NJ Cheetahs - Loss
Tsunami vs. Top Gun Blue - Loss
Seed: 12th
Qtr. Final
Tsunami vs. Top Gun Blue - Loss
Semi-Final
TBD
Results:
Deptford NJ
www.eteamz.com/witches-olaff/
10/24th-25th - CONFIRMED 1-2-1
Fall Finale - USSSSA 14U NQ
Mount Laurel NJ
Pool Games:
Tsunami vs. Jersey Outlaws Elite - Loss
Tsunami vs. SJ Maniacs - Tie
Tsunami vs. Breakers-01 - Win
5th Seed
Qtr Final
Tsunami vs. CJ A's - Loss in ITB
http://www.usssa.com/fastpitch/TournamentSeedingReport/#/?gdSport=16&TournamentID=1177088
2015 Tsunami 12U Schedule
2015 Spring Record to Date
12U Record
40-15-2
14U Record
2-6
March 1st
USSSA March Madness WSQ
Pocono Dome-Sciota PA
www.usssa.com
2-0 Pool Play-#1 Seed
4-0 Overall Champion-1st Place
4-0 Congratulations Girls!
March 28-29 OFF
April 4-5 Easter Weekend OFF
April 11-12
SJ Mystics Think Autism PONY National Qualifier - 12U
Westampton NJ
www.sjmystics.org
1-2 Pool Play-#16 Seed
2-3 Overall :( Lost to Runner-Up Flames.
We Will Regroup and Come Back!
April 18-19
Connecticut Rockets Spring Break Challenge PONY National Qualifier - 12U
Redding CT
[email protected]
3-0 Pool Play-#2 Seed
5-1 Overall -3rd Place Lost to Winner CT Mirage
Nice Improvement Girls! Losing is Part of the Game and provides perspective.
Proud of the Continuous Efforts to be Your Best!
April 25-26
Welcome to Our Nightmare PONY National Qualifier - 12U
Mt. Laurel NJ
www.nightmarefastpitch.com
1-0-2 Pool Play-#7 Seed
2-1-2 Overall 5th Place Lost to Runner-Up Insanity
Keep Working Hard Girls! Overall it was an excellent weekend of top flight softball.
May 2-3 OFF
May 9-10
Softball with Attitude PONY National Qualifier - 12U
Hillsborough NJ
2-1 Pool Play-2nd Overall Seed
2-2 Lost to Runner-Up Top Gun
May 16-17
TOP GUN FLY BY PONY National Qualifier - 14U
Woodbridge NJ
www.topgunsoftball.org
1-2 Pool Play-6th Overall Seed
1-3 Lost 4-3 to Runner Up CJ Tornado in 7th Inning.
Girls Learned they can play with anyone and played with a lot of heart!
May 23-24
Pennsbury Gems Memorial Day Mayhem PONY National Qualifier - 12U
Yardley PA
www.paaball.com
3-0 Pool Play 1st Overall Seed
6-0 Overall 1st Place Winner!
Keep Working Hard Girls! Great Weekend!
May 30-31
PA-PONY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Philadelphia PA
www.highlevelsoftball.com
3-0 Pool Play 2nd Overall Seed.
5-1 2nd Place Runner-Up PA PONY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Girls Continue to Impress! Lost in Finals 1-0 to Flames. Outstanding Game!
We Will Keep Working Hard and Push Through. Go Tsunami!
June 5-7
Edison Angels Shoot Out PONY National Qualifier - 12U
Edison NJ
www.edisonangels.com
3-0 Pool Play 1st Overall Seed.
4-1 3rd Place
Unfortunate End to Great Weekend!
WHAT MATTERS MOST IS LEARNING AND DEVELOPING...
KEEP LEARNING AND EVOLVING TSUNAMI....
SO PROUD OF EACH OF YOU...
June 13-14
Edison Angels Shoot Out PONY National Qualifier - 14U
Edison NJ
www.edisonangels.com
1-2 Seeding 15th overall seed.
Lost opening 3-2 in 7 Innings.
Girls played very well against 2nd year 14U Teams like Saints and Rage White. Both were in Top 5 Seeds for Sunday. Playing up accelerates the mistakes since older players are faster and stronger...thereby providing very rapid feedback. Girls received a lot of praise in winning and losing and as coaches we appreciate the willingness to ignore size or age. Another great learning experience for the team...Enjoy the Weekend Off!
June 20-21 OFF
June 27-28
PONY North Atlantic Regional Championship - 12U
Flemington NJ
www.diamondnation.com
Rain Shortened Event
1-0 in Seeding Games- 11th Seed
2-1 Overall
Lost 3-0 to Runner Up Top Gun
July 4th-5th
PONY NJ / Delaware State Championship - 12U
Westampton NJ
2-1 Seeding Games. 5th Overall Seed.
3-2 Overall. Beat a Strong Nightmare Team in Opening Round and Lost 3-1 and finished event early.
July 18th-22rd
PONY National Championship 12U
Loudan VA
www.ponyezsoftball.com/pony-nationals-info
3-1 Pool Games. #2 Seed in Pool and 6th OVERALL.
5-3 OVERALL and lost in final game which finished season with 9th place overall. Girls were a play or hit away from Elite 8 Round and will serve to build for a strong future!
Record- 11-9-1 Fall
Winter-Spring 30-25-3 (Combined 14U/16U/18U)
18U-0-1-2 Diamond Nation 18U HS/Club League
16U-4-0-0 USSSA WSQ Qualifier - Champions!
18U-2-2-0 USSSA WSQ Qualifier - Champions!
14U-2-3-1 Rock Spring ASA Fling - RUNNER UP 2nd Place!
14U-4-1-0 USSSA WSQ Qualifier - RUNNER UP 2nd Place!
14U-1-4-0 USSSA WSQ Qualifier - 3rd Place Finish!
14U-4-3-0 Memorial Day Madness - Champions Bronze Bracket!
14U-1-3-0 Blue Chip Futures - OUCH :(
14U-3-1-0 USSSA WSQ Fathers - 3rd Place!
16U-2-2-0 USSSA WSQ Diamond - 6th Place
14U-4-2-0 USSSA WSQ Big Apple Classic- Champions!
16U-3-3-0 USSSA WSQ XTREME SUMMER HEAT- 3rd Place!
Winter Diamond Nation 18U/HS League
Why bring a group of 7th and 8th grade players into 18U/HS League?
The entire plan for our team this winter surrounds practices with purpose, that highlights pressure induced plays where girls on offense and defense are pushed into toughest situation play so they can learn to play confidently and understand they can and will succeed at whatever they put their minds to. Adding to that is playing the 18U/HS league where again we expect to be pushed harder in all phases of the game but older and more capable players with the goal of our girls 'learning' that age is relative and next year in HS they will (like it or not) be playing a 4 year age swing when they play Varsity Softball. In the end, winning or losing is irrelevant, but was important is effort and 'learning' that they can play with any team.
Each week the girls clearly are expanding their own sites on what they can and cant' do.
So proud of the players and coaches for believing in the plan set forth.
Well Done Tsunami Futures...Well Done :)
Jan 3rd - Tsunami vs. North Hunterdon HS Tie 3-3
Great Start playing solid North Hunterdon Team. Girls Showed Well and never backed down.
Jan 9th - Tsunami vs. Colonia HS Loss 7-1
Should have been 2-1 Final. 1 long tough inning where we needed last out and had many attempts including the last out which hit the Ceiling :( and should have ended inning 2-1. At that point 4 more innings 0-0 score
Jan 16th - Tsunami vs. CJ Fillies (18U Club) Tie 4-4
Pitcher from Fillies throwing 62mph on gun all game (well done Cristina Colon Ex Tsunami). It was a Real Test for girls and they never backed down and took aggressive swings each at bat. We received highest compliments from parents and coaches regarding our girls as they knew our age and it was a great game right from start to finish. Showed Huge fight coming from 4-1 and tie game after back to back to back doubles to tie game. If not for outstanding play from Phillies 2b snaring a game winning line drive we would have won. In all cases a tie vs. a very-very solid 18U team is a win in our books.
Jan 23rd - 27th Tsunami vs. 18U Teams -SNOW CANCELLED OUR FUN. DOME IS DOWN FOR WINTER :(
Feb 6th 16U USSSA WSQ 5-0 Champions
Girls went wire to wire seeding #1 and won 1st 16U Event and earned National Qualifier!
Well Done Girls....The Best is still to come!
Feb 27th 18U USSSA WSQ 2-2 Champions Silver Bracket
Girls Played 18U Event this past weekend and drew 2 of the top teams for seeding and lost tough 10-0 loss to eventual overall winner Sting 18U Gold and went down to last out in 6-5 loss to Fusion Gold. Girls showed they wouldn't back down or be intimidated by ay team and impressed everyone they played. Seeding results put us in Consolation Bracket and girls played impressively winning the Bracket as Champions finishing 2-2 after facing tough Haverford Gold and NYC Rush Teams.
2016
East Coast Tsunami 14U Futures
March 26-27 Easter Off
April 2-3 NJ Heat Friendly 14U Howell NJ
Was looking forward to playing Outlaws-Elite, Flames Futures and Heat Futures- ALL # SAME DAY :)
The goal was to look for the 3 toughest teams to play to simulate a worst case scenario on Saturday seeding.
Sadly the weather just didn't cooperate and the event was cancelled. :(
April 9-10 Off
April 16-17 The Rock Spring Fling 14U Chester NY - RUNNER UP 2nd Place!
The girls opened season up with less than typical Tsunami Softball on Saturday going 0-2-1
taking #6 Overall Seed heading into Sunday Elimination Day. At times we played inspired and battled in 1st and 2nd games to tie both games with 2 outs in last inning. One ended in a tie the other was won by Academa Elite in last half of inning. With the season being long we asked the girls to forget the day and play tomorrow as if each game was championship game. They came out inspired and played well right thru the championship game vs a very good Kaboom Team. We always learn from our defeats and team we play. This past weekend we had to play our sister Tsunami team in Semi-Final Game. It was a battle from start to finish and both teams represented Tsunami Softball well. Kudo's to 14U-01 Team on a fine weekend.
Game #1 Rage -TIE
Game #2 Academa Elite - LOSS 8th Inning
Game #3 Kaboom - LOSS
Seeding 6th Overall
Qtr. Final Game vs #3 Seed HV Raptor - Win
Semi-Final Game vs #2 Seed Tsunami -01 -Win
Final Game vs #1 Seed Kaboom - Lost Runner Up
April 23-24 USSSA Spring April Flowers 14U Linden NJ
Girls worked hard for #1 Seed going 3-0 on Saturday. Played outstanding defense with 4 Double Play's. Girls showed big fight coming from behind in 1st Game vs Shock and then again vs Jersey Girls.
Sunday opened with rematch in Semi-Final Game vs. Shock. In true fashion game went back and forth until Shock tied game in last half of inning forcing ITB. Shock took lead until Futures found a way to come back with walk off double to win the game to get to 2nd finals of season.
Played very poorly with 5 critical errors and lost in finals. Much to build upon as season is for maturing and preparing for Nationals.
Game # 1 Neshaminy Shock - WIN
Game # 2 North Jersey Vipers Black - WIN
Game # 3 Jersey Girls Blue - WIN
Seeding #1 Overall - Great job Ladies!
Semi-Final Game vs Neshaminy Shock - Win in ITB. Amazing Game By Both Teams!
Finals Game vs #2 Seed Kaboom - Lost Runner Up
April 30-May 1 Off
May 7-8 USSSA Mother's Day Classic WSQ 14U Mansfield NJ - RAIN OUT :(
May 14-15 USSSA May Magic 14U East Hartford CT - 3rd Place Finish.
This was key weekend for girls getting invitation to play in preselected A event in CT. We knew games would be tough as all teams in the event had won many events this year. The team played poorly for the 1st time this year and lost all 3 games on Saturday. Very similar in all games we lost our defensive edge and error's eventually lost and certainly a lesson was learned (why we came in 1st place)
As we have preached to girls how you seed doesn't mean you cant win on Sunday! We played inspired softball vs #2 Seed Rhode Island Thunder Gold and knocked them out setting up rematch in Semi-Final game vs Wildcats.
We played a close-close game thru 4 innings and again we couldn't put tut that last out away when needed and missed our chance at another final round. Like all experiences losing 'educates' you much faster than winning honestly and top completion highlights your areas of focus. Onward and upward girls!
Game # 1 Cheshire Wildcats - LOSS
Game # 2 CT Rockets - LOSS
Game # 3 RI Thunder Gold - LOSS
Seeding :( #7 Lowest Seed Ever!
Qtr. Final Game vs #2 Seed RI Thunder Gold - Win
Semi-Final Game vs # 2 Seed Cheshire Wildcats - Loss
3rd Place Overall!
May 21-22nd Off
May 28-30 (3 Day Event) Memorial Day Madness (3day Event) 14U Chambersburg PA-Play Back Champs
Having competed at this event a number of times I told girls competition and venue would be incredibly challenging. Girls battled heat and conditions on both Saturday and Sunday going 4-2 in pool play.
Girls overall record should have seeded then 28th in Silver Bracket but due to error on recap of scores event director placed our team in wrong bracket. Unfortunate as girls deserved to play in the Silver Bracket but all we could do was start Monday where they placed team. Rain created havoc with fields and conditions along with poor communications forced our team to play within a 15 minute window earlier that expected. The game was one of the best of the weekend eventually losing in ITB 1-0 in a fiercely contested defensive game.
At that point girls were placed in Play Back Bracket where we learned there were no teams to play?
That was very upsetting as we wanted out chance and playing back to win. Unfortunately you just have to move on and that is what we did. Girls prove time and time again they can play with any team but must work on being more consistent and play with that aggressive Tsunami Style Softball we all know and love.
Game #1 Northern Valley Cyclones - WIN
Game #2 Heart Breakers - LOSS
Game #3 Lady Stormers - WIN
Game #4 NOOK Academy - WIN
Game #5 Loudon Storm - LOSS
Game #6 PA Ball Hawks - WIN
Seed 28th of 89 Teams!
Semi-Final Round- Rock Sports Academy - LOSS 1-0 ITB
Play Back Champions - Tsunami Futures
June 4-5 Blue Chip Futures Showcase 18U INVITE ONLY
Well it finally due to happen :( Man did we hit the wall this past weekend. Girls just were exhausted mentally and physically and we just didn't play well with 1 exception in beating #3 Seed on Saturday. Sunday however had a rematch with CJ A's and again the girls simply played uninspired and we will recoup and go back ready in our next event. We will focus on getting back to having FUN and why we play the game.
Game #1 SJ Mystics - LOSS
Game #2 CJ A's -WIN
Game #3 Flames - LOSS
Seed 6th
Qtr Final CJ A's - LOSS
June 11-12 Off
June 18-19 USSSA 2016 Father's Day Classic 14U Union NJ 3rd PLACE!
After taking a very tough weekend at Blue Chip the girls had 4 excellent practice's where we went back to work with special effort on having fun. Girls play their best when they are loose. We came out with determination and went 3-0 taking #1 Seed. We knew bracket layout would have us play our friends at Shock. In Semi Final game we took an early 4-0 lead and help until 5th inning. We made some errors that lead to allowing Shock to come back to tie game 4-4 and ultimately stretching lead to 7-4. The weekend ended 1 game shy of finals and while you play to win and expect to win we will take the positive turnaround and head in a 16U event this weekend where we are playing up to gain much as much competitive advantage going into Nationals.
3rd Place Finish
Game #1 North Jersey Vipers - WIN
Game #2 ProSwing Lady Pride - WIN
Game #3 Neshaminy Shock - WIN
Seeding #1 Seed!
Semi-Final Game Shock - LOSS
June 25-26 USSSA playing the Diamond 16U WSQ
Girls Played up this weekend at 16U. Played tough in every game and took the challenge very well to prepare for
nationals. Lost a tough opening game in ITB but the girls battled hard and won next 2 games. Playing up shows your weakness's very fast and that speed helps greatly as girls had a number of double plays to their credit. One key note from the weekend was how quickly the girls adjust at this age. From pitch to pitch and consistently throughout the game. It keep you fully energized and focused. In the end we showed a lot of fight and were in position to win in final 2 innings with runners in scoring position. Girls never quit and that is what the take-a-way should be for them. In every game vs these older teams coaches commented on how good our team was and to keep pushing this group Hard.
Game #1 Edison Angels - Loss ITB
Game #2 CJ Phillies - Win
Game #3 NJ Heat - Win
Seeding 2-1 6th Seed
Quarter Final- Total Chaos - Loss
July 2-3 Off
July 9-10 USSSA Big Apple Classic 14U WSQ - CHAMPIONS!
Back playing this weekend and girls responded on Sunday after seeding poorly on Saturday. Played very strong with all phases of game working well. Big effort by many including Spin getting back on the mound after terrible line drive hit her a few weeks ago. It is a process and hope she continues to gain confidence as Nationals approach. Proud of her for her efforts. Also big shout out to Mack for helping catch key game on Saturday and Michelle catching 5.6 games in the heat. All with a smile :)
Well done everyone.
Game #1 Westchester Heat - WIN
Game #2 Junction Girls - LOSS
Game #3 Marlboro Pride - LOSS
Seeding 1-2 3rd in Pool B
Quarter Final- North Jersey Rangers -WIN
Semi-Final-USA Lady Hawks - WIN
Final- Fight- WIN
July 16-17 USSSA Extreme Summer Heat WSQ -16U Linden NJ 3rd Place Finish!
When most teams take off prior to Nationals our girls were hard at work playing up at 16U at USSSA Summer Xtreme WSQ. They battled all 3 games on Saturday and were primed for a long run Sunday and didn't disappoint. They showed poise and determination to come back in opening round to secure the rematch of a hard fought loss the day before to Blue Fire. The game was epic and battled to a tie and went to ITB. So many plays by so many players ultimately resulted in a win to go to semi-final. Perhaps the best compliment came form Head Umpire who clearly was Tops in his game having Umped College World Series 5 x's in his career. He took the time to let me know 'Coach', you have something special with this group and the way to coach is inspiring. He thanks me for the best 3 games of his summer. In the end we lost a hard fought 4-3 loss to Rage and wished them well in Finals. They helped prepare our girls for Nationals as we leave for Ocean City Maryland!
Game #1 Rage Softball 16U - WIN
Game #2 Mid-Penn-Lightning 16U - LOSS
Game #3 Blue Fire 16U - LOSS
Seeding 1-2 7th Overall Seed
Opening Round - LI Thunderbolts 16U - WIN
Quarter Final- Blue Fire - WIN ITB
Semi-Final - Rage 16U - LOSS
3rd Place Overall
July 19-24 USSSA 2016 USSSA Eastern World Series 14U Ocean City Maryland
2015 Spring Record to Date
11-15-2
9/5 - CONFIRMED 1-1-1
4 Team Friendly Hosted by Edison Angels
Tsunami vs. NJ Heist Win
Tsunami vs. Edison Angels - AD Loss
Tsunami vs. Edison Angels -DI Tie
Edison Angels -AD > Sportika Nightmare > Pride >Tsunami > Edison Angels - DI > NJ Heist
www.edisonangels.com
9/12-13th - CONFIRMED 1-1
The Rock Sports Park
Fall Foliage-14U-ASA
Chester NY
Round Robin games : EVENT RAINED OUT EVENT
Tsunami vs. Infinity Shock Win
Tsunami vs. Express Elite - Loss
Seed: N/A
Results: N/A
www.therocksportspark.com
9/19-20th - CONFIRMED 1-3
Pride Fall Bash 14U PONY NQ
Edison NJ
Pool Games:
Tsunami vs. Flames -LOSS
Tsunami vs. Team Long Island -LOSS
Tsunami vs. Fight -WIN
Seed: 12Th
Results 1-3
www.pridesoftball.com
9/26th-27th - CONFIRMED 2-3
NJ Heat Fall PONY - 14U NQ
Howell NJ
www.howellheat.com
Pool Games;
Tsunami vs. Fight-LOSS
Tsunami vs. Thunder -WIN
Tsunami vs. NJ Commotion -LOSS
Seed: 8th
Tsunami vs. Fight - Win
Qtr.-Final
Tsunami vs. NJ Flames - Loss in ITB
Results 5th Place and trending up. Played hard and lost close game to Flames.
10/3rd - Possible 2 Game vs. Jersey Flames and Top Gun-TBD
4th - OFF THIS Day
10/10th-11th - CONFIRMED 5-1
Finch Fall - 14u Invitational
Pool Games:
Tsunami vs. Sparks -WIN
Tsunami vs. Outlaws -WIN
Tsunami vs. Xtreme Red -WIN
Seed: #1 Seed. Nice Work Ladies
Qtr. Final
Tsunami vs. Surf - Win
Semi-Final
Tsunami vs. Sparks - Loss
Results 3rd Place and girls scored 62 Runs and are close to taking next big steps.
Flemington NJ
www.diamondnation.com
10/17th-18th - CONFIRMED 0-4
Witches 2nd Annual Halloween Havoc - 14U PONY NQ
Pool Games:
Tsunami vs. Talleyville Traveler's - Loss
Tsunami vs. NJ Cheetahs - Loss
Tsunami vs. Top Gun Blue - Loss
Seed: 12th
Qtr. Final
Tsunami vs. Top Gun Blue - Loss
Semi-Final
TBD
Results:
Deptford NJ
www.eteamz.com/witches-olaff/
10/24th-25th - CONFIRMED 1-2-1
Fall Finale - USSSSA 14U NQ
Mount Laurel NJ
Pool Games:
Tsunami vs. Jersey Outlaws Elite - Loss
Tsunami vs. SJ Maniacs - Tie
Tsunami vs. Breakers-01 - Win
5th Seed
Qtr Final
Tsunami vs. CJ A's - Loss in ITB
http://www.usssa.com/fastpitch/TournamentSeedingReport/#/?gdSport=16&TournamentID=1177088
2015 Tsunami 12U Schedule
2015 Spring Record to Date
12U Record
40-15-2
14U Record
2-6
March 1st
USSSA March Madness WSQ
Pocono Dome-Sciota PA
www.usssa.com
2-0 Pool Play-#1 Seed
4-0 Overall Champion-1st Place
4-0 Congratulations Girls!
March 28-29 OFF
April 4-5 Easter Weekend OFF
April 11-12
SJ Mystics Think Autism PONY National Qualifier - 12U
Westampton NJ
www.sjmystics.org
1-2 Pool Play-#16 Seed
2-3 Overall :( Lost to Runner-Up Flames.
We Will Regroup and Come Back!
April 18-19
Connecticut Rockets Spring Break Challenge PONY National Qualifier - 12U
Redding CT
[email protected]
3-0 Pool Play-#2 Seed
5-1 Overall -3rd Place Lost to Winner CT Mirage
Nice Improvement Girls! Losing is Part of the Game and provides perspective.
Proud of the Continuous Efforts to be Your Best!
April 25-26
Welcome to Our Nightmare PONY National Qualifier - 12U
Mt. Laurel NJ
www.nightmarefastpitch.com
1-0-2 Pool Play-#7 Seed
2-1-2 Overall 5th Place Lost to Runner-Up Insanity
Keep Working Hard Girls! Overall it was an excellent weekend of top flight softball.
May 2-3 OFF
May 9-10
Softball with Attitude PONY National Qualifier - 12U
Hillsborough NJ
2-1 Pool Play-2nd Overall Seed
2-2 Lost to Runner-Up Top Gun
May 16-17
TOP GUN FLY BY PONY National Qualifier - 14U
Woodbridge NJ
www.topgunsoftball.org
1-2 Pool Play-6th Overall Seed
1-3 Lost 4-3 to Runner Up CJ Tornado in 7th Inning.
Girls Learned they can play with anyone and played with a lot of heart!
May 23-24
Pennsbury Gems Memorial Day Mayhem PONY National Qualifier - 12U
Yardley PA
www.paaball.com
3-0 Pool Play 1st Overall Seed
6-0 Overall 1st Place Winner!
Keep Working Hard Girls! Great Weekend!
May 30-31
PA-PONY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Philadelphia PA
www.highlevelsoftball.com
3-0 Pool Play 2nd Overall Seed.
5-1 2nd Place Runner-Up PA PONY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Girls Continue to Impress! Lost in Finals 1-0 to Flames. Outstanding Game!
We Will Keep Working Hard and Push Through. Go Tsunami!
June 5-7
Edison Angels Shoot Out PONY National Qualifier - 12U
Edison NJ
www.edisonangels.com
3-0 Pool Play 1st Overall Seed.
4-1 3rd Place
Unfortunate End to Great Weekend!
WHAT MATTERS MOST IS LEARNING AND DEVELOPING...
KEEP LEARNING AND EVOLVING TSUNAMI....
SO PROUD OF EACH OF YOU...
June 13-14
Edison Angels Shoot Out PONY National Qualifier - 14U
Edison NJ
www.edisonangels.com
1-2 Seeding 15th overall seed.
Lost opening 3-2 in 7 Innings.
Girls played very well against 2nd year 14U Teams like Saints and Rage White. Both were in Top 5 Seeds for Sunday. Playing up accelerates the mistakes since older players are faster and stronger...thereby providing very rapid feedback. Girls received a lot of praise in winning and losing and as coaches we appreciate the willingness to ignore size or age. Another great learning experience for the team...Enjoy the Weekend Off!
June 20-21 OFF
June 27-28
PONY North Atlantic Regional Championship - 12U
Flemington NJ
www.diamondnation.com
Rain Shortened Event
1-0 in Seeding Games- 11th Seed
2-1 Overall
Lost 3-0 to Runner Up Top Gun
July 4th-5th
PONY NJ / Delaware State Championship - 12U
Westampton NJ
2-1 Seeding Games. 5th Overall Seed.
3-2 Overall. Beat a Strong Nightmare Team in Opening Round and Lost 3-1 and finished event early.
July 18th-22rd
PONY National Championship 12U
Loudan VA
www.ponyezsoftball.com/pony-nationals-info
3-1 Pool Games. #2 Seed in Pool and 6th OVERALL.
5-3 OVERALL and lost in final game which finished season with 9th place overall. Girls were a play or hit away from Elite 8 Round and will serve to build for a strong future!
A Year In Review...
It's hard to believe the team was formed last fall and our 1st full year is coming to a close :(
Building a new team is challenging at every level and while that may have been daunting...our girls prove time and time again that we are a team that deserves to be mentioned with top teams currently playing.....
The Girls Qualified for PONY and USSSA Nationals in their 1st season...Well Done!
As we approach PONY Nationals we finished the regular season 34-12-2 with a very-very hard all PONY Schedule!
We played hard, although at critical times we couldn't finish what we started and never lost site of what matters the most which is developing the girls.
Winning is a by-product of all the little things you do at practice, at lessons and then in the heat of battle while playing tournament softball. We have always, and will always be as successful as our collective links will allow....and each link is part of Tsunami Softball that can't be broken.
Don't ever forget that building Greatness doesn't get handed to you, or is even something your born with, it's built over time and honed by hard work and determination....and many times is only realized thru hardship and losses.
In closing I am sure you would agree that we are a hard working group with great team chemistry....that chemistry is also something that can't be forced or created as it must come from the girls and is starting to be something you can feel.
To the Girls...Enjoy PONY Nationals ....Live in the Moment and seize every opportunity life gives you and treat them all as gifts :)
God Bless and with much love and respect for all of you.....Coach Ray
Building a new team is challenging at every level and while that may have been daunting...our girls prove time and time again that we are a team that deserves to be mentioned with top teams currently playing.....
The Girls Qualified for PONY and USSSA Nationals in their 1st season...Well Done!
As we approach PONY Nationals we finished the regular season 34-12-2 with a very-very hard all PONY Schedule!
We played hard, although at critical times we couldn't finish what we started and never lost site of what matters the most which is developing the girls.
Winning is a by-product of all the little things you do at practice, at lessons and then in the heat of battle while playing tournament softball. We have always, and will always be as successful as our collective links will allow....and each link is part of Tsunami Softball that can't be broken.
Don't ever forget that building Greatness doesn't get handed to you, or is even something your born with, it's built over time and honed by hard work and determination....and many times is only realized thru hardship and losses.
In closing I am sure you would agree that we are a hard working group with great team chemistry....that chemistry is also something that can't be forced or created as it must come from the girls and is starting to be something you can feel.
To the Girls...Enjoy PONY Nationals ....Live in the Moment and seize every opportunity life gives you and treat them all as gifts :)
God Bless and with much love and respect for all of you.....Coach Ray
