Women's Softball European Cup Winners Cup B 2023: day one recap

The Women's Softball European Cup Winners Cup B has an international touch to it as it also plays host to a team from Botswana. The Titans (BOT) kicked off play in the opening game of the tournament against the Challengers from Zürich, Switzerland. 

Botswana were up 3-1 after 3 innings but an 8-run 5th inning from Zürich Challengers sealed the 11-6 victory for the Swiss team. 

Game 2 of the day saw the host team Roef take on the Barbarians from Great Britain. The Dutch team dominated the game and took home a 13-3 win in 5 innings.

Botswana Titans were looking to bounce back from their early morning loss in game 3 of the day. They played Medvednica Mrki Medvedi from Croatia in a 3-hour-long thriller. Medvednica took a 6-0 early lead but saw the Titans fight their way back into the game and claim victory. 12-7

The Crazy Chicklets from Austria showed their Cup ambitions in the 4th game of the day with an 8-1 victory. 

The crowd gathered around the field for the opening ceremony and the last game of the day, when the host Roef! was too strong for Medvednica and won 15-0 in 3 innings. 

Highlights of the day:
- Nicky Uytendaal (Roef!) saw a leadoff solo-homerun go over the fence in rightfield in the 3rd inning against Barbarians. 
There were 3 inside-the-park-homeruns at display this afternoon:
- Onkokame Tlhakoyakgomo of Botswana Titans was responsible for two. She also scored 5 runs for her team today.
- Emma De Brouwer of Roef! was responsible for the other one. 

Cover photo by DFotografie