(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Preliminary Roster Dutch Softball Team announced for European Championship
Nederlands
 NIEUWEGEIN (Neth.) -
Coaches Tracy Bunge and Juni Francisca have named 21 players to the preliminary roster of the Netherlands Women Softball Team for this years European Championship, which will be held July 19-25 in Rosmalen (Netherlands).
In March, an earlier preliminary roster already was announced when 22 players were invited for the national squad.
Veteran players Virginie Anneveld (3rd base) and Dagmar Bloeming (pitcher) are not available, as they will play professionally in the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) this season.
Some other players are also not available this summer.
Juni Francisca states:
,,After the Olympic Games of 2008, a golden generation came, which moved up to sixth place on the World Cup and captured three European Championship-titles.
Now that Virginie Anneveld and Dagmar Bloeming will play professionally in the America and some others are not available this summer, the situation is somewhat different.
But it is my job, together with Tracy, to become champion again with these girls.''
The roster looks as follows:
Pitchers:
Lindsey Meadows (+ OF) (Tex Town Tigers), Kirsten Scheele, Rebecca Soumeru (both Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem), Dominique Sprengers (+ OF), Eva Voortman (both FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem) and Ginger de Weert (Terrasvogels).
Catchers:
Anne Blaauwgeers (+ OF), Karin Tuk (both Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem) and Gabi Obia (Terrasvogels).
Infielders:
Jessie van Aalst (+ OF), Lizzie Clarijs, Britt Vonk (all Terrasvogels), Damishah Charles, Maxime van Dalen, Chantal Versluis, Manoa Weijgertse (all Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem), Shareday Christina and Dinet Oosting (+ C) (both FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem).
Outfielders:
Nathalie Gosewehr, Saskia Kosterink (+ IF) (both Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem) and Marisèla de Wind (Terrasvogels).
(April 16)
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