AZ Last Blast ’23 features many of the top club teams in the country from Friday-Sunday in Mesa/Queen Creek/Scottsdale, AZ. For some of Friday’s highlights, scroll below:
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In 18U pool play games:
UCLA-bound LHP P Kaitlyn Terry threw a no-hitter with 19 Ks, Grand Canyon-bound 1B/3B/OF Payton Smith hit a two-run homer and Alabama-bound P/1B Jocelyn Briski had an RBI late in the game as Arizona Storm National-Mathis knocked off NW Bullets-Campos, 3-0. …
Illinois State-bound P Paige McLeod pitched a complete game shutout with 10 Ks, 2024 C Shannon Garcia homered and singled, Cal State San Marcos-bound OF Lauren Deplitch had two RBIs and Cal-bound 1B/OF Kyndal Todd went 2 for 2 with two RBIs as Warrior Academy-R. McDonald upset Beverly Bandits Premier-Conroy, 5-0. …
Kyndal Todd went 3 for 4 with two doubles, a homer and four RBIs as Warrior Academy-R. McDonald upset Arizona Storm National-Mathis, 4-3. Uncommitted 2025 IF Raegan Holtorf homered, Jocelyn Briski homered and Michigan-bound 3B/OF Lauren Putz homered for the Arizona Storm. …
James Madison-bound P Kirsten Fleet had 4 K and Arkansas-committed 2024 P Lexi King each had four Ks in three innings as Tennessee Mojo-Fisher/Danley took care of Rogue FC-Kaye, 2-1. …
Florida State-bound IF Angelee Bueno homered in Game 1 and tripled in Tennessee Mojo-Fisher/Danley’s 3-0 win over Ohana Tigers-Quarles, 3-0. …
Wisconsin-committed LHP Gabby Fakes pitched an outstanding game, Penn State-bound SS/3B/OF Michela Barbenente homered, had two singles and two stolen bases and Louisville-committed 2024 2B/OF Taylor Monroe had a triple as Beverly Bandits Premier-Conroy defeated Brakers Labs-Bobby, 5-0. …
Missouri-bound C/1B/3B/RHP Abby Hay went 5 for 6 with three doubles and 2025 C/UT Kelsey Sawvell went 4 for 6 as Select Fastpitch-Jones beat Prodigy Decker Nationals-Roth, 14-0, and Mojo AZ-Vela, 4-1. …
Uncommitted 2023 RHP Ellie Bostedt allowed three hits and struck out eight and uncommitted 2023 2B/3B Adrianna Portillo went 2 for 2 with a double and two RBIs as Explosion Premier-Denio/Hagberg defeated KC Peppers-Wallace, 5-2. …
Harvard-committed 2024 P Olivia Torres allowed five hits, no earned runs and struck out eight, LMU-bound 3B/2B Haley Olivas went 1 for 1 with a two-run homer, uncommitted 2023 2B/3B Adrianna Portillo went 2 for 2, uncommitted 2024 OF Alex Chavarin went 1 for 2 with two runs and uncommitted 2024 OF Sabria Ritto went 1 for 3 with a triple as Explosion Premier-Denio/Hagberg tied Arizona Hotshots Gold-Downes/Isaacson, 4-4. …
Manhattanville-bound P/OF Alexandra Hess pitched five innings for Arizona Hotshots Gold-Downes/Isaacson in a 4-4 tie with Explosion Premier-Denio-Hagberg. …
Western New Mexico-bound P/3B Alixe De Anda pitched four innings, Iowa-bound SS/UT Devin Bowman hit a grand slam for Arizona Hotshots Gold-Downes/Isaacson in a 10-0 win over Prodigy Decker Nationals-Roth. …
Utah State-bound C/3B Zereniti Souza went 1 for 3 with a homer and two RBIs, Pittsburgh-bound P/UT Danni Ferris allowed three hits and one earned run in 3.2 innings and Fresno State-bound OF/2B Kealani Nitta went 2 for 2 with a run as LTG-Henderson/Lively lost to Rogue FC-Kaye, 4-3. …
Santa Clara-bound P/1B Avery Seva allowed one hit and struck out 10 in five scoreless innings and Cornell-bound 3B/SS/OF/UT Maddie Ullensvang went 1 for 2 with a homer as LTG-Henderson/Lively beat Newtown Rock Gold-Garvey, 1-0. …
Maryland-bound P Julia Shearer allowed no runs, one hit and struck out five in five innings and she went 2 for 4 and 2025 C/3B Kirsten Finarelli went 2 for 4 with a game-winning, two-run home run as Newtown Rock Gold-Garvey beat Arizona Hotshots-Georges/Zamora, 3-2. …
Cornell-committed 2024 P/MIF Charlize Cai went 3 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs, uncommitted 2024 C/3B Naomi Kalanetra went 2 for 6 with two RBIs and uncommitted 2024 1B/2B Ashley Garcia went 2 for 4 with an RBI as Lady Magic-Boykin beat Arizona Hotshots-Rodriguez/Munoz, 4-0, and lost to Firecrackers-TJ, 6-4. …
Uncommitted 2024 UT/OF Ashlee Sweet, UC Riverside-bound 3B/MIF/IF/UT Elise Nishimura, uncommitted 2024 OF Emma Umemura, uncommitted 2024 MIF/UT Tiara Hill, uncommitted 2023 SS/OF Lily Lai and Princeton-bound P/UT Cassidy Shaw all had RBIs as Breakers Labs-Carter defeated the Arizona Suncats, 11-1. …
2023 C Ava Hlavacek batted .500 with four RBIs and threw a runner out at second, 2024 MIF Lauryn Carbajal batted .500 with a stolen base and two RBIs and Oregon State-committed 2024 MIF Harmony Andrade batted .500 with an inside-the-park HR, three RBIs and solid defense at shortstop as Arizona Hotshots-Georges/Zamora lost to Newtown Rock Gold-Garvey, 3-2, and Ohana Tigers-Quarles, 4-3. …
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In 16U pool play games:
Arkansas-committed 2024 P/1B Jayden Ramos went 2 for 2 with two home runs and five RBIs, uncommitted 2024 MIF Emma Gutierrez went went 2 for 2 with a homer and two RBIs and uncommitted 2024 MIF/OF Amanda Deng went 2 for 2 with a double and two RBIs as Warrior Academy-Jimenez defeated AZ Storm Premier-Captain/Monte, 11-2. …
Jayden Ramos went 2 for 3 with four RBIs, Emma Gutierrez went 2 for 2 and 2026 RHP Kyleigh Mace had four Js in three innings as Warrior Academy-Jimenez knocked off Jersey Intensity Premier-KOD, 11-1. …
2024 RF Tayler Barr went 1 for 3 and caught a flyball and threw out a runner at the plate to end the game as Lady Dukes CA-Watson beat LTG 2025/2026-Carda/Oliver, 4-1. …
Texas A&M-committed 2024 P Taylor Brown allowed two runs and struck out eight in four innings as the Firecrackers Premier-RTY defeated Jersey Intensity National-BOD, 7-2. Uncommitted 2024 Priscilla Iniquez went 5 for 7 in two games for the Firecrackers. …
2025 RHP/1B/3B Madeline Lawson allowed two hits, one earned run and struck out eight in 6.2 innings, uncommitted 2024 OF Jayme Soares had a single, triple and two RBIs, uncommitted 2024 C/1B/3B Macie Vickers went 3 for 5 and uncommitted 2024 IF Brae Johnson went 1 for 3 with a sac fly and five runs as LTG 2024-Henderson/Cat beat Arizona Storm-Garduno/Medina, 9-0. …
2025 3B Kaydence Chournos came through with a game-winning sac fly as Mountain West Softball beat Akadema Aces, 3-2. 2025 P Emma Harrow gave up on hit, zero walks and struck out 12 for MWS. …
2025 C/2B/3B Alyssa Bueno’s RBI single in the 4th inning gave Explosion-Denio/Hagberg Black the lead and 2025 P Emory Cheng pitched all six innings with five Ks as Explosion defeated Turnin2-Robeson/Long, 4-3. …
2026 CF Morgan Mora had an RBI triple, 2025 1B/3B/OF Joy Jung had an RBI double and 2026 P/UT Riley McAndrew had an RBI double Explosion-Denio/Hagberg Black rallied from a 6-2 deficit in the 5th inning to tie California Grapettes-Kapp, 6-6. …
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In 14U pool play games:
2027 P Nevaeh Haagen allowed two hits and struck out three in four scoreless innings and she went 1 for 2 with a double and an RBI as ai Bandits-Breer beat Arizona Storm 09-Becerra, 5-2. …
2026 C Gianna Galarza went 5 for 6, uncommitted 2027 OF Micah Smith went 3 for 4 with two walks and a double, 2027 2B Taylor Workman led the team with 3 RBIs and five SBs, and 2026 P Sam Zimmerman and 2027 P Lila McLeod both had a 0.00 ERA and nine combined Ks as Warrior Academy-K. McDonald defeated Saguaro Slugger 08, 5-1, and Explosion AZ-Pacho, 5-1. …
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AZ LAST BLAST ’23
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— Carlos Arias, Extra Inning Softball (Follow Carlos on Twitter @Los_Stuff)
