USA Softball announced this week a 10th stop on the “Stand Beside Her” tour–a contest and clinic to be held in Sugar Land, Texas–in April, 2020.
Hosted by USA Softball of Houston, the 2020 USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT) will play an exhibition contest on April 18. In addition to an exhibition contest, members of the 2020 WNT will also conduct a youth clinic on April 19.
“It’s obviously exciting for me personally to get to play at home, but Houston is a hotbed for softball,” said 2020 WNT member and Houston-native, Cat Osterman. “It shows in the reception we get every time we play there!”
The “Stand Beside Her” tour is a series of competitions and The “Stand Beside Her” message encourages fans everywhere to stand united in their support of the WNT and the United States in their journey to the Olympic Games.
The tour will kick off in February with the USA squad competing in a pair of prestigious college tournaments and run through the summer right up to the start of the Tokyo games.
The 2020 USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT) announced over the last month several additional stops on its Stand Beside Her Tour featuring a series of competitions and training opportunities for the 2020 USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT) as it prepares for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Olympic competition will start July 22, 2020 with the Gold Medal Game being played on July 28.
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As created and first announced in August by USA Softball, the Stand Beside Her tour “evokes a powerful message of unity aimed to inspire communities to stand beside HER – the members of the WNT, America and the future generation of female athletes.”
Currently there are 10 stops on the tour hitting seven states and extending from February to June prior to next summer’s Olympic Games:
Stand Beside Her Tour Stops (as of Nov. 17, 2019)
| Date | Event/Location | City | ST |
| February 7-9 | NFCA Div. I Leadoff Classic | Clearwater | FL |
| February 20-23 | Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic | Cathedral City | CA |
| March 31 | Univ. of Alabama | Tuscaloosa | AL |
| April 3 | South Commons Softball Complex | Columbus | GA |
| April 5 | Twin Creeks Softball Complex | Woodstock | GA |
| April 18 | Constellation Field | Sugarland | TX |
| April 25 | Lubbock Christian | Midland | TX |
| June 9 | Dow Diamond | Midland | MI |
| June 10 | Secchia Stadium | East Lansing | MI |
| June 25 | Salem All-Stars | Salem | VA |
Here’s more information — including where the games will be played and how to purchase tickets — regarding the most recent adds to the tour in Texas (a week ago we detailed more info on Team USA events in Michigan, Virginia, Georgia, Texas and Alabama.
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Team USA is slated for a 1 p.m. CT contest that will be played at Constellation Field (1 Stadium Drive, Sugar Land, TX, 77498), home of the Sugar Land Skeeters.
Tickets for the game will go on sale on December 1 through the Skeeters Box Office at SugarLandSkeeters.com. Advanced General Admission (GA) tickets can be purchased for $15 while groups of 10-15 can purchase discounted tickets for $10.
GA tickets will also be available on April 18 at the Skeeters Box Office for $20. In addition to GA tickets, commemorative “Stand Beside Her” tour programs are also available for purchase during the presale.
“We are really excited for the ‘Stand Beside Her’ tour to return to Houston,” said USA Softball of Houston Commissioner, Stoney Burke. “This is the fifth time we have hosted the Women’s National Team and third time that we’ve hosted an Olympic tour. USA Softball of Houston is also extremely proud to have two Olympians who have represented the U.S. on the Olympic stage: Two-time Olympian Christa Williams, who graduated from Dobby High school and was the youngest player ever named to an Olympic team, and two-time Olympian Cat Osterman, who is a part of the 2020 Olympic roster. All previous Olympic tour stops sold out and we anticipate tickets will go fast.”
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According to USA Softball, additional stops for the “Stand Beside Her” tour will be announced at a later date. For more information on the “Stand Beside Her” tour, you can visit StandBesideHerTour.com.
