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Softball Team to Host Little League Softball Day on March 30

Softball Team to Host Little League Softball Day on March 30

Patchogue, N.Y. – Little League Baseball and Softball and the St. Joseph's College softball program will team up on March 30 for the Golden Eagles doubleheader against Lehman College at 1:00 p.m. to welcome Little League Softball players from North Babylon and Central Islip to "Little League Softball Day."

The event will be held at the St. Joseph's Outdoor Athletic Complex as Little Leaguers, their parents and local league volunteers are encouraged to attend the games.  The players will come dressed in their Little League uniform jerseys, and following the games will be permitted on to the field to meet the collegiate players and coaches.

"As a way of recognizing Little League Softball, and in appreciation of the college softball experience, Little League International is reaching out to communities by having Little League Softball Days," Stephen D. Keener, president and chief executive officer of Little League Baseball and Softball, said. "For the seventh straight year, this initiative will afford young athletes of all ages the chance to enjoy the game of softball at its finest. They will have the complete game experience from the warm-ups to game's end."

Colleges and universities throughout the United States, including the University of Washington; UCLA; the University of Arizona; the University of Tennessee; and the University of Michigan, have hosted similar events in recent years.

Little League Softball has over 360,000 players worldwide and is played in nearly all U.S. states. Each summer, Little League International operates four World Series tournaments for softball, in which world champions in the divisions of Little League (ages 11-12), Junior League (12-14), Senior League (13-16) and Big League Softball (14-18) are crowned. Each of the championship games in those tournaments are televised on ESPN or ESPN2.

Little League Baseball and Softball is the world's largest organized youth sports program, with nearly 2.7 million players and one million adult volunteers in every U.S. state and scores of other countries.