Olympia Haarlem win The Cup indoor softball tournament in Netherlands
It was the first tournament of the year in the Netherlands, and served as a preparation for the Softball Hoofdklasse 2024, which is slated to begin on 13 April.
A walk-off single by the Netherlands National Team member Lisa Hop gave Olympia Haarlem a 1-0 win over ROEF! in the final of The Cup, a traditional women's softball indoor tournament held in Schiedam, a city located in the Rotterdam metropolitan area in the Netherlands. Neptunus, who won the two previous editions of The Cup, finished in third place.
The final turned into a pitching duel between internationals Hop and Marjolein Merkx for ROEF!. The game was decided in the last at bat of the tournament. With a runner on third base, Hop connected a single to left field to plate Franka van Dijk with the championship-winning run.
It was the first tournament of the year in the Netherlands, and served as a preparation for the Softball Hoofdklasse 2024, which is slated to begin on 13 April.
