USA’s and Mexico’s Olympic Softball Teams have been active this past two weeks, aiming to get ready for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games this July. USA closed a two-week training camp in Clearwater, while Mexico is opening today a three-game series against the University of Oklahoma.
Both the US and Mexican squads, ranked No. 1 and No. 5 in the world, respectively, recently clashed for three games, with USA sweeping their southern neighbours 4-2, 7-0 and 5-3. The current world champions’ winning streak continued with four more games against the University of South Florida (12-0, 8-0 and 10-1) and the Florida Gators (4-0) before they closed camp on Thursday.
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The Mexican National Women’s Softball Team is continuing its US tour in preparation for the nation's Olympic softball debut. Mexico will open today a three-game series against the University of Oklahoma (the top-ranked NCAA team) at Marita Hynes Field. The first of the series is scheduled today, 6 p.m. US Eastern Time (11 p.m. CET), while the weekend games will be played at noon local time (5 p.m. CET). Friday and Saturday's games can be viewed on FOX Sports Oklahoma+ while Sunday's contest will be streamed via SoonerSports.TV.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games softball competition opener is planned for 21 July in Fukushima. Three-time Olympic champions USA will open their medal quest, taking on world No. 10 Italy, while Mexico will debut against No. 3 Canada.