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It was a successful week for UCF Knights Softball Head Coach Cindy Ball-Malone and assistant coach Tiffany Jordan, as both were part of the U-19 Women’s Softball World Cup tournament held in Irvine, California.
Ball-Malone was an assistant coach on Team USA, who defeated Japan 4-3 in 8 innings in dramatic, walk-off fashion to win the 2019 World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-19 Women’s Softball World Cup. With the win, Team USA became the first team in history to win three consecutive U-19 World Cup titles, and has seven titles overall.
WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!! pic.twitter.com/D5iyRi8YYx
— WBSC #U19SoftballWC (@WBSCsoftball) August 17, 2019
Ball-Malone handled the pitching staff for a Junior U.S. team that threw an incredible four no-hitters during the week-long tournament.
.@CoachBallMalone and @USASoftball are 8-0 and clinched first place in the Super Round at the #U19SoftballWC! pic.twitter.com/HHQO2Bpadj
— UCF Softball (@UCF_Softball) August 17, 2019
Ball-Malone was part of the coaching staff that also included Florida Gators Head Coach Tim Walton and Georgia Associate Head Coach Tony Baldwin, who all were working for Washington’s Head Coach Heather Tarr. Ball-Malone worked with Tarr before at Washington, and played for her at Pacific.
WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!
— NCAA Softball (@NCAAsoftball) August 17, 2019
The USA Softball U19 Women’s National Team comes back from a three-run deficit in the 8th inning to defeat Japan, 4-3, in the @WBSCsoftball #U19SoftballWC championship game!#NCAASoftball
( @USASoftball) pic.twitter.com/R5wfm7EVJa
Jordan was part of the Canadian U-19 National Team that took home the bronze medal with a 5-4 win over Australia. It is the first time that Team Canada has ever won a medal in a U-19 Softball World Cup.
Canada wins Bronze Medal!!!! #U19SoftballWC pic.twitter.com/gHpGRJHSQ1
— WBSC #U19SoftballWC (@WBSCsoftball) August 17, 2019
This is the second time Jordan has been with Team Canada in U-19 World Championships, as she was part of the Canadian staff in the 2017 World Cup in Clearwater.
.@CoachBallMalone helped @USASoftball open #U19SoftballWC action with a win and then caught up with Coach Tiff and Sutton! pic.twitter.com/0wkcn3pWIF
— UCF Softball (@UCF_Softball) August 11, 2019
It has been a busy summer for both as Ball-Malone and the U-19 USA team also took the bronze medal at the International Cup in July. It was the first time that U-19 USA Team won a medal at the International Cup.
Shoutout to @CoachBallMalone and the U19 WNT for the https://t.co/ycKH2OTT5h
— UCF Softball (@UCF_Softball) July 7, 2019
Meanwhile Jordan and the Canadian Junior National team participated in the Canada Cup in July, where UCF’s Director of Operations Victoria Hayward and the senior National Canadian team won gold. UCF pitcher Alea White also participated in the Canada Cup as part of the TC-Colorado, a college all-star travel ball team.
How about a #tbt to @VictoriaHayward and @white_alea and coach Tiff competing in the Canada Cup last week! Congrats to Vic and @SoftballCanada for being the champs pic.twitter.com/R3MWYWlGg1
— UCF Softball (@UCF_Softball) July 18, 2019
Hayward’s international season is far from over. She recently was part of the Canadian National team that took home silver in the Pan-American Games in Lima, Peru, and now gets ready for Olympic qualifiers in Surrey, Canada, starting on August 25th.