NPF Finals Schedule
August 22, 2008 - National Pro Fastpitch (NPF)
Washington Glory News Release
Gametracker will be available at no cost for all games of the NPF Championship Series. To access the Gametracker, fans can log-on to the league website at www.profastpitch.com. In addition to Gametracker, the Championship Game (Game #6 and #7 - if necessary) will be produced by The Softball Channel.com and will be streamed live at www.mlb.com. Bernie Guenther, who is the voice of NPF on all Fox Sports Net broadcasts, will handle the play-by-play action. Joey Arrietta, GM of the Akron Racers, as well as NPF President/Commissioner Cheri Kempf, will provide color analysis. Games #1 - #5 will be produced and aired on a delayed basis by The Softball Channel.com. All six (or seven) games will also be available for purchase on DVD. More details regarding the delayed broadcast schedule and the Championship Series DVD will be made available following the Championship Series at www.thesoftballchannel.com.
After almost three months of competition and nearly 300 games league-wide the bracket is set for the 2008 National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) Championship Series to be held this August 21-24 in Kimberly, Wis.
The Chicago Bandits (32-16), Philadelphia Force (31-17) and Washington Glory (30-18) were all able to punch their ticket to Kimberly two weekends ago because of solid play, but the fourth spot came down to the final Saturday of the season. The other three teams were separated by just one game heading into the final weekend of play, but it was the New England Riptide (22-26) that prevailed to take the fourth seed in the postseason.
For the Glory and Riptide, Kimberly and the field at Sunset Point Park will be a comfortable setting as each team qualified for the playoffs last season. The Bandits and Force will be new to Kimberly after a complete turnaround from the 2007 season where both failed to make the postseason.
Philadelphia and Chicago each made the biggest jumps in the league, going from worst to first in just one season. Chicago won nine more games and the Force seven to finish first and second in the league, respectively.
The first game of the playoffs will feature the regular season champion Chicago Bandits and the New England Riptide at 6 p.m. CDT. Friday's second game will feature East Coast rivals, the Force and Glory.
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National Pro Fastpitch Stories from August 22, 2008
- Glory Lose First Playoff Game to Philadelphia - Washington Glory
- Bandits win 13th straight and advance to semis. - Chicago Bandits
- Chicago Bandits 4, New England Riptide 1 (NPF Championship Series - Game #1) - Chicago Bandits
- Gardner has big Thursday in Fan Fest in Kimberly - Rockford Thunder
- NPF Finals Schedule - Washington Glory
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