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Pride, Bandits seek NPF championship glory
- Updated: August 23, 2016
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A heated rivalry is best served with a winner-take-all game.
With the series tied at one game apiece, the National Pro Fastpitch championship comes down to Tuesday night, when the most successful teams in league history — the USSSA Pride and the Chicago Bandits — meet at Rhodes Stadium on the campus of the University of Alabama.
The Pride, out of Kissimmee, Fla., lost to the Bandits in the championship last season, but come in as the top seed with a 40-14 record after sweeping the Akron Racers in the semifinals. The Bandits (25-27) struggled early in the season after losing Monica Abbott to the million-dollar contract with the expansion Scrap Yard Dawgs, but they took a measure of revenge by beating Abbott twice and taking their semifinal series, 2-1.
“You look at who we beat in the first series — the million-dollar arm — and then in this series,” Bandits coach Michael Steurwald said after taking Game 2 on Monday night, 11-5. “I think [the Pride] have …
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