The Omaha Pacesetters will be back in USSSA tournament action beginning tonight at the Regal Awards Global State in Nebraska. Look out for this team’s potent offense as the season continues. Manager Anthony Scioli’s team averages a shade over 8 runs per game against 14-Major teams while allowing an average of roughly 7.5. They boosted their overall record to 11-6-3, including 6-6-2 In Class and have won eight of their last nine games. This would not deter the Pacesetters as they put up 18 runs against the team that 6-4 heading into the game.Įarlier this month the Pacesetters finished in second place at the Lincoln Sox Wood Bat NIT tournament. He threw four effective innings to lead his team into the championship game.Īs mentioned previously, the Pacesetters took on another UBA Gladiator (based in Omaha) squad, except their Gold team is Major classified. It was a total team effort offensively, but one player led the way on the mound: Jackson Yeager. The Pacesetters won by an even larger margin in the semifinals over Gladiator-White, 13-1. Next up for the Pacesetters was a matchup against UBA Gladiator- White whom had just taken out the second overall seed, the C2C Sox, 5-4. Starting pitcher Karsten Mathsen threw five excellent innings.

They began the bracket portion of the tournament against the Omaha Tigers-Black, winning 11-3. Eight teams advanced to the championship bracket and it seemed as if the Pacesetters were saving their best play for when it mattered the most.

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