Hokies Return Home after Historic Softball Victory over Olympic Team

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Published: March 27, 2008

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The mighty U.S. Olympic softball team
struck out.
Virginia Tech’s Angela Tincher pitched a no-hitter in a 1-0 win
over the three-time defending gold medalists last night, ending the
U.S. team’s 185-game winning streak in pre-Olympic exhibitions.
It was the American team’s first loss in a pre-Olympic
exhibition since May 3, 1996. During that span, the U.S. team
outscored opponents 1,475-24.
Tincher struck out 10 and allowed one baserunner on a one-out
walk to Kelly Kretschman in the second inning.
The Hokies scored their only run in the second inning off Jennie
Finch, one of 12 players on the U.S. squad that won gold at the
2004 Athens Games. Kelsey Hoffman led off with a double and was
replaced by pinch-runner Anna Zitt, who moved to third on Finch’s
illegal pitch. Caroline Stolle’s two-out bloop single scored Zitt.