Weekend Games: Softball and Baseball Speak Feminine
The end of the season is shaping up to be vibrant, and it’s the women who are holding the bat and setting the pace. Between the Division 1 softball final and the French Women’s Baseball Open, the weekend promises intensity and spectacle.
Division 1 Women’s Softball: Comanches vs Pharaonnes, a High-Flying Duel
This is the expected clash: the Comanches of Saint-Raphaël, unstoppable throughout the regular season (19 wins for one loss), face the Pharaonnes of Évry (14 wins, 6 losses). The final is played in a best-of-five format, with the first two matches this Saturday (7pm) and Sunday (11am) on the Évry field.
The Comanches are the favorites, having already beaten the Pharaonnes twice in June… on their own turf. But beware: a final is never a done deal. The Évry players will have to bring their A-game to exist in this series. Winning at least one game this weekend would be crucial to hope for a still-charged second round, scheduled for October 11 and 12 at the Creps de Boulouris, in the South.
A high-tension duel, where the weather could well get involved and upset the cards. But no matter the rain, the intensity will be there.
French Women’s Baseball Open: The Next Generation Takes Power
Meanwhile, Saint-Lô is hosting the French Women’s Baseball Open, organized by the Jimmer’s. A competition that, placed after the summer, would have undoubtedly had even more flavor before the European championship. But no matter: over two days, three regional teams will engage in an uncompromising battle.
Normandy, Hauts-de-France, and Île-de-France: a 100% northern rivalry, in the geographical sense, which illustrates the vitality and rise of French women’s baseball. Already the fourth edition, and always the same ambition: to give the players the visibility and recognition they deserve.
