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Kendra Nordin Beato
As Major League Baseball spring training swung into action, I was intrigued with the news of four nascent college teams battling it out in a first-of-its-kind tournament in the Los Angeles area: the Women鈥檚 College Club Baseball Championship.聽
Maggie Gallagher, the coach for the undefeated University of Washington team, says the championship was great but the best moment came when her team first stepped onto the field.
鈥淭his fulfilled my dream, even though I wasn鈥檛 playing,鈥� says Ms. Gallagher, who grew up playing baseball but had to switch to softball in college.聽
More girls and women are playing baseball these days. In fact, this spring a record eight women made the roster on men鈥檚 collegiate teams. The momentum is largely thanks to Baseball for All, an organization that has coached thousands of girls. Founder Justine Siegal wants to create college teams where athletes can just focus on the joy of the game without the burden of being an ambassador for their sex. The women鈥檚 tournament was a milestone step toward that goal.
One alum of Baseball for All is Sabrina Robinson, the founder and player-coach of the women鈥檚 baseball club at Montclair State University in New Jersey, which competed in the tournament.聽
鈥淚 just hope that this is the first steppingstone to women鈥檚 baseball becoming a respected sport and at least an NCAA sport in the near future,鈥� says Ms. Robinson, who has played hardball since she was 5.聽
Judging by the bounce coming off the tournament, Ms. Robinson may soon get her wish. There are now聽about聽12 new clubs聽across the country interested in fielding a聽women鈥檚 college baseball team.
