8/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Softball
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla - Incoming freshman Chelsea D’Avilar (Christ the King Secondary School/Ontario, Canada) represented Coastal Carolina University and its softball program well as a member of Team Great Britain at the WBSC Junior World Championship held in Oklahoma City, Okla., from August 9-15.
D’Avilar, Great Britain’s starting shortstop and leadoff batter for the duration of the championship, helped the junior national team to a 2-5 overall record. She played in all seven games and ended the championships second on the team with six hits and three runs scored. In Great Britain’s narrow defeat at the hands on the Chinese team, D’Avilar went 3-for-3 from the plate with one run batted in. She also collected hits in games vs. Columbia, Canada and Brazil.
Great Britain opened the week with back-to-back wins over Columbia and Argentina, but dropped each of its last five games by narrow margins to New Zealand, Japan, Canada, China and Brazil. The team finished the championship 12th in the standings.
The 2015 WBSC Junior Women's World Championship was held in Oklahoma City, Okla. at the ASA Hall of Fame Complex. Hosted by ASA/USA Softball, Oklahoma City is known for being the softball capital of the World. The ASA Hall of Fame Complex has played host to the World's best softball, including the NCAA Women's College World Series and the World Cup of Softball, a WBSC sanctioned event.
