The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) has awarded the 2016 Northern Men’s E/Rec Slow-Pitch National Championship to Evansville’s Deaconess Sports Park. The tournament will be held over Labor Day weekend – September 2 – 5, 2016.
This is the third national tournament that will be played in Evansville in 2016. In September, the National Softball Association (NSA) awarded the Girls’ Fast Pitch World Series to Evansville on July 18 – 24, 2016. Evansville will host this national tournament with Owensboro, Ky. Following this large tournament will be the ASA/USA Girls’ Slowpitch National Championship for 10U – 18U age groups on July 28-31.
Deaconess Sports Park opened in May of 2015. It has received accolades from organizers and teams as one of the premier sports parks in the Midwest. In spring of 2016, new signage that will include balls/strikes/outs information will be installed on all eight fields.
For information on the ASA tournament in September of 2016, please email or call Tim Fulton at tfulton@evansvillecvb.org or 800-433-3025/812-421-2200. For information on Deaconess Sports Park, visit http://www.visitevansville.com/sports/deaconess-sports-park
