Kobe Koryo advances to the final following last summer’s championship held at Koshien
The two semi-finals of the 23rd National High School Women’s Baseball Selection Tournament were held at Kazo Kizuna Stadium in Kazo City, Saitama on the 31st, and Fukui Institute of Technology Fukui and Kobe Koryo (Hyogo) decided to advance to the finals respectively. The final will be held on April 3rd at Tokyo Dome for the first time in history.
Fukui Institute of Technology Fukui will play against Kyoto Gaidai Nishi in the semi-finals. In the final 7th inning, 2nd base, which chased 1 point with 0-1. He was able to win one point in the 10th inning of the tiebreaker, but on the other side, he was tied again with a left front hit by outfielder Riko Furuichi, who was third on the second and third bases. In addition, he won 3-2 with a walk-off home run over the left of outfielder Megumi Yamada, who was 4th on the 3rd base with 2 deaths.
In the second semi-final match, Kobe Koryo and Riseisha (Osaka) collided. In the 3rd inning with a tie of 1-1, 1st and 2nd base, 4th infielder Shimada Hana infielder doubled to the right and succeeded in winning. Add 1 point to the 5th inning and win 3-1. Following last summer’s championship, he decided to advance to the final.
Fukui Institute of Technology Fukui is the best in Japan at the 2019 Youth Tournament, but it is the first time to advance to the final of the selection. On the other hand, Kobe Koryo has advanced to the final for the first time in three years since 2019. Following last summer’s championship final at Koshien, it will be held at Tokyo Dome, the home of professional baseball. The selection of boys ended on this day, but the hot battle of selection of girls still continues.
(Kodai Kawamura)
