The WBSC 2025 Women’s World Cup Land team in Caronno Pertusella no longer had its priorities. They knew how tight that it can become a calendar with four games in the same field when extra tickets are played, but they did not want to ruin the joy of the Spanish players, who ran and jumped for joy after defeating Samoa American 7-6 in eight entries, to celebrate the first victory of the program in a WBSC U-15 Women’s World Cup.
“Now that I think about it, it is the first time that Spain participates in a U-15 World Cup World Cup. So this is Spain’s first victory in a World Cup [a este nivel]”The coach Lily Ostermin said minutes after the game.” It was a very hard, but wonderful game, “he added with a smile.
Ostermin said during an encounter with the media prior to the tournament that is aware that there are better teams, but that Spain, number 13 in the world, will not give up competing.
This victory will change our minds. We had never competed at this level, so the players were not sure what they could achieve. This victory will help you understand that, working hard and helping each other, we can achieve it.
The right pitcher Lakhsmy Alonso replaced the team’s captain, Alicia Huerga, as a pitcher with two outs in the low of the seventh. He got the third out in Home, sending the game to extra tickets.
“Speaking in that situation was very stressful,” said Alonso. “I had a lot of pressure to receive the ball in the seventh. At the same time, I wanted to help the team with all my strength. Luckily, I could control the pressure and take my team to victory.”
Alonso started playing softball from a young age. “From the beginning I loved it. I would love to make a living with softball. If I have the opportunity, I want to take it as far as possible.”
In his opinion, Spain has a lot to do in this World Cup. “Our goal is to get as high as possible. I want to do my best so that Spain reaches the best possible position.”
The Campocorto Carla San Miguel was also at the center of the action. After Spain tied the game to four in the upper part of the sixth, Samoa American, which occupies the 64th position of the world, filled the foundations with an out in the lower part of the entrance. San Miguel arrived at the Allison Jennings line through the center and caught the broker on the second base.
“I think that double killing changed the game,” said San Miguel. “We had an out and the bases full. We just tied the game to four, and prevent them from scoring in that situation completely changed the result of the game.”
San Miguel, who started playing baseball at age six in Pamplona before moving to softball five ago, hopefully more exciting experiences such as victory against Samoa American. “I expected a hard competition, and I am aware that we will face excellent and powerful pitchers when we play against the best teams. This victory was only the beginning. We’ll see.”
The triumph will go down in the history of Spanish softball and the memory will not fade for those parents who became a noisy crowd at the Francesco Nespoli stadium in Caronno Pertusella.
