TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark to host professional softball games
Softball Clinic: SOLD OUT
Buy Tickets: Thursday, July 28
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (March 24, 2016) - The Myrtle Beach Pelicans and TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark will host the Pennsylvania Rebellion, a National Pro Fastpitch women's softball team, in a pair of games at 7:05 p.m. on both Thursday, July 28 and Friday, July 29.
"We're excited to bring National Pro Fastpitch to Myrtle Beach and showcase the incredibly talented professional female athletes on these two teams," said Pelicans general manager Andy Milovich. "These women have worked hard to reach the professional level and are a great example for any young female athlete."
In addition to the two games, youth athletes will have the opportunity to learn from players and coaches of both the Rebellion and Scrapyard Dawgs at a softball camp from 9 a.m. through 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 28. The camp will concentrate on pitching, hitting, fielding, catching and throwing. Registration is $100 and includes a t-shirt, lunch and reserved box seat ticket to one game (July 28 or 29). The camp is designed for ages 8-16, however campers up to the age of 18 are welcome. For more information, please contact the Pelicans Pro Shop at (843) 918-6002 or visit www.MyrtleBeachPelicans.com. A registration form can be found here.
The two-day event is part of a slate of games that the Rebellion will play at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium, the home ballpark of the Class A Delmarva Shorebirds, as well as Pennsylvania sports complexes in York, Lancaster and Allentown, respectively.
"We are looking forward to bringing the Rebellion and NPF softball to one of the premier vacation destinations on the east coast," Rebellion general manager Steve Zavacky said. "This has been over a year in the making and Andy and his staff have been great to work with. We are looking forward to a great two days at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark."
National Pro Fastpitch has existed in its current form since 2004 and is an official development partner for Major League Baseball in the sport of fastpitch softball. The league has six teams playing a 50-game schedule throughout the year featuring seven-inning contests.
Every active former Olympian is playing in National Pro Fastpitch, including gold medalists Kelly Kretschman and Natasha Watley and silver medalists Monica Abbott and Andrea Duran. The league also features 2015 NCAA Player of the Year Lauren Haeger (Florida), the NCAA's all-time home run leader Lauren Chamberlain (Oklahoma) and two-time NCAA Player of the Year Keilani Ricketts (Oklahoma). More information about NPF can also be found on its website at www.profastpitch.com.
Tickets for the softball games will go on sale this Thursday, March 24 at 10:00 AM EST. Tickets will be available online at www.MyrtleBeachPelicans.com, over the phone at (843) 918-6000 and in-person at TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark.
For more information, please contact the Pelicans at (843) 918-6000 or emailing [email protected].
The 2016 season will be the 18th season for the Pelicans franchise and secondas the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. For information on tickets to see the Pelicans in 2016, please call (843) 918-6000, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.MyrtleBeachPelicans.com.
ABOUT THE PELICANS: The Myrtle Beach Pelicans are the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Chicago Cubs and play their home games at TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The park has ranked in the top eight in all of Minor League Baseball by Stadium Journey in each of the last five seasons. The same publication also placed the Pelicans in the Top 100 Stadium Experiences in all of sports in each of the last five years and the best in the Carolina League for five straight seasons as well. In May 2015, TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark won the 2015 TripAdvisor.com Certificate of Excellence award. The Pelicans are the defending Mills Cup Champions, winning the title in 2015 as well as 2000 and co-Mills Cup championship honors in the inaugural 1999 season. The Pelicans have made nine postseason appearances behind 11 half-season Southern Division championships, including the first half of the 2015 season, as well as five Southern Division titles, most recently in 2015. For more information on the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, please contact the Pelicans at (843) 918-6000 or emailing [email protected].