The 2022 WPF season was the first season of operation of the Women's Professional Fastpitch. Two WPF teams competed in an exhibition season:Smash It Sports Vipers and USSSA Pride.
League Business On April 11, 2022, SmashIt Sports Vipers named Don DeDonatis Sr. their general manager.
On April 20, 2022, the Vipers named Gerry Glasco their head coach.
WPF draft The 2022 WPF college draft took place on May 20, 2022. The Vipers and Pride each drafted six eligible college players.
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# Player Pos WPF Team College Signed 1 Jocelyn Alo UT SmashIt Sports Vipers OklahomaSigned June 13, 2022 2 Georgina Corrick # P USSSA Pride USF 3 Mary Iakopo C/1B SmashIt Sports Vipers TexasSigned June 13, 2022 4 Keely Rochard P USSSA Pride VTSigned June 9, 2022 5 Gianna Mancha P SmashIt Sports Vipers UCFSigned June 7, 2022 6 Danielle Watson # P USSSA Pride FSU 7 Annie Willis P SmashIt Sports Vipers Mississippi StateSigned June 7, 2022 8 Delanie Wisz IF USSSA Pride UCLASigned June 15, 2022 9 Shelbi Sunseri P SmashIt Sports Vipers LSUSigned June 7, 2022 10 Taylor Ellsworth C/UT USSSA Pride ArkansasSigned June 8, 2022 11 Melissa Mayeux UT SmashIt Sports Vipers ULLSigned May 31, 2022 12 Casidy Chaumont OF USSSA Pride MizzouSigned June 7, 2022
Free agency
Among signed players returning to the USSSA Pride for 2022 are Hayley Cruse Mitchell, Jessica Warren, Jailyn Ford, Shelby Pendley, Odicci Alexander, and Chelsea Goodacre.
The table below shows the signings of free agent for the 2022 season.
Date Player Team April 5, 2022 Samantha Show USSSA Pride April 7, 2022 Amber Fiser SmashIt Sports Vipers April 8, 2022 Delaney Spaulding USSSA Pride April 8, 2022 Kate Gordon Short SmashIt Sports Vipers April 9, 2022 Morgan Howe SmashIt Sports Vipers April 10, 2022 Taran Alvelo SmashIt Sports Vipers April 11, 2022 Ali Aguilar USSSA Pride April 12, 2022 Chelsea Gonzales SmashIt Sports Vipers April 13, 2022 Suzy Brookshire SmashIt Sports Vipers April 14, 2022 Sami Fagan USSSA Pride April 15, 2022 Tatyana Forbes SmashIt Sports Vipers April 18, 2022 Abbey Cheek USSSA Pride April 21, 2022 Ciara Bryan SmashIt Sports Vipers April 24, 2022 Alissa Dalton SmashIt Sports Vipers May 10, 2022 Fa Leilua SmashIt Sports Vipers May 13, 2022 Ellen Roberts USSSA Pride June 1, 2022 Kayla Wedl USSSA Pride June 17, 2022 Hope Trautwein USSSA Pride
Standings
League standings Source: TeamGPWLPct.GBL10STRKRSRADIFF USSSA Pride 29 19 10 .655 -6-4L114470 +74 Smash It Sports Vipers 30 17 13 .567 2.56-4W314499 +45
Schedule Source: https://www.ballclubz.com/wpf
2022 Exhibition Season Date Visitor Score Home Venue Notes Ref June 14 SIS Vipers (1-0) 9-5USSSA Pride (0-1) SMSD (Shawnee Mission School District, KS) June 16 Alliance 5-7 SIS Vipers (2-0) HFL 0-6 USSSA Pride(1-1) June 17 HFL 4-11 SIS Vipers (3-0) Alliance 0-5 USSSA Pride (2-1) June 22 SIS Vipers (3-1) 1-2USSSA Pride (3-1) USSSA Space Coast Stadium - Viera, FL June 23 Florida Vibe 8-10SIS Vipers (4-1) June 24 Florida Vibe 6-7USSSA Pride (4-1) June 25 Florida Vibe 3-4SIS Vipers (5-1) June 26 USSSA Pride (4-2) 2-3SIS Vipers (6-1) June 27 SIS Vipers (6-2) 0-1USSSA Pride (5-2) June 28 USSSA Pride' (6-2) 4-0SIS Vipers (6-3) June 29 SIS Vipers (6-4) 2-4USSSA Pride (7-2) June 30 SIS Vipers USSSA Pride July 3 Team Mexico USSSA Pride Team Mexico 2022 0-17SIS Vipers (7-4) Team Mexico 2022 0-8SIS Vipers (8-4) July 4 Team Mexico 2022 0-9SIS Vipers (9-4) July 5 Australia 3-10USSSA Pride (8-2) Choccolocco Park, Oxford, AL Japan 4-0USSSA Pride (8-3) July 6 USSSA Pride (9-3) 8-0Australia USSSA Pride (9-4) 1-2USA July 12 SIS Vipers (10-4) 4-1USSSA Pride (9-5) Bosse Field Evansville, IN July 13 USSSA Pride (10-5) 10-2SIS Vipers (10-5) July 14 SIS Vipers (10-6) 0-9USSSA Pride (11-5) July 17 USSSA Pride SIS Vipers SMSD Canceled (COVID) July 18 SIS Vipers (10-7) 1-4USSSA Pride (12-5) July 19 USSSA Pride (12-6) 0-2SIS Vipers (11-7) KC Youth Academy July 21 SIS Vipers (11-8) 1-3USSSA Pride (13-6) Louisville Slugger Sports Complex - Peoria, IL July 22 USSSA Pride (14-6) 7-3 SIS Vipers (11-9) July 23 SIS Vipers (11-10) 0-5USSSA Pride (15-6) July 25 USSSA Pride (15-7) 1-4 SIS Vipers (12-10) Bittinger Stadium West Lafayette, IN July 26 SIS Vipers (12-11) 2-3USSSA Pride (16-7) July 27 USSSA Pride (17-7) 5-1 SIS Vipers (12-12) August 1 CCSL Florida VibeUSSSA Space Coast Stadium - Viera, FL SIS Vipers (13-12) 13-4USSSA Pride (17-8) August 2 CCSL 0-6SIS Vipers (14-12) August 3 CCSL 0-22USSSA Pride (18-8) Florida Vibe 13-4SIS Vipers (14-13) August 4 S & S Sports0-13 SIS Vipers (15-13) Florida Vibe 1-0USSSA Pride (18-9) August 5 Florida Vibe2-5 SIS Vipers (16-13) S & S Sports 0-12USSSA Pride (19-9) August 6 S & S Sports 0-8 Florida Vibe SIS Vipers (17-13) 6-3USSSA Pride (19-10)
Statistical leaders Stat LeaderTeam Total Batting Average Ali Aguilar USSSA Pride .383 Stolen Bases Tatyana Forbes SIS Vipers 12 ERA Annie Willis SIS Vipers 2.06 Strikeouts Keely Rochard USSSA Pride 45 Home Runs Abbey Cheek USSSA Pride 8
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