2017 National Pro Fastpitch season

2017 NPF Season
League	National Pro Fastpitch
Sport	softball
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports Network
2017 NPF Draft
Regular Season
Cowles Cup

The 2017 National Pro Fastpitch season is the 14th season of professional softball under the name National Pro Fastpitch for the only professional women's softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL). Each year, the playoff teams battle for the Cowles Cup.

Milestones and events

The Dallas Charge announced that they would be relocating to central Texas and changing their name to the Texas Charge.^[1]

Teams, cities and stadiums

Team	City	Stadium	Coaches
Akron Racers	Akron, Ohio	Firestone Stadium	Head Coach: Brian Levin Assistant: Dustin Combs
Chicago Bandits	Rosemont, Illinois (Chicago Area)	Ballpark at Rosemont	Head Coach:Mike Steuerwald Assistant: Roman Foore
Texas Charge	San Marcos, Texas	Bobcat Stadium (Texas State))	Head Coach: Crystl Bustos
Pennsylvania Rebellion	Washington, Pennsylvania	Consol Energy Park	Head Coach: Craig Montvidas Assistant: Tracy Bunge, Jim Walker, Madison Rotto
Scrap Yard Dawgs	Woodlands, TX (Houston Area)	Scrap Yard Sports Complex	Head Coaches: Gerry Glasco Assistants: Jimmy Kolaitis, Joe Guthrie
USSSA Florida Pride	Kissimmee, Florida	Champion Stadium	Head Coach: Lonni Alameda Assistants: Jeff Ellsworth, Samantha Ricketts, Megan Willis

National Pro Fastpitch teams

Player acquisition

College draft

For more details on this topic, see 2017 NPF Draft.

The 2017 NPF College Draft will be the 12th annual collegiate draft for NPF.

Notable transactions

For more details on this topic, see 2017 NPF transactions.

Head Coaching Changes
- The Charge hired three-time Olympian Crystl Bustos to be their head coach.^[2]
- The Dawgs hired Texas A&M associate head coach Gerry Glasco as their head coach. Glasco's assistants will be Oregon's Jimmy Kolaitis and Joe Guthrie of Bucknell.^[3]

The Dallas Charge hired Scott Smith as their general manager. Smith is the founder of the Texas Bombers, a softball organization with hundreds of players nationwide.^[4]

League standings

Team	GP	W	L	Pct.	GB
Akron Racers	0	0	0	undef.
Chicago Bandits	0	0	0	undef.
Pennsylvania Rebellion	0	0	0	undef.
Scrap Yard Dawgs	0	0	0	undef.
Texas Charge	0	0	0	undef.
USSSA Pride	0	0	0	undef.

Results table

2017 NPF Records
Team	Racers	Bandits	Rebellion	Dawgs	Charge	Pride
Akron Racers	—	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Chicago Bandits	0-0	—	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Pennsylvania Rebellion	0-0	0-0	—	0-0	0-0	0-0
Scrap Yard Dawgs	0-0	0-0	0-0	—	0-0	0-0
Texas Charge	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—	0-0
USSSA Florida Pride	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—

All stats come from

Legend
	Protest/Halted Game
	Postponement
Bold	Winning team

May/June

Date	Time	Visitor	Home	Venue	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Player of the Game	Attendance

July

Date	Time	Visitor	Home	Venue	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Player of the Game	Attendance

August

Date	Time	Visitor	Home	Venue	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Player of the Game	Attendance

NPF Championship

	NPF Semifinals					NPF Championship


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2017 NPF Semifinals
Game	Date	Score	Winning Pitcher	Save	Losing Pitcher	Player of the Game	Series

2017 NPF Semifinals
Game	Date	Score	Winning Pitcher	Save	Losing Pitcher	Player of the Game	Series

2017 NPF Championship Series
Game	Date	Score	Winning Pitcher	Save	Losing Pitcher	Player of the Game	Series

2017 NPF Championship Series MVP
Player	Club

Annual awards

Award	Player	Team

All-NPF Team

2017 All-NPF Team
Position	Name	Team

References

↑ Chez Sievers (6 October 2016). "New Changes to Dallas Chare Franchise". FloSoftball. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
↑ Kayla Lombardo (6 October 2016). "Olympian Crystl Bustos named Texas Charge head coach". Excelle Sports. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
↑ Kayla Lombardo (17 October 2016). "Scrap Yard Dawgs set coaching staff for second NPF season". Excelle Sports. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
↑ "Scott Smith Announced as New GM for Dallas Charge". DallasCharge.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

External links

National Pro Fastpitch

National Pro Fastpitch

Current teams:

Seasons:

Defunct or former
NPF teams:

Defunct	California Sunbirds (2004, 2005 partial schedule) NY/NJ Juggernaut (2004)/New York Juggernaut (2005) Arizona Heat (2004–2006) Michigan Ice (Partial schedules in 2006-07) New England Riptide (2004–2008) Washington Glory (2007,2008) Philadelphia Force (2006–2009) Texas Thunder (2004) Rockford Thunder (2005-09) Tennessee Diamonds (2010) NPF Diamonds (2011) Carolina Diamonds (2012) NY/NJ Comets (2013)

Left NPF	Connecticut Brakettes (2006)

Never Played	Colorado Altitude (2004) San Antonio Armadillos (2004)

Seasons before
2004 NPF League Relaunch:

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