Heartbreakers 18u Gold National earn a berth to 2026 Alliance FP National Championship

Alliance Fastpitch national championship is held in Westfield Indiana north of Indianapolis each year at the end of July. The Top 96 teams in the country compete for a national championship. This is the best tournament in the country for 18 and under softball girls. Hundreds of college coaches come watch and recruit our kids at this national tournament. This past weekend in Richmond, Virginia (Atlantic region) there was 19 teams trying to grab one of the four berths to the national championship next summer. We went 1-1 in pool play a then started double elimination. We lost our first bracket game, 1-0 and then we won five straight in the loser bracket to earn the berth. Below games we played:

Won 3-0 vs VA Starz Gold Fishburn
Lost 0-9 vs SC Carolina Elite National
Lost 0-1 vs NC National McDowell
Won 9-8 vs VA Starz Gold Fishburn
Won 8-7 vs VA Unity Blackwell/Lardge
Won 11-3 vs VA Fury Platinum National Posten
Won 4-2 vs NC National Batts/Gardner
Won 9-2 vs MD Tri State Thunder Gold Cutchall

We qualified in 2024 place 41st place out of 96 teams in Indy and last year we did not earn a berth.

Team Roster 2025-26

Coaches-Wayne Persinger, Earl Edwards, PJ Donaghue & Michaela Persinger Tyeryar

Players-
2026
Alina Bonior
Bradyn MacKay
Lilly Trunnell
2027
Ana DiGiandomenico
Gabby Pittinger
Brooke Sell
2028
Macie Bell
Nala Johnson
Charley Keilholtz
Tatiana Maltez-Rosales
Kelsey Roberts
Addy Rodrigues
Aislinn Sell
Lana Spahr