The Austrian Baseball Federation (ABF) released their roster for the Women’s Softball European Championship in Bollate, Italy. 17 players were selected by head coach Lawrence Allen and his staff. Austria will play an exhibition game against Slovakia next Wednesday and will head to Venice for a training camp the weekend after. Austria, which claimed fifth place in the 2015 Softball Euros is looking to crack the top four this time around. They’ll face Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Israel in Pool C of first-round play.
Roster:
Olivia Bettstein (Vienna Wanderers)
Cornelia Chwojka (Sharx)
Ines Daill (Linz Witches)
Sophie De Rouin (Vienna Wanderers)
Lauren DuToit (Vienna Wanderers)
Miriam Fleischmann (Vienna M-Stars)
Ina Kaindl (Wr. Neustadt Crazy Chicklets)
Martina Lackner (Linz Witches)
Viktoria Mayr (Attnang-Puchheim Athletics/Linz Witches)
Caroline Meriaux (Vienna Wanderers)
Denise Orlovits-Zaidan (Vienna Wanderers)
Verena Ponweiser (Wr. Neustadt Crazy Chicklets)
Marion Reichl (Sharx)
Angela Reiter (Wr. Neustadt Crazy Chicklets)
Beate Sinnstein (Sharx)
Chiara Voglsam (Linz Witches)
Isabel Salcher (Hard Bulls/Sharx) – Video Analyst
Staff:
Head Coach – Lawrence Allen
Assistant Coach – Tomas Mertlik
Team Manager – Marion Mittelberger
Video Analyst – Isabel Salcher