SELINSGROVE, PA – Little League Baseball and Softball, along with Susquehanna University will team up on Saturday, April 12 to welcome Little League Softball players to its third annual “Little League Softball Day.”

Little League Softball Day will be held at Sassafras Field, Sassafras Road, in Selinsgrove, Pa., home of Susquehanna University Crusaders softball. The Crusaders will host a doubleheader against the University of Scranton at 1 p.m.

Little Leaguers, their parents and local league volunteers may attend the regular-season game free of charge. The players will come dressed in their Little League uniform jerseys, and following the games will be permitted on to the field to meet the collegiate players and coaches. 

“As a way of recognizing Little League Softball, and in appreciation of the college softball experience, Little League International is reaching out to communities by having Little League Softball Days,” Stephen D. Keener, president and chief executive officer of Little League Baseball and Softball, said. “For the third straight year, this initiative will afford young athletes of all ages the chance to enjoy the game of softball at its finest. They will have the complete game experience from the warm-ups to game’s end.”

Similar events are being planned for later this spring at other colleges and universities across the country, including the University of Washington; the University of Michigan; and the University of Rhode Island. Check www.LittleLeague.org for information on future Little League Softball Day times and dates.

Little League Softball has more than 366,000 players worldwide and is played in nearly all U.S. states. Each summer, Little League International operates four World Series tournaments for softball, in which world champions in the divisions of Little League (ages 11-12), Junior League (13-14), Senior League (14-16) and Big League Softball (16-18) are crowned. Each of the championship games in those tournaments will be televised on ESPN or ESPN2.

For more information on Little League Softball Day, contact Laurie Williams, Susquehanna University assistant softball coach, at: 570-523-0581; or via e-mail, at: lwilliams@dejazzd.com

Little League Baseball and Softball is the world’s largest organized youth sports program, with nearly 2.7 million players and one million adult volunteers in every U.S. state and scores of other countries.