WILLIAMSPORT , Pa. – Little League Baseball and Softball, along with Susquehanna University will team up on April 22 to welcome Little League Softball players to “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 Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth League doubleheader against rival Albright College at 1 p.m.

Little Leaguers, their parents and local league volunteers may attend the regular-season game free of charge. Players will come dressed in their Little League uniform jerseys, and f ollowing the game will be permitted on 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 Day,” Stephen D. Keener , president and chief executive officer of Little League Baseball and Softball, said. “On this day, young athletes of all ages will get to experience the game of softball at its finest. They will have the complete game experience from the warm-ups to game's end.”

Similar events will be held on Saturday at the University of Washington in Seattle and Cleveland State University in Ohio . Later this month, the University of South Florida, in Tampa, Fla., will host a Little League Softball Day. Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas , hosted the first Little League Softball Day earlier this season.

Little League Softball has more than 353,000 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.

Little League Baseball and Softball is the world's largest organized youth sports program, with nearly 2.7 million players and 1 million adult volunteers in every U.S. state and scores of other countries.