For immediate release

 

June 1, 2011 Defending champions Jarvis Travelers will open the season at the top of the ISC rankings as the unanimous #1 pick.

 

Hard on the heels of Jarvis is the revamped Chicago/New York Fastpitch team, ranked #2 across the board, followed by an improved California A's team.

 

Rounding out the top five is Albaugh Inc. and Saskatoon Diamondbacks.

 

The top 10 teams are as follows:

Rank      Team

1              Jarvis, ON Travelers

2              New York, NY Chicago/NY Fastpitch

3              Bakersfield, CA California A's

4              Elkhart, IA Albaugh Inc.

5              Saskatoon, SK Diamondbacks

6              Midland, MI Explorers

7              Harrisburg, PA Pennsylvania Power

8              Appleton, WI Bar of Appleton

9              Pueblo, CO Bandits

10           St.. Paul, MN Minnesota Angels

 

For the full set of rankings, please see the ISC website at www.iscfastpitch.com. under Tournaments or go directly to Rankings.

 

Note: Three different sets of statistical analysis were performed on the rankings to determine the impact of outliers. Ultimately, we have presented the rankings based on the raw data as the changes resulting from the statistical analysis were determined not to be significant.

 

For further information, please contact

 

Blair Setford

ISC Canada East VP