The UBCO Heat are set to host the best university softball teams from across the country to compete for a national championship this October.

The 2021 Canadian Collegiate Softball Association Championship will be hosted right here at High Noon Park, and will see the top eight teams in the country compete for the first time in two years after last year害羞草研究所檚 event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Heat automatically qualify for the tournament as hosts and will vie for university softball害羞草研究所檚 biggest prize in just their third year as a team.

害羞草研究所淏eing awarded the 2021 National Championship says a lot about the level of respect our young program and their leadership group have earned in such a short period of time,害羞草研究所� said Tom Huisman, UBCO害羞草研究所檚 director of athletics and recreation. 害羞草研究所淭his is a national level endorsement, not just for our team, but for the Kelowna and greater Okanagan softball communities.害羞草研究所�

The successful championship hosting bid was made possible by support from Tourism Kelowna and the City of Kelowna and will run from Oct. 8 until Oct. 10.

The event was last hosted at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont. in 2019, where the Regina Cougars took home the national championship.

Tickets for the event are now on sale by visiting the . Fans can purchase a championship pass, which gives access to all three days of the event for $25. Single day tickets are also available for $10 per day.

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