LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Little League Baseball and Softball, along with Lock Haven University will team up Saturday, March 28 to welcome Little League Softball players to “Little League Softball Day.”

On Saturday at 1 p.m. the No. 9 Lady Eagles will host Mercyhurst in doubleheader softball action at Lawerence Field.

Little Leaguers, their parents and local league volunteers are encouraged to attend the games. The players are encouraged to 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 fourth 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.”

Colleges and universities throughout the United States, including the University of Washington; the University of Pennsylvania; the University of Arizona; Baylor University in Waco, Texas; and the University of Michigan, have hosted similar events in recent years.

Little League Softball has nearly 367,000 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 are televised on ESPN or ESPN2.

For more information on Little League Softball Day, contact Danielle Barney, Assistant Director of Athletics at Lock Haven University at 570-484-2870; or via e-mail, at dbarney@lhup.edu.

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.