Event Details

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TC Nationals is a 'Stay to Play' event

EVENT DETAILS

TC NATIONALS
July 15-19, 2024 | Chino Hills, CA

2024 will mark the 13th year of the TC Nationals. We are excited to announce that the event will return to Southern California. This event is a genuine testing ground for the most talented and organized club programs in the nation!

Dates: July 15-19, 2024
Location: Chino Hills, Riverside, Lake Elsinore, CA
Divisions: 14U, 16U & 18U

TC Nationals is Invite Only, teams must be accepted into this event by invitation or acceptance by AT LARGE application.

Format: 5-Game Guarantee
Price: $2,550 per team
Age Cutoff Date: December 31, 2023
Entry Fee Deadline: February 15, 2024

TC Nationals is invite only, please reach out to the event director if you want to be considered for a spot. Invitations for TC Nationals are based on rankings, current knowledge of rosters, referrals and an AT LARGE application process.

Triple Crown Sports does NOT allow college players to participate, even if they are age eligible.

Fields by Age Division:
18U Division:

Chino Hills Community Park, BLD Chino Hills, West Covina Sportsplex

16U Division:

Rosetta Canyon, BLD Perris

14U Division:

BLD Riverside

Teams will NOT be officially entered in the tournament until the following registration requirements are met:

Entry fee paid in full
Minimum of 30 total room nights (ex: 6 rooms for 5 nights) with a Triple Crown Lodging Partner, booked inside of the TC Nationals block. Teams will receive a team booking link after they pay for the tournament. Once you have booked your rooms using your team booking link, you do NOT need to report your rooms on the Triple Crown Website. We will keep track of where teams are staying through your specific booking link.
A completed Triple Crown digital roster
Reported team insurance

Game Times Available: One week prior to the event.

ITINERARY

Format: 2 pool games that seed everyone into a double elimination bracket (multiple doubles in each age division). Then every team will go into a single elimination bracket with teams who finished like them in the double elimination bracket.

Monday July 15
Games start at 8am. 2 pool play games for each team and these games will seed you into the bracket. All pool games are 1 hr 45 minutes, no new inning.

Tuesday July 16
Double elimination bracket, All bracket games are a full 7 innings, no time limit.

Wednesday July 17
Double elimination bracket continues

Thursday July 18
Single elimination brackets start

Friday July 19
Championship day

FACILITIES

ALL FACILITIES

COLLEGE COACHES ATTENDING

2023 Colleges Attending:
This list will be updated frequently, more schools to come.
California State Polytechnic University Humboldt - NCAA DII - CA
Oberlin College - NCAA DIII - OH

College Coaches Only:
CLICK HERE to register and be added to the Colleges Coaches Attending list.

2022 Schools Attended (the 2023 list will be similar to this list):
Amherst College
Biola University
Cal Baptist University
Cal State Bakersfield
Cal State Northridge
Cal State Polytechnic University Humboldt
Cal State San Bernardino
Cal State University San Marcos
Case Western Reserve University
Catawba College
Central Washington University
Centre College
Crown College
College of St. Scholastica
Concordia University - Irvine
Dartmouth
Eastern University
El Paso Community College
Emerson College
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Grand Canyon University
Hawaii Pacific University
Holy Names University
Howard University
Idaho State University
Lehigh
Lewis & Clark College
Linfield College
Long Beach State
Louisiana State University
Louisiana Tech University
Loyola Marymount University
McNeese State University
Middle Tennessee State University
Minot State University
Mississippi Valley State University
North Dakota State
Odessa College
Onondaga Community College
Pfeiffer University
Portland State University
Sacramento State
San Jose State University
Simmons University
Sonoma State
Southern Utah University
Springfield College
University of Arizona
University of California - Berkeley
University of California - Riverside
University of California - Santa Barbara
University of Central Florida
University of Florida
University of Iowa
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
University of New Mexico
University of Northern Colorado
University of Oregon
University of Rhode Island
University of San Diego
University of Washington
Whittier College

PAST CHAMPIONS

2024 will mark the 13th year of the TC Nationals event -- we are thrilled to announce our return to the fastpitch hotbed of Southern California.

The TC Nationals debuted in 2012 in grand style with 60 teams. New York City played host to the inaugural gathering of the nation's top fastpitch teams (based on the US Club Rankings). In 2013, 120 teams battled for the TC National Championship in Reno/Tahoe. In 2014, the Georgia towns of Cumming, Alpharetta and Gainesville played host and welcomed 186 teams. In 2015, 184 teams went to Reno/Tahoe.

In 2016, the top teams went back to NYC to compete and in 2017 TC partnered with Austin, TX, "The Live Music Capital of the World" for another successful event. The 2018 and 2019 events were held in Alpharetta and Cumming, GA with the top 144 teams in the country. The 2020 TC Nationals event took place regionally with elite brackets in Southeast Nationals (Georgia) and Southwest Nationals (Texas). Triple Crown then headed west for the 2021 and 2022 events, with the action taking place in and around Chino Hills and Riverside, CA.

2023 Champions (Georgia, 179 teams, TC Nationals combined with SE Nationals):
18u -- Lady Dukes Lamar
16u -- Virginia Unity Johnson/Ross
14u -- Indiana Magic National Gold Bennett/Goddard

2022 Champions (SoCal, 149 teams):
16u -- Warrior Academy-Jimenez (San Mateo, CA)
18u -- Batbusters-Stith (Anaheim, CA)

2021 Champions (SoCal, 151 teams):
14u – Firecrackers Weil (Los Alamitos, CA)
16u – Athletics Mercado Greg/Tidd (Murrieta, CA)
18u – Firecrackers Rico (Huntington Beach, CA)

2020 Regional Champions (Georgia):
14u -- Birmingham Thunderbolts 05 Rocky (Irondale, AL)
16u -- AP Gold 16u Locke (Jefferson, GA)
18u -- Tampa Mustangs TJ (Myakka City, FL)
Texas:
14u -- Hotshots Premier Esparza (Friendswood, TX)
16u -- Hotshots Premier Nelson (Montgomery, TX)
18u -- Impact Gold Jackson (Pearland, TX)

2019 Champions (Georgia, 185 teams):
14u -- Team North Carolina Eaton (Charlotte, NC)
16u -- East Cobb Bullets Biele/Heath (Sharpsburg, GA)
18u -- PA Chaos Gold (Garnet Valley, PA)

2018 Champions (Georgia, 144 teams):
14u -- So Cal Choppers Faucett (Valencia, CA)
16u -- Glory Atkins Gold (Flower Mound, TX) and ScrapYard Internationals (Conroe, TX)
18u -- East Cobb Bullets Gold Schnute (Marietta, GA)

2017 Champions (Austin):
14u -- Firecrackers TJ (Cerritos, CA)
16u -- Beverly Bandits DeMarini EK (Canton, MI)
18u -- SoCal Athletics (Upland, CA)

2016 Champions (New York):
14u -- Vision Gold (McKinney, TX)
16u -- Louisville Stunners 99 (Frankfort, KY)
18u -- Blaze United Slimp/Cain (Round Rock, TX)

2015 Champions (Reno, 184 teams):
14u -- SoCal Choppers Faucett (Valencia, CA)
16u -- OK Exclusive Gold Hughes (Oklahoma, City, OK)
18u -- NW Bullets Gold (Portland, OR)

2014 Champions (Georgia, 186 teams):
16u -- Georgia Elite Hoover
18u -- Corona Angels Tyson

2013 Champions (Reno, 120 teams):
16u -- Corona Angels Slye
18u -- Firecrackers Rijo

2012 Champions (New York, 60 teams):
16u -- Firecrackers Aurajo
18u -- Firecrackers Rico

FAQ

EVENT PARTNERS

REFUND POLICY

All refunds processed by February 25, 2024 will incur a 20% administrative fee. Starting February 25, 2024, no refunds will be available for withdrawal. Alternatively, teams withdrawing before February 25th have 30 days to transfer funds to another Triple Crown event being held within one calendar year without application of the administrative fee.

Transfer is for one event only and any unused funds will be forfeited.

WEATHER CANCELLATIONS:
There is a chance this tournament could be canceled due to inclement weather. If the event is canceled prior to the start of the event, a 20% administrative fee will be retained to cover fixed costs or a transfer as previously detailed will be offered.

If the event starts and you play 0 games, TCS will retain 20% of your entry fee to cover administration costs; if you play one game TCS will refund 50% and 2 games or more, no refund will be provided.

CONTACT

Krista Crawford
Call or Text: (970) 672-0522
Email: krista@triplecrownsports.com