 Fielding its strongest team ever yet still with almost no competitive experience in the international softball game, the U.S.Team this time consisted of three professionally ranked WPSA hardball players, including captain Bill Kaplan, David Boyum, and Stewart Grodman, former #1 player at StonyBrook College.Unfortunately, Stew Grodman sustained heat exhaustion in an early round match in the 100+ degree courts and had to be taken to a hospital for intravenous therapy.