New South Wales will start its Australian Women's Baseball Championships defence with a doubleheader on day one of the 2019 event in Canberra.
NSW will open the event against Western Australia from 9am (local time) on Diamond 1 ahead of a rematch of last year's gold medal game against Victoria Blue on Diamond 2 from noon.
New South Wales secured its fourth Women's crown in five years with a 7-6 victory over Victoria Blue at Geelong Baseball Centre last April.
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The champions' roster includes 11 different players to 12 months ago but Emma Cummings, Tiana Lascala and Ellesha Stephenson did feature for New South Wales Country at AWC2018.
Jorja Lyberopoulos, Shai-Lee Reeves and Ebony Van Eynde step up onto the roster after competing at last year's Youth tournament in Geelong.
Victoria Blue has several new faces also but retains Emeralds Shae Lillywhite, Leslie Anglin and Abbey Kelly, while Morgan Doty joins after playing for Western Australia at AWC2018.
Blue will clash with Victoria White in today's other 9am start on Diamond 2.
Queensland and South Australia get their campaign underway on Diamond 1 at midday.
Youth Women's action gets underway on Monday.
Youth Women's action gets underway on Monday.
