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National Pro Fastpitch Playoffs
2010-

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2010 Playoffs
Semifinals
Chicago Bandits 30-20 vs. Tennessee Diamonds 16-33
Chicago Bandits Win Series 2-0
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 Chicago Bandits
 Tennessee Diamonds
 2-0
Game 2
 Chicago Bandits
 Tennessee Diamonds
 4-1
Semifinals
USSSA Pride 28-20 vs. Akron Racers 24-25
USSSA Pride Win Series 2-1
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 USSSA Pride
 Akron Racers
 3-2
Game 2
 Akron Racers
 USSSA Pride
 3-2
Game 3
 USSSA Pride
 Akron Racers
 6-1
2010 NPF Finals
Chicago Bandits vs. USSSA Pride
USSSA Pride Win NPF Cowles Cup 2-1
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 USSSA Pride
 Chicago Bandits
 2-1
Game 2
 Chicago Bandits
 USSSA Pride
 7-2
Game 3
 USSSA Pride
 Chicago Bandits
 7-2

2011 Playoffs
Semifinals
USSSA Pride 30-9 vs. NPF Diamonds 6-32
USSSA Pride Win Series 2-0
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 USSSA Pride NPF Diamonds 8-7
Game 2
 USSSA Pride NPF Diamonds 7-0
Semifinals
Akron Racers 22-17 vs. Chicago Bandits 20-20
Chicago Bandits Win Series 2-0
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 Chicago Bandits Akron Racers 8-1
Game 2
 Chicago Bandits Akron Racers 7-4
2011 NPF Finals
USSSA Pride vs. Chicago Bandits
Chicago Bandits Win NPF Cowles Cup 2-0
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 Chicago Bandits USSSA Pride 4-3 (8 innings)
Game 2
 Chicago Bandits USSSA Pride 10-3

2012 Playoffs
Semifinals
USSSA Pride 31-12 vs. Akron Racers 14-30
USSSA Pride Win Series 2-1
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 USSSA Pride
 Akron Racers
 4-1
Game 2
 Akron Racers
 USSSA Pride
 8-7
Game 3
 USSSA Pride
 Akron Racers
 9-7
Semifinals
Chicago Bandits 25-19 vs. Carolina Diamonds 17-26
Chicago Bandits Win Series 2-0
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 Chicago Bandits
 Carolina Diamonds
 11-1
Game 2
 Chicago Bandits
 Carolina Diamonds
 5-1
2012 NPF Finals
USSSA Pride vs. Chicago Bandits
No Champion - Series Cancelled - Weather
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 Chicago Bandits
 USSSA Pride
 2-1
Game 2
 Cancelled - Weather
Game 3
 Cancelled - Weather

2013 Playoffs
Game 1
Akron Racers 16-32 vs. New York/New Jersey Comets 10-38
Akron Racers Win Game 1

WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE

Akron Racers
 New York/New Jersey Comets
 4-2
Game 2
USSSA Pride 34-14 vs. Akron Racers
USSSA Pride Win Game 2

WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE

USSSA Pride
 Akron Racers
 2-1
2013 NPF Finals
USSSA Pride vs. Chicago Bandits 36-12
USSSA Pride Win NPF Cowles Cup 2-1
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 Chicago Bandits
 USSSA Pride
 3-2
Game 2
 USSSA Pride
 Chicago Bandits
 5-0
Game 3
 USSSA Pride
 Chicago Bandits
 2-1

2014 Playoffs
Semifinals
USSSA Pride 33-15 vs. Pennsylvania Rebellion 9-39
USSSA Pride Win Series 2-0
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 USSSA Pride
 Pennsylvania Rebellion
 6-0
Game 2
 USSSA Pride
 Pennsylvania Rebellion
 3-2
Semifinals
Chicago Bandits 30-18 vs. Akron Racers 24-24
Akron Racers Win Series 2-1
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 Akron Racers
 Chicago Bandits
 2-1
Game 2
 Chicago Bandits
 Akron Racers
 4-1
Game 3
 Akron Racers
 Chicago Bandits
 1-0
2014 NPF Finals
USSSA Pride vs. Akron Racers
USSSA Pride Win NPF Cowles Cup 2-0
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 USSSA Pride
 Akron Racers
 6-0
Game 2
 USSSA Pride
 Akron Racers
 8-3

2015 Playoffs
Semifinals
USSSA Florida Pride 34-14 vs. Dallas Charge 17-31
USSSA Pride Win Series 2-0
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 USSSA Pride
 Dallas Charge
 8-0
Game 2
 USSSA Pride
 Dallas Charge
 8-7
Semifinals
Chicago Bandits 31-17 vs. Akron Racers 22-26
Chicago Bandits Win Series 2-0
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 Chicago Bandits
 Akron Racers
 3-1
Game 2
 Chicago Bandits
 Akron Racers
 5-3
2015 NPF Finals
USSSA Pride vs. Chicago Bandits
Chicago Bandits Win NPF Cowles Cup 2-0
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 Chicago Bandits
 USSSA Pride
 1-0
Game 2
 Chicago Bandits
 USSSA Pride
 1-0

2016 Playoffs
Semifinals
USSSA Florida Pride 37-13 vs. Akron Racers 22-28
USSSA Pride Win Series 2-0
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 USSSA Pride
 Akron Racers
 3-0
Game 2
 USSSA Pride
 Akron Racers
 6-2
Semifinals
Scrap Yard Dawgs 29-19 vs. Chicago Bandits 23-25
Chicago Bandits Win Series 2-1
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 Chicago Bandits
 Scrap Yard Dawgs
 11-2
Game 2
 Scrap Yard Dawgs
 Chicago Bandits
 10-1 (6)
Game 3
 Chicago Bandits
 Scrap Yard Dawgs
 2-1
2016 NPF Finals
USSSA Pride vs. Chicago Bandits
Chicago Bandits Win NPF Cowles Cup 2-1
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 USSSA Pride
 Chicago Bandits
 3-1
Game 2
 Chicago Bandits
 USSSA Pride
 11-5
Game 3
 Chicago Bandits
 USSSA Pride
 2-1

2017 Playoffs
Semifinals
USSSA Pride 40-9 vs. Chicago Bandits 25-24

GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 USSSA Pride
 Chicago Bandits
 4-1
Game 2
 USSSA Pride
 Chicago Bandits
 3-1
Semifinals
Scrap Yard Dawgs 31-18 vs. Akron Racers 26-24

GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 Scrap Yard Dawgs
 Akron Racers
 4-1
Game 2
 Scrap Yard Dawgs
 Akron Racers
 4-3
2017 NPF Finals
USSSA Pride vs. Scrap Yard Dawgs
Scrap Yard Dawgs Win NPF Cowles Cup 2-1
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 USSSA Pride
 Scrap Yard Dawgs
 5-0
Game 2
 Scrap Yard Dawgs
 USSSA Pride
 2-0
Game 3
 Scrap Yard Dawgs
 USSSA Pride
 5-2

2018 Playoffs
2018 NPF Finals
USSSA Pride vs. Chicago Bandits
USSSA Pride Win NPF Cowles Cup 3-0
GAME
 WINNER
 LOSER
 SCORE
Game 1
 USSSA Pride
 Chicago Bandits
 3-2
Game 2
 USSSA Pride Chicago Bandits 3-0
Game 3
 USSSA Pride Chicago Bandits 4-0