Lauren Lappin Event: Softball

• Did not play in a loss to Japan in the gold medal game, 3-1...team went 8-1 at the 2008 Games to take the silver medal...(posted: Aug. 21)

• Did not appear for Team USA in a nine-inning, 4-1 win over Japan that sent the U.S. to the gold medal game...(posted: Aug. 19)

• Helped the U.S. trounce another opponent to finish pool play with a perfect 7-0 record...entered the game at catcher in the fourth inning, and went 0-for-1 at the plate in a 9-0 win over host China to help the team reach the semifinals...(posted: Aug. 18)

• Helped Team USA to an 8-0 win over the Netherlands and push its record to 6-0...came off the bench to play shortstop in the fourth inning...(posted: Aug. 17)

• Made her first Olympic start against Chinese Taipei, catching a two-hitter for hurler Jennie Finch...helped team to a 7-0 victory in five innings, going 1-for-2 with her first Olympic hit and two RBI...(posted: Aug. 15)

• Helped Team USA post two wins in one afternoon, defeating Japan, 7-0, in five innings before coming from behind to defeat Canada, 8-1, in a game resumed from the previous day...saw her first Olympic at bat against Japan, coming in as a pinch hitter...(posted: Aug. 14)

• Did not appear in a 3-0 win over Australia in Team USA's second preliminary game...(posted: Aug. 12)

• Did not appear for Team USA in an 11-0 rout of Venezuela in the team's opener of the 2008 Games...(posted: Aug. 11)

• Former Cardinal All-American shortstop/catcher will make her first Olympic appearance in Beijing...one of the top offensive players for Team USA, hitting .491 and making 28 starts on the recent Bound for Beijing Tour...a two-time All-American at Stanford and two-time Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year...led the Cardinal to its second appearance in the Women's College World Series in 2004 and its first Pac-10 title in 2005...(posted: Aug. 1)