The Carolina Diamonds, formerly known as the NPF Diamonds, Tennessee Diamonds, Rockford Thunder and Texas Thunder, was a women's softball team based in
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...
. Since the 2004 season, they have played as a member of
National Pro Fastpitch
National Pro Fastpitch (NPF), formerly the Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL), was a professional women's softball league in the United States. The teams battled for the Cowles Cup.
The WPSL was founded in 1997 and folded in 2001; the NPF revive ...
(NPF). They were known as the Texas Thunder from 2004 to 2006, the Rockford Thunder from 2007 to 2009, and the Tennessee Diamonds in 2010. They relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012.
The Thunder won the 2009 Cowles Cup Championship of NPF by defeating the USSSA Pride in the championship game held in
Akron, Ohio
Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 C ...
on August 23, 2009.
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In February 2013, it was announced that the team had folded and the roster would now be picked up by the NPF expansion team, the
New York/New Jersey Comets.
2012 roster
Season-by-season results
2011 roster
References
External links
Official Diamonds website*
Softball teams
2004 establishments in Texas
2013 disestablishments in North Carolina
Sports clubs and teams established in 2004
Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 2013
Sports clubs and teams in Charlotte, North Carolina
Sports in Nashville, Tennessee
Sports clubs and teams in Tennessee
Defunct softball teams in the United States
Defunct National Pro Fastpitch teams
Defunct sports clubs and teams in North Carolina
Carolina Diamonds
Women's sports in North Carolina
Women's sports in Tennessee
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