Valerie Arioto's two RBIs and Keilani Ricketts' clutch seventh-inning pitching helped lift the U.S. national team to the World Cup of Softball championship July 26 in Oklahoma City.  The two former Sorcerers continued the outstanding play they had exhibited during earlier rounds of the tournament.  Arioto's first-inning walk and third -inning single plated two runs and marked the tenth two-out RBI she had produced during World Cup play.  Val, who was forced to miss the entire 2011 collegiate season with a broken leg and conducted pre-national team training at Sorcerer Academy, earlier in the tournament stroked a two-run triple in a win over Australia, a two-run double and grand slam homer in an 8-4 pool win over Japan, and a homer in a 10-0 victory over Great Britain.  Ricketts' save in the finals was her third impressive outing in Cup play, following her pool play wins over Australia and Japan.  Keilani is no stranger to important wins in Hall of Fame Stadium, home of the World Cup, having pitched Sorcerer to the 2009 ASA 18 Gold National Championship on the same field.  The win over Japan was no small achievement.  Japan is softball's reigning Olympic champion. Fellow Sorcerer student and player Victoria Hayward was a member of the World Cup third-place team - Canada - playing the outfield and hitting second in the lineup.  Congratulations to Vic, and to Val, Keilani and the entire USA team - World Cup champions!