The U.S. Olympic softball team needed a tough test before leaving for China.

Angela Tincher and her Akron Racers teammates made sure it got one.

Tincher, who was named the ACC female athlete of the year on Tuesday morning, pitched for her pro team Tuesday night against the Olympians.

Tincher, who threw a no-hitter to help Virginia Tech upset the U.S. squad 1-0 in March, did not get a decision this time. She was taken out after three innings even though Akron led 2-1.

The Olympians scored four runs in the top of the seventh to win 6-2 in front of an overflow crowd of 6,256 fans in Akron, Ohio -- the third-largest crowd of their tour.

Akron general manager Joey Arrietta had said last week that the Racers planned to use all four of their pitchers in Tuesday's game, and that's what they did. Arrietta had said her team wouldn't use Tincher too much Tuesday because of a series against National Pro Fastpitch rival Rockford that begins today.

Tincher allowed one run (earned), two hits and one walk while striking out five. She threw 59 pitches.

"I wish I could have pitched more," Tincher said. "But this was fun, just having a lead early against a team like this. I was happy with three innings."

Natasha Watley had an RBI single off Tincher in the bottom of the third to cut Akron's lead to 2-1. Angel Shamblin relieved Tincher to start the fourth.

Jessica Mendoza hit an RBI single off Shamblin to tie the score in the fifth.

In the seventh, Jamee Jaurez relieved losing pitcher Radara McHugh with two runners on base. Juarez gave up an RBI single to Kelly Kretschman and a three-run homer to Andrea Duran.

"This was great preparation," Duran said. "It's always good to be put in the cooker."

Monica Abbott settled down after giving up a two-run homer to Kristen Butler in the first inning. She pitched a three-hitter and struck out 10.

U.S. coach Mike Candrea had hoped Akron would challenge his team.

"You have to be a good starter and a good finisher at the Olympics," he said. "It was good for us to get down and have to fight our way back. This team never quits. This does a lot more for us than those 19-0 games. I hope we can get a couple more like this before we head over there."

Earlier in the day, Tincher became the first softball player to be named ACC female athlete of the year since the award was established in 1990.

The James River and Tech graduate led the Hokies to the Women's College World Series this year, when she went 38-10 and led the nation in strikeouts (679) and ERA (0.63).

Tincher received 23 votes from the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association; national golfer of the year Amanda Blumenherst of Duke was second with 13 votes out of the 67 cast. National field hockey player Rachel Dawson of North Carolina was third with 11.

UNC basketball star Tyler Hansbrough won the men's award with 28 votes. Two-time NCAA singles champ Somdev Devvarman of Virginia was second with 20. Florida State baseball star Buster Posey was third with 12.

The ACC honor was the latest of many for Tincher, who won the Honda and USA Softball awards as the national college softball player of the year. She also won the Lowe's Senior CLASS award for softball and was named the Division I softball Academic All-American of the Year.

She was a finalist for the Sullivan Award, which went to Florida quarterback Tim Tebow as the amateur athlete of the year. She also was a finalist for the Honda-Broderick Cup and ESPY awards for female college athlete of the year, losing both times to Candace Parker.