Received: 7/24/07 7:05:17 PM From: "Gilles LeBlanc" <gleblanc(at)softball.ca>
Subject: Pan_American_Games:_Women's_Softball_Schedule_Changed_/_Je -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE July24th, 2007 PanAmerican Games: Women’s Softball Schedule Changed (Riode Janeiro, Brazil) – After the first day of Women’s Softballaction was postponed due to damages to the venue in City of Rock yesterday, theschedule was knocked off course once again today due to rain. As a result, theXV Pan American Games Rio 2007 Committee (CO-RIO) has re-worked the schedule.Instead of having each of the eight teams playing each other once, the fieldhas been divided into two pools of four teams, with each team playing threegames within their own pool. Inthe playoff round, the second place team from each division will play againsteach other with the losing team being eliminated from the medal round. The twofirst place teams will then face each other in the second playoff game with thewinner moving directly to the Gold Medal game. The third playoff game will bebetween the winning team of the first playoff game and the losing team of thesecond playoff game. The loser of this game will be awarded the bronze medal,while the winner will go on to the Gold Medal game. Followingis the new schedule for team Canada: PoolA PoolB Argentina Brazil Canada Columbia PuertoRico Cuba Venezuela UnitedStates Wednesday,July 25th - Canada vs. Argentina – 9:00am (ET) Canada vs. Puerto Rico – 11:00am (ET) Thursday,July 26th - Canada vs. Venezuela – 1:00pm (ET) Friday,July 27th - Playoff 1: 2nd Place Pool A vs. 2ndPlace Pool B – 1:00pm (ET) -Playoff 2: 1st Place Pool A vs. 1st Place Pool B –3:00pm (ET) Saturday,July 28th - Playoff 3 (Bronze): Winning team of Playoff 1 vs.Losing team of Playoff 2 – 10:00am (ET) - Gold MedalGame: Winning team of Playoff 3 vs. Winning team of Playoff 2 – 12:00noon (ET) -SC- Formore information, please contact: GillesLeBlanc Sport/RecreationManagement Intern MBAin Sport and Recreation Management Universityof New Brunswick Coordinator,Marketing and Communications SoftballCanada [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613)523-3386 ext 3105 Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball VIA http://www.webbox.com
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