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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE August15th, 2009 TheNetherlands Eliminate Canada in Extra Innings at Youth World Cup (Prague,Czech Republic) After a tough 11-10 loss in 11 innings against Puerto Rico onFriday, the Canadian Womens U16 National Team suffered another heartbreakingloss by a score of 5-4 in eight innings against the Netherlands. As a result,Canada has now been eliminated from the Easton Foundation Youth World Cup, butwas certainly in every game they played with all three losses in extra inningsagainst strong competitors. TeamCanada got off to a great start, as Jaycee Affeldt (MapleRidge, BC) struck out the side in the top of the first and the Canadian batscame out swinging in the bottom of the inning. Jennifer Gilbert(McKinney, Texas) led off with a single, and Tessa Loewen (Abbotsford,BC) smacked a ball to left field that eluded the outfielder allowing bothGilbert and Loewen to race around the bases to score. However, the lead wasshort lived as the Netherlands responded with two runs of their own in the topof the second and added another in the top of the third to go up 3-2. Canadacame back to tie the game 3-3 in the bottom of the third when Tessa Loewen and Tarah Ettinger(Plainfield, Illinois) both singled and advanced to second third on a fly ball.Loewen later scored on an error. After the Netherlands added another run totake a 4-3 lead, Canada tied the game once again in the bottom of the sixth.Tarah Ettinger led off with a single and was sacrificed to second beforescoring on a single by Jaycee Affeldt. Afterboth teams failed to score in the seventh, the game went into an extra inning,as Netherlands pushed their runner in from second but Canada was unable to dothe same, as the Netherlands won 5-4. JayceeAffeldt started the game in the pitchers circle for Canada, allowing threeruns on four hits with five strikeouts. Jennifer Gilbert pitched an inning anda third of relief and allowed one run on one hit with one strikeout, while Karissa Hovinga (LaVista, Nebraska) pitched the remaining 3 2/3 innings allowing one run on onehit and struck out six batters. Atthe plate, Tessa Loewen had a hit, two runs batted in and two runs scored,while Jaycee Affeldt had a hit and an RBI. Jennifer Gilbert, Tarah Ettinger andMiranda Castiglione(Brampton, ON) each added a hit. Canadavs. Netherlands: BoxScore and Play-by-Play Inother action at the Easton Foundation Youth World Cup, the Dominican Republiceliminated the Czech Republic with a 5-0 win, Japan advanced directly to theGold medal game with a 3-2 win over Puerto Rico, and the Netherlands shut outthe Dominican Republic 1-0 to earn a spot in the medal round. The Netherlandswill take on Puerto Rico in the Bronze medal game at 5:00am EDT Sunday morning,with the winner moving on to face Japan in the Gold medal game at 11:00am EDT. -SC- Formore information, please contact: GillesLeBlanc Manager Marketing and Communications SoftballCanada (613)523-3386 x3105 glebl...@softball.ca Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com fastb...@pmihrm.com NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball ISC World Tournament, August 14-21, http://www.iscfastpitch.com/ VIA http://www.webbox.com
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