ISF XII Women's World Championship FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 28, 2010
Canada bounces back with win at World Softball Championship (Caracas, Venezuela) After a tough 2-1 loss to Japan on Sunday afternoon, the Canadian Women's National Team bounced back in a big way by shutting out South Africa by a score of 12-0 through four innings due to the run-ahead rule. The win improves Canada's record to 5-1 with one preliminary round game remaining against the Netherlands (4-2) at 7:30pm EDT on Tuesday. A win would guarantee second place in Pool A for Canada. The Canadian bats wasted no time to get going, scoring eight runs in the bottom half of the first. Melanie Matthews (Surrey, BC) led off with a single, and later scored on a double to right field by Jenn Yee (North Delta, BC). Sheena Lawrick (Calgary, Alberta) and Jen Salling (Port Coquitlam, BC) each cracked singles, pushing Yee in to score. After a walk to Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, ON) loaded the bases, Jill Russell (London, ON) then proceeded to push two runs in to score with a double to extend the lead to 4-0 with only one out. A pitching change seemed to spark South Africa as the next hitter struck out, but that only temporarily stopped the bleeding as the next hitter, Evelyne Pare (Ile-Perrot, QC) hit an infield single to score Rafter before Melanie Matthews cracked a three-run homerun to centerfield to increase the lead to 8-0. Canada then added four more runs in the second, highlighted by a solo homerun by Jenn Yee, who connected with her fourth of the tournament. Tina Andreana (Oakville, ON) made her first career start in the pitcher's circle for Canada, and dominated South Africa by allowing only one hit and striking out two in four innings of work. At the plate, Melanie Matthews, Jenn Yee, Sheena Lawrick, Jen Salling and Evelyne Pare all contributed two hits, while Jill Russell and Heather Ebert (Rosthern, SK) also added one hit apiece to round out Canada 12-hit attack. 'We will continue to do our job on the field of play' stated Team Canada Head Coach Mark Smith. 'We will put the emphasis on teamwork, as I believe that all of our players have responded well at this World Championship' In other action on Monday, Australia shut down New Zealand 10-0, Cuba blanked Argentina 5-0, the United States beat the Dominican Republic 10-1, Chinese Taipei doubled the Netherlands 6-3, China defeated the Czech Republic 8-1, Japan remained perfect with a 7-0 win over Great Britain, and Venezuela shut out Botswana 10-0. Canada 12 vs. South Africa 0: Box Score -SC- For more information, please contact: Gilles LeBlanc Manager - Marketing and Communications Softball Canada (613) 523-3386 ext. 3105 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 VIA http://www.webbox.com _______________________________________________ Alsfastball mailing list Alsfastball@fastpitchwest.com http://fastpitchwest.com/mailman/listinfo/alsfastball_fastpitchwest.com
