[Alsfastball] White Sox knocked out of Canada Cup

[Al Doran]

Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 13:54:45 +1200
To: fastball
From: SNZ Web-master <snz-webm at ihug.co.nz>
Subject: White Sox knocked out of Canada Cup

White Sox knocked out of Canada Cup

Sunday July 11th

The strong run of the New Zealand women's softball team at the 
international Canada Cup tournament has been brought to a halt today in 
Surrey, British Columbia.

In their third playoff game the White Sox were beaten by the Japanese Elite 
team 2-0 and have now been eliminated from the tournament.

The White Sox fought hard in the game but were unable to get bat on ball 
with enough consistency to put pressure on the Japanese fielders. The 
playoff game went down to the wire with the Japanese side only picking up 
their winning runs in the top of the sixth inning.

Japan had plenty of chances as they picked up nine hits in the game but 
strong fielding and a good performance on the mound from White Sox pitcher 
Ali Arnold denied the Japanese time and again.

New Zealand picked up just one hit in the game with captain Fiona Timu 
getting a single in the third inning.

Once again pitcher Arnold was strong on the mound pitching all seven 
innings facing 31 batters giving up nine hits, two runs and two walks and 
taking seven strikeouts.

Earlier in the day the White Sox picked up a 2-0 win over American club 
side the Shutt Hurricanes from California.

Going into the tournament the White Sox had been targeting a playoffs spot 
which they achieved picking up victories over Olympic bound sides Canada 
and Chinese Taipei along the way.

The White Sox head home now with the two week tour proving a beneficial 
exercise in bringing the team together and building towards the long term 
goals of the 2006 World Championships and the 2008 Olympics.


By SNZ Media Liaison: Kelly Mitchell
*  mailto:kelly.mitchell at xtra.co.nz

http://www.softball.org.nz/
* mailto:snz at softball.org.nz


Cheers Vance
Softball New Zealand web master.
*  mailto:snz-webm at ihug.co.nz

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