[Alsfastball] Canada Defeats Chinese Taipei to win Prague Cup

[Al Doran]

From: "Lisette Johnson-Stapley" <lstapley at softball.ca>
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Subject: SOFTBALL - Canada Defeats Chinese Taipei to win Prague Cup
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 15:36:52 -0400


Media Release

For immediate release

August 1, 2004



Canada Wins Prague Softball Cup



(Ottawa, ON)   In a wild final game, Canada defeated Chinese Taipei 7-5 to 
win the 2004 Prague Softball Cup.



Canada came out firing in the top of the first inning and struck for 4 
runs.  Kristy Odamura singled and advanced to second on a Rachel Shill 
sacrifice bunt.  Alison Bradley singled to drive in Odamura for Canada’s 
first run.  Jackie Lance then singled to put runners on the 
corners.  Angela Lichty drove in Bradley with a hit.  Lance and Lichty both 
scored on Chinese Taipei throwing errors.



Chinese Taipei took the lead with 1 run in the bottom of the first and 4 
runs in the bottom of the second.  Canada committed 3 fielding errors in 
the second which resulted in 3 unearned runs for their opponents.



The game remained 5-4 for Chinese Taipei until the top of the sixth when 
Canada struck for 3 runs.  Kim Sarrazin walked and was replaced by pinch 
runner Erin White.  Sheena Lawrick singled to put two Canadian runners on 
base.  Erin Cumpstone then stepped up to the plate and belted a triple to 
right field to drive in White and Lawrick with the games decisive 
runs.  Sasha Olson drove in Cumpstone with a sacrifice fly to make the 
final score 7-5.



On the mound Canada used all 4 of it’s pitchers.  Auburn Sigurdson started 
the game for Canada and lasted only 1 2/3 innings.  Ani Nyhus entered the 
game in the 2nd inning and pitched 2 1/3 innings.  Kaila Holtz earned the 
win, pitching 2 1/3 innings.  Lauren Bay was credited with the save, 
pitching the final two outs in the bottom of the seventh.  Po-Jen Lin took 
the loss for Chinese Taipei.



“Both teams started out poorly in the first two innings, but things settled 
down into a pretty good game after that”, stated Coach Glenn 
Boles.  “Winning this game is a great positive for us in our last game 
before the Olympics.”



Canada will face this same Chinese Taipei team in the first game of the 
Olympics on August 14th.



Jackie Lance received the tournament MVP award and Kristy Odamura was named 
top batter.  In the bronze medal game, the Netherlands defeated the Czech 
Republic 7-1.




The 15 member Olympic Softball Roster includes:



Lauren Bay               Pitcher           Trail, B.C.

Alison Bradley          Outfield          Pinkerton, ON

Erin Cumpstone      Catcher          Saskatoon, SK

Cindy Eadie              3rd base          Brantford, ON

Kaila Holtz                 Pitcher           Amherst, MA (HT-North 
Vancouver, BC)

Jackie Lance                        Utility              Albuquerque, NM 
(HT-South Delta, BC)
Sheena Lawrick       Infield             Calgary, AB

Angela Lichty           Short Stop     Guelph, ON

Ani Nyhus                 Pitcher           White Rock, BC

Kristy Odamura        2nd base         Richmond, BC

Sasha Olson             Outfield          Valemount, BC

Kim Sarrazin             Catcher          St-Eustache, QC

Rachel Schill                        Outfield          Kitchener, ON

Auburn Sigurdson   Pitcher           Surrey, BC

Erin White                 1st base          North Liberty, IA (HT – 
Richmond, BC)



Coaching Staff:

Mike Renney            Burnaby BC                         Head Coach

Glenn Boles              St. Catharines, ON              Assistant Coach

Patrick Murphy         Northport, 
AL                                    Assistant Coach

Noreen Murphy        Saskatoon, SK                     Assistant Coach

Laurie Freebairn      Maple Ridge, BC                  Therapist

Gil Read                    Kanata, ON                           Team Leader





All player profiles as well as head and shoulders, and action shots can be 
found on the Softball Canada website at 
<http://www.softball.ca/>www.softball.ca  (women’s national team / player 
profiles section).



Softball Canada is the national sport governing body for the sport of fast 
pitch, slo-pitch and orthodox softball in Canada.



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For more information, please contact Ron Gallinger Program Director – 
National Teams, Softball Canada at 613-523-3386 ext. 3101 or 613-558-4663 
or by email at <mailto:rgallinger at softball.ca>rgallinger at softball.ca,




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