[Alsfastball] Canada defeats Italy and awaits today's game results to determine playoff qualification

[Al Doran]

From: "Lisette Johnson-Stapley" <lstapley at softball.ca>
Subject: Canada defeats Italy and awaits today's game results to determine 
playoff qualification
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 05:48:13 -0400


For immediate release

Friday August 20



Canada defeats Italy to stay in playoff running



(Ottawa, ON)  In Canada's last game of the round robin play at the Olympic 
Games, they defeated Italy 1-0 in 7 innings.  Canada's record is now 3-4 
and will await the result from the China vs Japan game today to see whether 
they secure a playoff berth.



"We knew it was a must win game if we had any hope to make it further," 
stated Pitcher Lauren Bay.  " We just kept it simple and we had great 
defense to keep the Italians off the bases."  When asked about her Olympic 
Experience, Lauren said:  "I had no idea what to expect at the Olympics and 
I am totally blown away.  This gives me lots of motivation to come back to 
the games."



Canada's Rachel Schill hit a triple in the 2nd inning.  Alison Bradley then 
stepped up and sacrificed to left field and Schill tagged up at the plate 
and scored.  Italy almost tied the game in the top of the 7th with a runner 
on third base.  Lauren Bay walked the lead off batter and when Catcher Erin 
Cumpstone attempted to pick at first, the ball was overthrown and the 
runner went to second, the batter was then advanced on a wild pitch to 
advance the player to third.  Bay had a strike out but then the next batter 
hit a grounder to third base Cindy Eadie whom the ball bounced off of but 
luckily for Canada, in the direction of short stop Angela Lichty, who 
picked the ball up and threw to first for the last out of the game to give 
Canada it's much needed victory.



Canada's Lauren Bay was the winning pitcher giving up 0 runs, on 2 hits, 2 
walks and struck out 12 batters.  Italy allowed 0 runs on 1 hit and 2 walks.



Canada is now 3-4.  A win for China against Japan and win for Australia vs 
Greece will tie Canada and Japan for 4th place.   Canada takes 4th because 
of their win over Japan in preliminaries.  Should Japan defeat China, 
Canada and China will tie for 4th and China will take 4th because of win 
over Canada in preliminaries.  Should any position have a 3 way or more 
tie, ranking is decided on the win/loss record for those tied teams only 
and should there still be a tie, the runs against will be considered 
(lowest runs against ranking higher). The top 4 teams advance to the playoffs



Team Canada's profiles and stats as well as previous Olympic results and 
photos can be viewed on the Softball Canada website at 
<http://www.softball.ca/>www.softball.ca.  For more information, please 
contact Lisette Johnson-Stapley, Marketing & Communications Director, 
Softball Canada at 613-795-1996 (Cel.) or 
<mailto:lstapley at softball.ca>lstapley at softball.ca or 613-523-3386 ext. 3105.



TEAM CANADA – Olympic Roster



Pitchers

Ani Nyhus, Surrey, BC

Lauren Bay, Trail, BC

Kaila Holtz, North Vancouver, BC

Auburn Sigurdson, Surrey, BC



Catchers

Kim Sarrazin, St-Eustache, PQ

Erin Cumpstone, Saskatoon, SK



Infielders

Sheena Lawrick, Calgary, AB

Kristy Odamura, Richmond, BC

Cindy Eadie, Brantford, ON

Angela Lichty, Guelph, ON

Erin White, Richmond, BC



Outfielders

Sasha Olson, Valemount, BC

Alison Bradley, Pinkerton, ON

Rachel Schill, Kitchener, ON

Jackie Lance, Delta, BC





Team Staff

Mike Renney, Head Coach

Glenn Boles, Assistant Coach

Patrick Murphy, Assistant Coach

Noreen Murphy, Assistant Coach

Gil Read, Team Leader

Laurie Freebairn, Physiotherapist







Lisette Johnson Stapley
Directrice du Marketing & Communications Director
Softball Canada
2197 Promenade Riverside Drive
Ottawa, ON  K1H 7X3
Tel. (613) 523-3386 ext. 3105
Fax/Telec. (613) 523-5761
<mailto:lstapley at softball.ca>lstapley at softball.ca *** www.softball.ca






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