Canadian Softball Team earns Silver Medal at China Cup

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From:  "Gilles LeBlanc" <gleblanc(at)softball.ca> 


  
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October14th, 2007

 

CanadianSoftball Team earns Silver Medal at China Cup

 

(Beijing,China) – The China Cup concluded this morning as Canada
took on China in theGold Medal game. After a key win against
Australia in the first semi-final,Canada earned a direct berth
to the grand final, while China had a longer road,needing to
beat both Chinese Taipei and Australia, accomplishing the task
toreach the grand final in front of their hometown fans. The
Chinese got a fewkey hits and strong pitching throughout the
game, limiting the Canadians toonly three hits for the 5-0 win.

 

Chinaopened the scoring in the bottom of the second on a bases
loaded walk issued byCanadian starting pitcher Lauren Bay Regula
(Trail, BC), giving the home team a1-0 lead. China then increased
its lead in the fourth, connecting for a two-runsingle with the
bases loaded followed by another two-run single with runners
onsecond and third.

 

TheChinese pitchers held the Canadian bats in check, allowing
only three hits andno walks over seven innings. Melanie Matthews
(Surrey, BC), Erin McLean(Whitby, ON) and Sheena Lawrick (Calgary,
AB) each singled for Canada.

 

LaurenBay Regula started the game in the pitcher’s circle for
Canada, allowing oneearned run on three hits and two walks while
striking out three batters in oneand two-thirds innings of work.
Danielle Lawrie (Langley, BC) came on to pitchtwo innings of
relief, allowing three earned runs on five hits and a walk, collectingtwo
strikeouts. Robin Mackin (Newmarket, ON) then mopped up the last
two and athird innings without surrendering a hit, issuing two
walks and striking outtwo Chinese hitters.

 

Withthe win, China earned the Gold Medal in front of their fans,
while Canada wasawarded with the Silver Medal. Australia took
the Bronze.

 

Withthe China Cup and Olympic Selection Camp now complete, the
Canadian coachingstaff will now focus on naming the roster for
the 2008 Olympic Games in BeijingChina next August. They have
been evaluating the athlete pool throughout thesummer and used
the China Cup as the final stage of the ongoing evaluationprocess.

 

Thecomplete box scores and play-by-play are available at www.softball.ca

 

-SC-

 

GillesLeBlanc

Manager:Marketing and Communications Services

SoftballCanada

gleblanc at softball.ca

(613)523-3386 ext. 3105

 

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