Senior Women prepare for 15th Annual Canada Cup

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Received: 7/9/08 9:57:57 AM 
From:  "Andrea Carisse" <scintern at softball.ca> 

   
Subject:  Senior Women prepare for 15th Annual Canada Cup   
   

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE

 

July 9th, 2008

 

Senior Women prepare for15th Annual Canada Cup 

 

(Surrey, BC) - With only one monthleft before Team Canada is
set to compete at the Olympic Summer Games inBeijing, the squad
looks to strengthen its reputation at the Canada Cup,extending
from July 12-20 in Surrey, BC.

 

Following a disappointing 5-1semi-final loss to Australia (ranked
third in the world) at the Tri Nations Cupin Kitchener, ON, the
upcoming Canada Cup will allow the Senior Women to gainvaluable
experience against their Olympic opponents.  Olympic teams competinginclude
Japan (second), Australia (third), China (fourth), Venezuela
andChinese Taipei.

 

Canada will play its firstgame of the tournament on July 12th
(6:30 p.m. PDT) against CzechRepublic and will face rival, Australia
in round-robin play on July 17th(6:30 p.m. PDT).  The championship
will be decided on July 20th withthe semi-final set to take place
at 1:30p.m. CDT and the final at 6:30p.m. CDT.

 

All Canada Cup games will beplayed at Softball City, a premier
sports and entertainment complex consistingof four diamonds.
Events, such as a Parmalat Learn to Play Clinic (July 11thand
Special Olympics Day (July 16th) will take place throughout thetournament
and will add to the overall excitement.

Following is the list of players who were selected to the Olympic
Roster andwill be competing at the Canada Cup:

Team Roster

#3 Lauren Bay Regula (Trail, BC)
#17 Alison Bradley (Pinkerton, ON)
#18 Erin Cumpstone (Saskatoon, SK)
#23 * Tamra Howren (White Rock, BC)                         
                                                            
                                                            
                   #4Sheena Lawrick (Calgary, AB)
#13 Danielle Lawrie (Langley, BC)
#11 Caitlin Lever (Buffalo, New York)
#15 Robin Mackin (Newmarket, ON)
#21 Noemie Marin (Acton-Vale, QC)
#12 Melanie Matthews (Surrey, BC)
#20 Erin McLean (Whitby, ON)
#77 Dione Meier (Saskatoon, SK)
#10 *Kristy Odamura (Richmond, BC)
#55 Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, ON)
#8 *Katie Rosentreter (Winnipeg, MB)
#7 Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, BC)
#14 Megan Timpf (Port Dover, ON)
#10 Jennifer Yee (North Delta, BC)

* Olympic Team Alternates

Coaching Staff 

Head Coach: Lori Sippel (Stratford, ON)
Assistant Coach: Lonni Alameda (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Assistant Coach: Wendy Dobbin (Oshawa, ON)
Assistant Coach: Jim Peterson (DesMoines, Washington)
Assistant Coach: Don Bates (Saskatoon, SK)
Athletic Therapist: Laurie Freebairn (Maple Ridge, BC)
Team Leader: Harvey Stevenson (Victoria, BC)

Make sure to visit the Softball Canada website (www.softball.ca),where
you can follow the team’s progress at the event with post-game
newsstories and box scores. Further Canada Cup information can
also be found at www.canadacup.com

-SC-

For more information, please contact;

Andrea Carisse

Softball Canada

(613) 523-3386 x. 3102

scintern(at)softball.ca

 
 

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