Junior Women's National Team - Exhibition #1

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Junior Women's National Team - Exhibition #1

(Bogota, Colombia) The Canadian Junior Women's National Team
opened their ISF Pan American Qualifier schedule in Bogota with
an 11-6 exhibition game win over the host Colombians. Canada
built a 7-0 second inning advantage and had an 11-0 lead heading
in to the bottom of the seventh and gave up six runs in a sloppy
inning before they finally got the last out. 

Canada used five pitchers in the game with Jocelyn Cater (Maple
Ridge, BC) starting and picking up the win. Natalie Becker (Waterloo,
ON), Jacquie Omichinski (Abbbotsford, BC), Shanna Wilson (Peterborough,
ON) and Karissa Hovinga (La Vista, Nebraska) followed in the
pitcher's circle. The Canadian pitching staff only gave up four
hits and struck out 11, allowing three earned runs. 

Canada scored three runs in the first inning highlighted by Katelyn
Bedwell's (Surrey, BC) RBI single after singles by Jennifer Gilbert
(Mckinney, Texas) and Victoria Hayward (Mountain View, California).
Canada added four in the second on two hits, a Gilbert triple
and a single by Bedwell. Tessa Loewen (Abbotsford, BC) added
a single run in the third. After working a walk, she scored on
a fielder's choice by Hayward. 

In the sixth, Corinne Brookhuis (Toronto, ON) singled and scored
on a Omichinski double to centre field, who then scored on a
Brigitte Aizprua (Terebonne, QC) single. Canada's final run came
after an error and singles by Brookhuis and Bedwell in the seventh.


In the Colombian seventh, Canada gave up six runs with some sloppy
play as they made three errors and gave up three hits but managed
to stem the tide as Karissa Hovinga came in to get the final
out with a strike out. 

Bedwell led the way with three hits and two RBI's. Omichinski,
Gilbert and Brookhuis had two hits each with singles to Hayward,
Natasha Szlapetis (Brampton, ON) and Brigitte Aizprua. 

Canada plays the USA tomorrow at 11:00am (local time) in another
exhibition game. 

-SC- 

For more information, please contact: 

Gilles LeBlanc 
Manager - Marketing and Communications 
Softball Canada 
(613) 523-3386 ext. 3105 
gleblanc at softball.ca

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