Received: 6/26/07 7:17:42 PM From: "DiAnne Lilburn" <dianne.lilburn(at)softball.org.au>
Subject: Australia's win over Canada secures place in finals Media Release 27 June 2007 Australias win over Canada secures place in finals With rain delaying the start of the game against Canada,Australia came out strong to secure their fifth win of the VIII ISF JuniorWomens World Championship in last nights play. The Australian Under 19 Womens team, Aussie Prideplayed exceptional softball in one of their biggest games of the championshipdefeating the world number six Canadian team 7-4. With Canada having a variety of good pitchers and a mix of speed and power inthe batters box, Australia needed to continue their domination in thebatters box and on the pitching mound after scoring 30 runs in theirlast two games without Italy and Botswana scoring a run. Australia started the third innings well scoring five runsthrough Ashleigh Deen, Verity Long-Droppert, Leigh Godfrey, Chelsea Forkin, andRenee Gloss. Canada changed their pitchers three times during the inningsto try and stop the Australian team. Head coach Leanne Evans was certain the young team would getover the line, saying I was confident that with our solid defence andrecent hitting form that we would beat the Canadians. We both have been evenlyplaced so far in the championship and we have had the advantage of two hugewins in the lead up to this game. Clair Currie added another run to the growing tally in thetop of the fifth innings and Verity Long-Droppert, scored her second run of thegame in the sixth innings, helping Australia secure the win. Alison Bourne, who turns 19 tomorrow, pitched the seveninnings for Australia, giving up only four hits, facing 29 batters with sevenstrike-outs. Bourne has pitched a total of seventeen innings with 29 strikeouts for the championship so far. Australia will play Puerto Rico in the last of the roundrobin matches tonight at 7.30pm (AEST). Australia has been one of the stand out teams in Pool Balong with the USA and Canada. Japan is the most dominant team in Pool A,followed by Holland, Venezuela and Chinese Taipei. If Australia defeat Puerto Rico, they will finish in secondplace on the Pool B ladder and will take on Japan, Pool A leaders, on Friday inthe first of the finals. _____________________________________ DiAnne Lilburn National CommunicationsCoordinator Softball Australia Suite 4, Ground Floor 38-40 Prospect Street Box Hill, Victoria 3128 T: +61 3 9890 8200 F: +61 3 9890 8295 M: +61 (0) 405 509 674 For moreinformation visit www.softball.org.au _____________________________________________________________________________ Did you know thatAustralia is the world's number one softball nation? World number three - Open Women's team (Aussie Spirit), Silver Medallist(Athens, 2004), Bronze Medallists (Sydney 2000 and Atlanta 1996). World number one - Under 19 Men's team (Aussie Colts), three consecutiveWorld Championship titles. World number three - Open Men's team (Aussie Steelers) and Under 19Women's team (Aussie Pride). Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball VIA http://www.webbox.com
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