Received: 8/12/07 12:48:04 PM From: "Gilles LeBlanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Canada improves to 3-0 in softball -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canadaimproves to 3-0 in softball BANGKOK, Thailand -Canada moved to 3-0 in Group A softball action Sunday at the 2007 SummerUniversiade, handing South Africa a 15-0 defeat at Thammasat University. The Canadians face Chinese Taipei (2-0) on Monday at 10 a.m. in what willlikely be a battle for first place in their Group. Chinese Taipei was leadingItaly 3-1 today when play was suspended due to rain. Canada's first nine batters all came around to score as the Pan American Gamessilver medallists opened up an 11-0 lead through one against South Africa. Simon Fraser University's Becky Hartley of Richmond went 3-for-3 with a doubleand three runs scored, while Katie Rosentreter of Winnipeg allowed two hits andstruck out five with one walk during the shortened, four-inning game. "We really wanted to make sure that we worked on our adjustments, wedidn't want it to be a push day," said senior national team andUniversiade head coach Lori Sippel. "I thought the girls did really well.We adjusted to the slower pitching and made them play the ball. Our sights areon the championship game, so we need to make sure we stay sharp mentally and bebetter ballplayers at the end of each game." Canada faced Chinese Taipei earlier this summer at the Canada Cup, beating them12-2, and both teams will have a handful of the same players in their lineupstomorrow. Taking the mound for Canada Monday is Langley, B.C., native DanielleLawrie, the sophomore all-American from the University of Washington. "It's going to look a lot different tomorrow than it did today," saidSippel. "We're going to have to come ready to put some good swings on theball and make the right pitches." -CIS- Source: AriGrossman TeamCanada Sports Information Officer 2007Summer Universiade Cell.in Bangkok, Thailand: 011-66-87-932-9716 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball We plan to be inKitchener August 10-18 2007 ISC World Tournament http://www.iscfastpitch.com/ Follow the action: Go to http://www.iscfastpitch.com/ and click on the ISC icon at the top of the page for all the ISC World Tournament action or click on the ISC II icon for all the ISC II Tournament of Champions action. Or go direct: ISC 2007 World Tournament: http://www.iscfastpitch.com/index.php?page=153 ISC II 2007 Tournament of Champions: http://www.iscfastpitch.com/index.php?page=157 VIA http://www.webbox.com
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