Received: 6/25/07 1:23:15 PM From: "Gilles Leblanc" <gleblanc(at)softball.ca>
Subject: Canada bounces back in win against Puerto Rico -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25th, 2007 Canada bounces back in win against Puerto Rico (Enschede, Netherlands) - The Canadian Junior Women's Softball team came up with an outstanding performance after a very uninspiring effort the night before to defeat Puerto Rico 7-0 in an important game. Canada is fighting for second place with Puerto Rico (3-2) and Australia (4-1) in their pool and needed to defeat both teams to clinch second place and a very important double life for the elimination round. The top two teams from each pool receive double life, which means that they need to be beaten twice in the elimination round to be eliminated from the tournament. In the game against Puerto Rico, Megan Evans (Brooklin, ON) came up with a great game as she fired a no hitter and allowed only one base runner who reached on an error in the fifth inning. She faced only sixteen batters in the five inning run-ahead rule shortened game (ahead by seven runs after five innings). Evans had her rise ball working all game and recorded eight strikeouts in picking up her first win of the tournament. The team hit really well and was solid defensively stated Evans. I was happy to shut them down and not allow any solid hits. It has been fun to play at the international level and see what teams from other countries have. I'm excited to be given the opportunity to represent my country. Canada banged out eight hits and opened the scoring in the first inning as lead off hitter Richelle McGarva (Cloverdale, BC) drilled the first pitch of the game to the centre field fence for a double. Katrina Lavadan (Scarborough, ON) sacrificed McGarva over to third with a bunt before McGarva scored the first run of the game on a wild pitch. In the fourth inning, Canada exploded for four runs on five hits including two doubles and a triple to break the game open. Charlotte Dolan (Coquitlam, BC) singled to centre and Corrine Doornberg (Langley, BC) pinch ran for her. Robyn Draper (Brampton, ON) followed with a triple off the fence to score Doornberg from first base. With one out, Heidi Purtzer (Scottsdale, Arizona) drilled a two strike pitch up the middle to bring Draper home. Stephanie LeClair (Kitchener, ON) then lined a double into the left field gap to score Purtzer. Jessica Tieszen (South Surrey, BC) immediately followed with another line drive in the left field gap to score LeClair for Canada's fourth run of the inning and a 5-0 lead. In the bottom of the fifth, Jesslyn Hodge (Vancouver, BC) and Dolan both drew walks. Pearl Coleshill (Toronto, ON) came into the game to pinch run for Dolan. Puerto Rico made a pitching change and Robyn Draper hit the second pitch right back at the pitcher and hit her in the shin, loading the bases for Canada. After two fielders choices with outs being recorded at the plate, Stephanie LeClair hit a grounder to third and the fielder first looked to go home but elected to throw to first base, but LeClair was called safe and Draper scored to make it 6-0. Jessica Tieszen then hit a hard ground ball to short which the fielder was not able to handle and this allowed Carly Moir (White Rock, BC) to score to close out the 7-0 win for Canada. After being beat by them in Puerto Rico last year, our team came out strong today with good defense and solid at bats said Tieszen after the game. The harder competition and higher level of play here at the Worlds has motivated us to play our A game, and quickly gel together as a team. Canada plays Australia tomorrow at 9:00am (ET). The game can be seen through webcam feeds through Softball Canadas website (www.softball.ca). -SC- For more information, please contact: Gilles LeBlanc Sport/Recreation Management Intern MBA in Sport and Recreation Management University of New Brunswick Softball Canada Coordinator, Marketing and Communications gleblanc(at)softball.ca (613) 523-3386 ext 3105 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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