Received: 7/6/07 1:32:00 AM From: "DiAnne Lilburn" <dianne.lilburn(at)softball.org.au>
Subject: Australia advances to finals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Media Release 6 July 2007 Australia advances to finals The Australian Open Womens team, Aussie Spirit, arethrough to the first round of the finals at the 2007 Canada Cup. After a turbulent week, Aussie Spirit capped off the end of the round robingames with a 15-0 win over Puerto Rico to secure themselves a third place spot,behind USA and Japan Elite, on the White Pool ladder. Aussie Spirit batters came out firing from the start of the game scoring amassive seven runs in the first innings of play. They followed it up in the topof the second innings, scoring six runs with Puerto Rico having no answers. In the top of the first innings, top order batter, Kerry Wyborn was walked andmoved around the bases to score Australias first run and later returningto hit a double to score Jodie Bowering, Kate Quigley and Belinda Wright. Jodie Bowering was outstanding with her bat, contributingsix runs to Australias score. She had three turns at bat, scoring threeruns and batting three runners home. It took Aussie Spirit just three innings to secure the win to take their win-lossratio for the tournament so far to 4-2. Felicity Witt pitched the win for Australia in just 2.6 innings, giving upthree hits with one strike-out. Australia now meets Japan, who finished second on the Red Pool ladder behindCanada, tomorrow at 6.00am (AEST). _____________________________________ 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 19 Women'steam (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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