Received: 7/7/07 9:33:10 PM From: "DiAnne Lilburn" <dianne.lilburn(at)softball.org.au>
Subject: Australia out of Canada Cup Media Release 8 July 2007 Australia out of Canada Cup The Australian Open Womens team, Aussie Spirit, has bowed out of the 14th Canada Cup today after going down to Japan 7-0. Australian bats were firing earlier in the day against Venezuela scoring a massive 11-2, but had no answers to the Japanese. Head Coach Fabian Barlow was disappointed with his teams performance throughout the tournament. The team had under preformed throughout the tournament in all facets of the game. A handful of players made the most of their opportunities during this tournament, however there is lots of work to be done when players return to their training programs in their individual States. Aussie Spirit batters conceded four hits from Japans pitcher Mishina Masubuchi, but were unable to convert their base runners to score. Japan got the lead early in the game scoring two runs in the second innings and maintained their lead throughout the five innings game. Three of Australias pitchers, Felicity Witt, Zara Mee and Jocelyn McCallum, tried to stop the Japanese batters giving up nine hits, seven runs and two strike-outs. It is the first time in two years Australia has not made it to the gold medal match, with Japan, USA, Canada and Japan Elite still in medal contention. The gold medal match being played on Monday at 11.30am (AEST). _____________________________________ DiAnne Lilburn National Communications Coordinator 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 more information visit www.softball.org.au 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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