Received: 7/17/07 1:56:03 PM From: "Gilles LeBlanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Canada wins bronze medal at KFC World Cup of Softball -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE July17th, 2007 Canadawins bronze medal at KFC World Cup of Softball (OklahomaCity, OK) The Canadian Senior Womens National team earned theirfirst medal of the summer after defeating China 8-2 to earn a bronze medal fromthe KFC World Cup of Softball III which concluded yesterday in Oklahoma City.Canadas bats woke up in the third inning and they were able tomanufacture all the runs they would need to beat China for the second time inthis event. Thegame was scoreless after two complete innings, but Canada responded in a bigway in the top of the third inning. The Canadians quickly loaded the bases astheir three first batters reached base, and Sheena Lawrick (Calgary AB)delivered a one-out single to right center field to bring in the two first runsof the game. With the bases loaded again in the same inning, Noemie Marin(Acton-Vale, QC) brought in another run on an infield single, followed by anRBI walk by Erin McLean (Whitby, ON) and RBI singles by Janiva Willis(Irishtown, NB) and Megan Timpf (Port Dover, ON). Canada scored its seventh runof the inning when McLean scored on a wild pitch. Chinachipped away in their own half of the third by scoring two runs, but was notable to bring anymore runners to the plate after that. Meanwhile, Canada addedits eighth run of the game in the top half of the sixth inning on an RBI singleby Alison Bradley (Pinkerton, ON). DanielleLawrie (Langley, BC) posted the complete game win for the red and white, givingup two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six Chinesebatters. Canadaearned its second straight bronze medal at the event, which has quicklydeveloped into one of the top International Softball events in only its thirdyear of existence. Canada had previously finished in fifth place in theinaugural World Cup of Softball. TheCanadian team will now set its sights on another podium finish as it willcompete in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from July 23rd- 29th. The Senior Women were able to earn silver medals atboth the 1999 and 2003 Pan Am Games, and will be looking to dethrone the UnitedStates in this years event, which also includes six other national teams(Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela). -SC- Formore information, please contact: GillesLeBlanc Sport/RecreationManagement Intern MBAin Sport and Recreation Management Universityof New Brunswick Coordinator,Marketing and Communications SoftballCanada 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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