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Canadian Women's Softball Team Ready

July 20, 2015

Toronto, ON

 

Canadian Women's Softball Team Ready to Compete at XVII Pan American Games

The following is a media release issued by Softball Canada.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 19th, 2015
 

Canadian Women's Softball Team Ready
to Compete at XVII Pan American Games


(Ajax, ON) The Canadian Women's Softball Team is ready to compete at the XVII Pan American Games in Ajax, ON and will open the event with a game against Brazil at 4:30pm EDT today, July 19. The event will feature six teams, including Brazil, Canada, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the United States.
 
The Canadian Women’s Softball Team has finished fourth at the last two WBSC Women’s World Softball Championships after winning Bronze in 2010, and has won four consecutive Silver medals at the Pan American Games. The team features five Olympians from the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing, as well as seven returnees from the 2011 Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico.
 
The athletes who will represent Team Canada as members of the Women’s Softball Team at the XVII Pan American are: 


Athletes

Number Name Hometown
29 Jenna Caira Toronto, ON
11 Jocelyn Cater Delta, BC
26 Larissa Franklin Maple Ridge, BC
17 Sara Groenewegen Surrey, BC
20 Megan Gurski Dalmeny, SK
10 Karissa Hovinga Edmonton, AB
5 Joey Lye Toronto, ON
3 Erika Polidori Brantford, ON
55 Kaleigh Rafter Guelph, ON
77 Sara Riske Richmond, BC
7 Jenn Salling Port Coquitlam, BC
14 Megan Timpf Port Dover, ON
33 Logan White Brantford, ON
2 Natalie Wideman Mississauga, ON
22 Jen Yee North Delta, BC


Coaches

Position Name Hometown
Head Coach Mark Smith Falmouth, NS
Assistant Coach Melissa Basilio Pickering, ON
Assistant Coach Ken Leavoy Vancouver, BC
Assistant Coach Dave Paetkau Abbotsford, BC
Physiotherapist Adam Davies Ottawa, ON
Mental Performance Coach Lauren Tashman Pennington, NJ
Team Leader Lisa Down Saskatoon, SK


Umpires

Name Province
Noreen Atkinson Ontario
Geneviève Gaudreau Quebec
susan Strafford British Columbia

Six (6) teams will participate at the event, which will be a single round-robin with the top four teams advancing to the Page playoff round.

Team Canada Schedule

Date Game Time Media
July 19 Canada vs. Brazil 4:30pm EDT Tickets | Stats
July 20 Canada vs. Cuba 7:00pm EDT Tickets | Stats
July 21 Canada vs. United States 7:00pm EDT Tickets | Stats
July 22 Canada vs. Dominican Republic 7:00pm EDT Tickets | Stats
July 23 Canada vs. Puerto Rico 7:00pm EDT Tickets | Stats
July 24 Playoff Round TBD Tickets | Stats
July 25 Bronze Medal Game 5:00pm EDT Tickets | Stats
July 26 Gold Medal Game 11:00am EDT Tickets | Stats

How to Follow Team Canada

2015 Pan American Games Website
Softball Schedule and Results
TO2015 Twitter
TO2015 Facebook
Softball Canada Website
Softball Canada Twitter
Softball Canada Facebook

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For more information, please contact:

Gilles LeBlanc
Manager - Marketing and Communications
Softball Canada
(613) 523-3386 ext. 3105
gleblanc@softball.ca

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