CanadianWomen’s Softball Team to Compete in KFC World Cup of Softball
July 13, 2009
Ottawa, ON
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE
July13th, 2009
CanadianWomen’s Softball Team to Compete in KFC World Cup of Softball
(OklahomaCity, OK) – The Canadian Senior Women’s National Team, fresh off a second-placefinish at the Canada Cup, will open their KFC World Cup of Softball 4 scheduleagainst Italy on Thursday, July 4th (9:00pm, CDT). The event willtake place from July 16th to 20th in Oklahoma City, OK,where Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Stateswill compete. Also featured during the KFC World Cup of Softball will be theMen’s Slo-Pitch Border Battle game, which will consist of a one-game showdownbetween Canada and the United States. That game is scheduled for 3:00pm CDT onJuly 18th at Hall of Fame Stadium, immediately following the women’sFast-Pitch game between Canada and the United States, where both teams will bewearing some pink to support breast cancer research.
Japan(1st), the United States (2nd), Australia (3rd),Canada (4th) and the Netherlands (8th) all competed atthe 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Theathletes who will represent Canada at the KFC World Cup of Softball 4 inOklahoma City, OK from July 16-20 are:
Athletes Position Number Home Town
JennaCaira Pitcher 20 Toronto, ON
ErinCumpstone Catcher 18 Saskatoon, SK
CharlotteDolan Catcher 28 Coquitlam, BC
KelseyHaberl 1st Base 5 Burnaby, BC
VictoriaHayward Outfield 8 Mountain View, California
KylieHovinga Pitcher 21 Omaha, Nebraska
SheenaLawrick 1st Base 4 Calgary, AB
DanielleLawrie Pitcher 13 Langley, BC
CaitlinLever Center Field 9 Buffalo, New York
MarisaLitster Pitcher 23 Sidney, BC
LeahMcIntosh Pitcher 44 Whitby, ON
MelanieMatthews Left Field 12 Surrey, BC
EvelynePare Right Field 26 Ile-Perrot, QC
JenniferSalling Short Stop 7 Port Coquitlam, BC
JessicaTieszen Utility 11 Surrey, BC
MeganTimpf 3rd Base 14 Port Dover, ON
JenniferYee 2nd Base 22 North Delta, BC
CoachingStaff
MelissaBasilio AssistantCoach Pickering, ON
JimPeterson AssistantCoach Des Moines, Washington
KimWright AssistantCoach Surrey, BC
LaurieFreebairn AthleticTherapist Maple Ridge, BC
HarveyStevenson Operations Manager Saanichton, BC
TeamCanada Schedule:
July16th - Canada vs.Italy – 9:00pm (CDT)
July17th - Canada vs.Australia – 2:00pm (CDT)
July18th - Canada vs.United States – 12:00pm (CDT)
July19th - Canada vs.Japan – 2:30pm (CDT)
- Canada vs.Netherlands – 7:30pm (CDT)
July20th - 5thvs. 6th – 12:30pm (CDT)
- 3rd vs. 4th – 3:30pm (CDT)
- 1st vs. 2nd – 8:00pm (CDT)
Livescoring for all games will be available through USASoftball’s Gametracker. Team Canada game reports and a link to theGametracker will also be available on the Softball Canada website at www.softball.ca.
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Formore information, please contact:
GillesLeBlanc
Manager- Marketing and Communications
SoftballCanada
gleblanc@softball.ca
(613)523-3386 ext 3105
