Canada Cup
Friday, July 03, 2009
Canadian Women’s Softball Team Set to Open Canada Cup Schedule
(Surrey, BC) – The Canadian Senior Women’s National Team will open its 2009 season tomorrow when they will play Venezuela at the 15th Annual Canada Cup International Women’s Fast-Pitch Tournament (3:30pm, PDT). The Canada Cup is always a very successful event, and this year’s draw will see one division with National Teams only, while the other will be made up of several club teams vying for one of three spots in the playoff round. In the first pool, the national teams from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the United States and Venezuela will compete in a double round-robin format. All five countries participated at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
The athletes who will represent Canada at the Canada Cup in Surrey, BC from July 4-12 are:
Athletes Position Number Home Town
Jenna Caira Pitcher 20 Toronto, ON
Erin Cumpstone Catcher 18 Saskatoon, SK
Charlotte Dolan Catcher 28 Coquitlam, BC
Tarah Ettinger Catcher 19 Halifax, NS
Kelsey Haberl 1st Base 5 Burnaby, BC
Victoria Hayward Outfield 8 Mountain View, California
Kylie Hovinga Pitcher 21 Omaha, Nebraska
Sheena Lawrick 1st Base 4 Calgary, AB
Danielle Lawrie Pitcher 13 Langley, BC
Caitlin Lever Center Field 9 Buffalo, New York
Marisa Litster Pitcher 23 Sidney, BC
Leah McIntosh Pitcher 44 Whitby, ON
Melanie Matthews Left Field 12 Surrey, BC
Evelyne Pare Right Field 26 Ile-Perrot, QC
Kaleigh Rafter Catcher 55 Guelph, ON
Jennifer Salling Short Stop 7 Port Coquitlam, BC
Jessica Tieszen Utility 11 Surrey, BC
Megan Timpf 3rd Base 14 Port Dover, ON
Jennifer Yee 2nd Base 22 North Delta, BC
Coaching Staff
Mark Smith Head Coach Falmouth, NS
Melissa Basilio Assistant Coach Pickering, ON
Jim Peterson Assistant Coach Des Moines, Washington
Kim Wright Assistant Coach Surrey, BC
Laurie Freebairn Athletic Therapist Maple Ridge, BC
Harvey Stevenson Operations Manager Saanichton, BC
Team Canada Schedule:
July 4th - Canada vs. Venezuela – 3:30pm (PDT)
July 5th - Canada vs. Netherlands – 1:00pm (PDT)
- Canada vs. Australia – 6:30pm (PDT)
July 6th - Canada vs. United States – 6:30pm (PDT)
July 7th - Canada vs. Venezuela – 3:30pm (PDT)
- Canada vs. Netherlands – 8:30pm (PDT)
July 8th - Canada vs. Australia – 6:30pm (PDT)
July 9th - Canada vs. United States – 6:30pm (PDT)
July 10-11 - Playoff Round
July 12th - Bronze Medal Game – 1:30pm (PDT)
- Gold Medal Game – 6:30pm (PDT)
The Canada Cup website can be found at www.canadacup.com. Team Canada game reports will also be posted on the Softball Canada website at www.softball.ca.
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For more information, please contact:
Gilles LeBlanc
Manager - Marketing and Communications
Softball Canada
gleblanc@softball.ca
(613) 523-3386 ext 3105
www.softball.ca / www.BackSoftball.com