CanadianWomen’s Softball Team Set to Open Canada Cup Schedule Tomorrow
July 3, 2009
Surrey, BC
CanadianWomen’s Softball Team Set to Open Canada Cup Schedule Tomorrow
(Surrey,BC) – The Canadian Senior Women’s National Team will open its 2009 seasontomorrow when they will play Venezuela at the 15th Annual Canada CupInternational Women’s Fast-Pitch Tournament (3:30pm, PDT). The Canada Cup isalways a very successful event, and this year’s draw will see one division withNational Teams only, while the other will be made up of several club teamsvying for one of three spots in the playoff round. In the first pool, thenational teams from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the United States andVenezuela will compete in a double round-robin format. All five countriesparticipated at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Theathletes who will represent Canada at the Canada Cup in Surrey, BC from July4-12 are:
Athletes Position Number Home Town
JennaCaira Pitcher 20 Toronto, ON
ErinCumpstone Catcher 18 Saskatoon, SK
CharlotteDolan Catcher 28 Coquitlam, BC
TarahEttinger Catcher 19 Halifax, NS
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
KaleighRafter Catcher 55 Guelph, ON
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
MarkSmith HeadCoach Falmouth, NS
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:
July4th -Canada vs. Venezuela – 3:30pm (PDT)
July5th -Canada vs. Netherlands – 1:00pm (PDT)
- Canada vs. Australia – 6:30pm (PDT)
July6th -Canada vs. United States – 6:30pm (PDT)
July7th -Canada vs. Venezuela – 3:30pm (PDT)
- Canada vs.Netherlands – 8:30pm (PDT)
July8th -Canada vs. Australia – 6:30pm (PDT)
July9th -Canada vs. United States – 6:30pm (PDT)
July10 -11 - Playoff Round
July12th - Bronze MedalGame – 1:30pm (PDT)
- Gold Medal Game – 6:30pm (PDT)