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GAME ONE INFORMATION

Score: North York Bantam AAA 6 Canada Red 2
Location: Rogers Centre – Toronto, ON

Canada Red Starting Lineup:

1. Nikki Boyd - LF
2. Nicole Luchanksi – 2B
3. Kelsey Lalor - RF
4. Bradi Wall - SS
5. Amanda Asay - C
6. Becky Hartley - CF
7. Jenn Gilroy – 1B
8. Meagan Baird – 3B
9. Heather Healey – DH

Starting Pitcher: RHP Kate Psota

HOW IT HAPPENED

-North York opened the scoring in the third after a leadoff walk stole second and third and scored on an RBI single. A passed ball and another stolen base put the runner on third that then scored on an RBI single.
-Canada Red got both runs back in the bottom of the inning when Niki Boyd (Surrey, BC) came in to count on a passed ball before Bradi Wall (Swift Current, SK) drove in Nicole Luchanski (Edmonton, ON) from second base on a single to centre.
-In the fourth, North York took the lead for good scoring a run on an RBI triple before they added three runs in the top of the seventh coming on four hits including two doubles.

WNT HIGHLIGHTS

-Bradi Wall collected Canada Red’s only RBI and collected one of her team’s four hits
-On the mound Kate Psota (Burlington, ON) tossed two scoreless innings and recorded three strikeouts.
-Claire Eccles (Surrey, BC) had three strikeouts in two innings of work, while Autumn Mills (London, ON) registered four strikeouts in three innings on the mound.

BY THE NUMBERS

Hits: 1, Wall (1/3), Luchanksi (1/3), Healey (1/3), Gilroy (1/2)
Runs: 1, Boyd, Luchanksi
RBIs: 1, Wall
Strikeouts: 4, Mills; 3, Eccles; 2, Psota

GAME TWO INFORMATION

Score: Canada Black 7 Toronto Mets 16U 6
Location: Rogers Centre – Toronto, ON

Canada Red Starting Lineup:

1. Jenna Flannigan - CF
2. Daphnée Gélinas – 2B
3. Stephanie Savoie - C
4. Kate Psota – 1B
5. Meagan Cornelssen - LF
6. Ashley Stephenson – 3B
7. Brittany Hicks - SS
8. Marie-France Castillo - DH
9. Emma Carr - RF

Starting Pitcher: RHP Shayla Shahsavar

HOW IT HAPPENED

-Three singles and a sac-fly in the top of the first led to two runs for the Mets as they jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead.
-Canada Black answered back in the bottom half of the inning with Daphnée Gélinas (Repentigny, QC) scoring on a Meagan Cornelssen (Grande-Prairie, AB) single before Stephanie Savoie (La Pocatiére, QC) and Kate Psota scored on a fielder’s choice.
-The Mets got even with a run in the second before taking the lead in the third after a leadoff double scored on a fielder’s choice.
-Canada Black exploded for three runs in the third as Savoie doubled and scored, while Ashley Stephenson drove in a pair. Brittany Hicks (Dundas, ON) and Marie-France Castillo (Montréal, QC) each collected an RBI with bases loaded walks.
-In the fourth, Emma Carr (Toronto, ON) led off with a walk and moved to third on Jenna Flannigan’s (Cornwall, ON) double before she scored when Gélinas reached on an error.
-The Mets scored two runs in the fifth to make things interesting before Brinley McLaren (Brantford, ON) shut the door with two scoreless innings of relief.

WNT HIGHLIGHTS

-Offensively, Canada Black had six hits with Ashley Stephenson leading the way with a two-for-four performance at the plate. She also drove in two runs.
-McLaren worked a perfect sixth inning before closing out the game in the seventh that included one strikeout

BY THE NUMBERS

Hits: 2, Stephenson (2/4); Flannigan (1/3), Savoie (1/3), Cornelssen (1/1), Matteucci (1/1),
Runs: 2, Savoie, Psota; 1, Gélinas, Cornelssen, Carr
RBIs: 2, Stephenson; 1, Gélinas, Cornelssen, Hicks, Castillo
Strikeouts: 3, Shasavar; 1, McLaren

UP NEXT

Women’s National Team Selection Camp will move away from Rogers Centre tomorrow as Canada Red and Canada Black will each play a game against Vaughan Bantam AAA at Vaughan Grove Sports Park beginning at 6pm ET…On Sunday, May 17^th, the final 18 player roster that will represent Canada at the Pan Am Games in July in Toronto will be announced.