This game should have been
on TV last night; however that was not the case though. The championship game
between Team USA v Team Canada turned out to be a nail biter. It was Cat
Osterman’s turn to pitch for USA. Danielle Lawrie started for Canada (earlier in the year, she lead the University of Washington Huskies to the NCAA softball title over the Florida
Gators)

The game was scoreless
until the 5th inning when Ashley Charters grounds out while bringing home
Chelsea Bramett. Chelsea was pinch running for Andrea Duran who hit a
triple off Lawrie. That’s all the USA scoring in the inning.

In the top of the 6^th
inning, Osterman walks Jennifer Salling and scored on a fielder’s choice by
Jennifer Yee. Yee also scored on a fielder’s choice by Sheena Lawrick. No hits
but two runs for Team Canada.

Bottom of the 7^th,
(Usually softball games end after 7 innings), Natasha Watley scores on a
sacrifice fly by Kaitlin Cochran. The game is tied at 2-2. Jennie Finch playing
first base, hits a single, and Caitlin Lowe scores the game winning hit.

Final
Score USA 3, Canada 2                                          

Winning pitcher: Cat
Osterman

Losing pitcher: Jenna
Ciara

Here’s photos of the Award ceremony after the game.

 Jennie Finch (top) and Cat Osterman (bottom) accepting their medals after the game.

Jennie Finch (27) Cat Osterman (8) and Natasha Watley (29)

Score by Innings    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E
———————————————————
CANADA              0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  -  2  2  5 
USA                 0  0  0  0  1  0  2  0  0  -  3  10 1 
———————————————————

 CANADA

Player Name                AB  R   H  RBI  BB  SO  PO  A  LOB
Melanie Matthews lf……. 4   0   0   0   0   4   1   0   0 
Megan Timpf 3b………… 2   0   0   0   0   1   4   1   0 
Jennifer Salling ss……. 2   1   2   0   1   0   4   2   0 
Jennifer Yee 2b……….. 3   1   0   1   0   1   3   2   0 
Sheena Lawrick 1b……… 3   0   0   0   0   0   6   1   2 
 Victoria Hayward pr…… 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Kaleigh Rafter dh……… 2   0   0   0   1   2   0   0   0 
 Tara Ettinger pr……… 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Erin Cumpstone c………. 2   0   0   0   0   0   2   3   2 
 Charlotte Dolan   ……. 1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1 
Evelyne Pare rf……….. 3   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0 
Caitlin Lever cf………. 3   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0 
Danielle Lawrie p……… 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 
Total   ……………… 25  2   2   1   2   14  20  10  5 

USA 

Player Name                AB  R   H  RBI  BB  SO  PO  A  LOB
Natasha Watley ss……… 4   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0 
Caitlin Lowe cf……….. 4   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 
Alissa Haber lf……….. 4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1 
Kaitlin Cochran dh…….. 3   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0 
Jennie Finch 1b……….. 3   0   1   0   0   1   5   0   0 
Ashley Hansen rf………. 3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 
Lauren Lappin c……….. 2   0   0   0   0   1   15  0   1 
 Vicky Galindo   ……… 1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 
Andrea Duran 3b……….. 3   1   1   0   0   0   1   1   2 
 Andrea Duran pr………. 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ashley Charters 2b…….. 3   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   0 
Total   ……………… 30  3   10  2   0   2   21  2   4 

Now for some more player info.

This is Andrea Duran who is a third baseman for Team USA. She also played softball for UCLA. She is not playing professionally just yet. She bats and throws right handed.

Next player is Lauren Lappin, who is a catcher for Team USA. On occasion, you’d probably see her playing on the infield, most likely third base. She played softball for Stanford University. She’s not playing in the NPF either, but any professional team looking for a good catcher/infielder should go pick this player to play for their team. 

Okay, time to move away from talking about Team USA for a bit

Here’s Danielle Lawrie, the MVP of the NCAA Women’s College World Series. She pitched in her senior season at University of Washington. She lead the Huskies to victory against Stacey Nelson and the University of Florida Gators. She’s actually nominated for an ESPY this year for best female college athlete, which is quite interesting. Last year, she pitched for Team Canada in the 2008 Summer Olympics.