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Team Canada got the scoring started early, putting its first run on the board in the bottom of the first. Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.) led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on a throwing error. Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) came up two batters later and singled Hayward home on a line drive single to centre. Joey Lye (Toronto, Ont.) added another run an inning later when she singled on a bunt with the bases loaded, scoring Larissa Franklin (Maple Ridge, B.C.) from third.
 
Canada broke the game wide open and put it out of reach for Great Britain in the third. Salling walked to start the inning and came home on a home run from Erika Polidori (Brantford, Ont.). A Franklin sacrifice fly brought in the third run of the inning after Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) walked and was advanced to third on Natalie Wideman’s (Mississauga, Ont.) single to right. Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ont.) doubled to make it 6-0 and after a walk put two runners on base, Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) tripled to cap off the scoring at 8-0.
 
Morgan Rackel (Calgary, AB) got the start in the circle for Canada to open the tournament, picking up the win in her first start in a Team Canada uniform. Rackel went the full five innings allowing two hits and three walks to go along with eight strikeouts while not allowing a run.

In the first game against the Calahoo Erins, Team Canada got out to an early lead in the top of the first thanks to a Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) single that plated Erika Polidori (Brantford, Ont.) and then an error allowed Kelsey Jenkins (Delta, B.C.) to reach and Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) to score from third. Jenkins pushed home the third run of the night for Canada as well, singling home Gilbert after she led off the third inning with a double to left.
 
Canada added three more runs in the fifth. Gilbert earned her second RBI of the night on a ground ball single to left that scored Entzminger. Gilbert scored on Jenkins’ single two batters later after being advanced to second on a single by Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.). The final run of the frame came thanks to a hit by pitch to Callum Pilgrim (Abbotsford, B.C.) with the bases loaded.
 
Canada added four runs in the seventh. Shianne Brannan (Chino, Calif.) started it off with her first home run as a member of the National Team, Polidori singled in the eighth run and Entzminger pushed a run in with a sacrifice fly before Salling singled to score Canada’s tenth run.
 
Gilbert’s five hits on the night lead the way for Team Canada, and Jenkins was the top RBI getter in the game with three. In the circle, Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ont.) earned the win in her first start of the tournament, going the full seven innings in a two-hit shutout with eight strikeouts and no walks.

Game two was another dominant performance for Canada both offensively and defensively. Sara Groenewegen (Surrey, B.C.) got the start and fired a four-inning no-hitter while striking out three. The only baserunner of the night came on a first-inning walk.
 
The runs came early and often, starting in the first with five, all of which came with two outs. With Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) on second and Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) on first, Kelsey Jenkins (Delta, B.C.) continued her hot hitting with a double that plated both. Two batters later a single by Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ont.) pushed home Jenkins to make it 3-0, and an error on a Natalie Wideman (Mississauga, Ont.) pop-up allowed two more runs to score.
 
Joey Lye (Toronto, Ont.) tagged up and scored on a Jenkins’ foul out in the second for run number six. Two more runs came home in the third thanks to a Leung single and an RBI ground out by Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.).
 
Canada finished off the game in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Entzminger and a three-run home run from Leung, who finished the game three-for-three at the plate with two singles, a home run and five RBIs.

Team Canada got on the board first on of a single by Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) after Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.) led off the inning with a single, stole second and was sacrificed to third by Joey Lye (Toronto, Ont.). Taipei responded with two runs in the top of the second for the first runs and first lead against Canada in the tournament. Chia-Hui Ko doubled home Feng-Chen Lin and a triple from Chieh-Pei Shih plated Chia-Hui Ko to make it 2-1 for Chinese Taipei.
 
Canada took the lead back the following inning. Hayward doubled to lead off the inning for her second hit of the night, and Lye followed that up with a single of her own that advanced Hayward to third. With those two runners on base, Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) came up to the plate and smacked a single to right field that scored Hayward. Salling earned her second RBI of the contest on a sacrifice fly that scored Lye for the 3-2 lead.
 
Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ont.) gave Team Canada an insurance run in the bottom of the fourth, singling home Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) after she tripled to right. From there, the defence took over, completely shutting down the Chinese Taipei offence to secure the win.
 
Making her first start of the tournament, Danielle Lawrie (Langley, B.C.)  earned the win in the pitcher’s circle. She went six and a third innings, allowing two earned runs on four hits with three strikeouts and no walks. Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ont.) came in after a one-out single in the top of the seventh and got the final two outs for the save and secure the victory for Canada.

Game two was a dominant offensive performance from Team Canada from start to finish. The offensive parade got started in the second when Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) came home on a sacrifice fly by Larissa Franklin (Maple Ridge, B.C.) after leading off the second with a single, stealing second and being sacrificed to third. Back-to-back doubles from Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.) and Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) made it 2-0 in the third.

The fourth was the first of two five run frames that secured the win for Canada. With Entzminger and Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ont.) on base, Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, Ont.) singled home the 3-0 run. Joey Lye (Toronto, Ont.) came up with the bases loaded two batters later, and smacked a single of her own to left field to score Leung from third to make it 4-0. Gilbert hit the fifth single of the inning for the third and fourth runs in the frame, and Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) finished off the scoring with a groundout that scored Lye. Puerto Rico broke the shutout in its half of the fourth on a solo home run from Jenna Cozza to center for its only run in the game. The scoring in the fifth was nearly identical to the fourth, coming off a single from Rafter, double from Lye, a Gilbert single and a Salling groundout to round out the scoring. 

The offence led the way but was backed up in a big way by Jenna Caira’s (Toronto, Ont.) work in the circle. Caira pitched the full five innings, allowing one earned run on two hits and two walks while striking out five. She was especially strong in the first when she struck out the side to keep Puerto Rico off the board after they got runners on first and third with no outs.

In the first game, Colorado jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning on two one-out singles with the bases loaded. Playing from behind for the second game in a row, Team Canada responded in the bottom half of the inning to cut the lead to one when Erika Polidori (Brantford, Ont.) scurried home on an error by the Colorado shortstop.
 
Triple Crown re-took a two-run lead the next inning on a solo home run from Mia Davidson. Canada responded in the fourth, when Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) launched a ball over the center field fence with Polidori on first after walking to lead off the inning.
 
The Canadian offence exploded for six runs in the fifth to put the game out of reach for Colorado. Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) launched a lead-off home run to start the surge. After Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) walked, Polidori tripled her home to make it 5-3. Kelsey Jenkins (Delta, B.C.) continued her hot hitting with a single to plate Polidori for the third run in the inning. The fourth and fifth runs came off the bat of Natalie Wideman (Mississauga, Ont.) with a double that scored Jenkins and Entzminger. A Joey Lye (Toronto, Ont.) single finished off the scoring in the inning.
 
Colorado got a run back when Davidson got her second home run of the contest in the top of the sixth. Canada would shut down the Colorado offence from there, and add two more runs thanks to a Jenkins double and Entzminger triple to end the game in the sixth on the runs ahead rule.
 
The combined pitching of Karissa Hovinga (Edmonton, Alta.) and Sara Groenewegen (Surrey, B.C.) kept the game close long enough for the offence to take over. Hovinga got the start in the circle for Canada, and went three innings with three earned runs on five hits and a walk. Groenewegen closed out the game after coming in to start the fourth, and allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out four.

Scrapyard got all of the runs it would need early in the contest, putting up two runs in the bottom of the second inning. Kiki Stokes singled to lead off the inning and advanced to second when Samantha Show reached on an error. With those runners on, Taylor Edwards smacked a single to left, scoring Stokes. Two batters later, Kasey Cooper hit a sacrifice fly to Larissa Franklin (Maple Ridge, B.C.), scoring Show from third.

From there, the Scrapyard defence and pitching took over, retiring 15 of the final 19 Canadian hitters. Canada mustered a single in the fourth off the bat of Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.), another in the fifth from Franklin and in the sixth when Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.) led off the inning with a line drive past the first baseman.

Looking for the tying runs in the seventh, Kelsey Jenkins (Delta, B.C.) walked to lead off the inning, but three consecutive groundouts ended the threat and the game.

Despite taking the loss, Danielle Lawrie (Langley, B.C.) had another strong performance in the circle for Team Canada. In five innings pitched she allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits with two strikeouts and two walks. After allowing a leadoff walk in the sixth, she was replaced by Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ont.). Caira, making her fourth appearance for Team Canada in the tournament, closed out the game, retiring three of the four batters she faced while striking out two and not allowing any further damage on the scoreboard.

The first game against Taipei was a tense one, with neither team able to muster much in the way of offence. Team Canada broke through first when Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) hammered a fly ball over the centerfield fence for the 1-0 lead in the top of the second. Chinese Taipei responded in the bottom of the third. With a runner on second, Yi-Suan Su smacked a single up the middle to even the score at 1-1.

The tied score held through the final four innings, forcing an extra inning with a runner starting on second for both teams due to the international tiebreaker rule. In the top of the eighth, Joey Lye (Toronto, Ont.) grounded out to advance Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ont.) to third. Leung was then able to scramble home on a ground out to second by Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, Ont.) to score the winning run. Chinese Taipei was retired on a sacrifice bunt, a pop out and a fly out to end the game.

Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ont.) got the start for Canada and went five innings and a third before being replaced by Danielle Lawrie (Langley, B.C.). Caira allowed five hits and only one earned run while striking out six and walking two. Lawrie closed out the game for Team Canada, allowing only a single hit in two and two thirds innings with a strikeout and no walks.

In the first inning with Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) on first and Joey Lye (Toronto, Ont.) on third, Erika Polidori (Brantford, Ont.) doubled on a line drive to right to score both runners. In the next inning, Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, Ont.) singled home Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) who had walked to lead off the inning. Then, after a Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ont.) sacrifice bunt and a Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.) single, Lye singled home the fourth run of the game for Canada. In the third, Kelsey Jenkins (Delta, B.C.) doubled in the fifth Canadian run of the night and Hayward singled her home for the sixth.

The 6-0 lead held up until Scrapyard broke through in the sixth with a two-run home run from R Riley Sartain cut the lead to four. Team Canada got those two runs back in the bottom of the sixth. The first came on an RBI single by Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.), who later scored on a wild pitch to make it 8-2.

In the bottom of the seventh, Scrapyard once again cut into the lead on a two-run home run, but Canada was able to shut the door and secure the win and win the Gold medal.

Sara Groenewegen (Surrey, B.C.) went the full seven innings in the win, allowing four earned runs on nine hits with five strikeouts and now walks.

Puerto Rico got on the board first, scoring a run in the top of the first inning on a leadoff home run by Quianna Diaz-Patterson. Canada didn’t wait long to respond, putting up two runs in the bottom of the inning to take the lead. Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.) got the inning started with a walk, and Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) followed that up with two-run homerun for the 2-1 lead.

Team Canada extended its lead in the third, adding a run in the frame. Another walk started the inning, this time by Entzminger. Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) followed with a single that moved Entzminger to third and Holly Speers (Surrey, B.C.) delivered a run-scoring single to put Canada up 3-1.

Danielle Lawrie (Langley, B.C.) got the start in the pitcher’s circle for Canada, earning her first win of the tournament. She allowed a homerun to the first batter she faced and followed that by issuing a walk, but from that point forward she was locked in and completely shut down the Puerto Rican offence, retiring 20 of the final 24 batters she faced. Lawrie went the full seven innings in the contest, allowing one run on two hits with three walks and striking out 12 batters.

Offensively, Entzminger’s two-run home run was the key hit for Canada with Speers adding a double, a single and an RBI. Hayward, Gilbert and Larissa Franklin (Maple Ridge, B.C.) each contributed singles.

Team Canada got another strong pitching performance, this time from Sara Groenewegen (Surrey, B.C.) who threw a perfect game, retiring all 15 batters she faced without allowing a baserunner and striking out ten batters. The Canadian offence got the scoring started early, and three multiple run innings earned Canada the win on the run rule.

In the bottom of the first inning, Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.) got things started with a leadoff walk, and after stealing second base, she was advanced to third on a ground out to the pitcher. With Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) at the plate, Hayward crossed the plate on a wild pitch to open the scoring. Gilbert earned a walk of her own and Canada loaded the bases with a single by Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) and a walk by Erika Polidori (Brantford, Ont.). Larissa Franklin (Maple Ridge, B.C.) singled on a ground ball up the middle tracked by the second baseman to score Gilbert from third, and an error on an attempted flip to the shortstop allowed Salling to score as Canada took the 3-0 lead.

The red and white put up three more runs in the third. The first run came off the bat of Joey Lye (Toronto, Ont.) who singled home Polidori after she led off the inning with a walk, was advanced to second on a sacrifice by Franklin and took third on a wild pitch. Hayward came through with the final two runs of the inning with a single of her own that scored Natalie Wideman (Mississauga, Ont.) and Lye.

Team Canada’s last two runs came in the bottom of the fourth. Gilbert led off the inning with a double and Salling followed up with a single to put two runners on base. After the runners advanced to second and third by tagging on a fly out by Polidori, Franklin doubled over the centerfielder to give Canada a commanding 8-0 lead.

Groenewegen got her final three up and three down inning in the top of the fifth to seal the victory and the perfect game.

Franklin drove in three runs for Canada, while Hayward and Salling each collected a pair of hits. Lye contributed a run-scoring single while Gilbert had a double and scored twice.

Team Canada got off to a good start, opening the scoring in the bottom of the first inning. With two outs, Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) launched a solo home run over the left field fence to give Canada a 1-0 lead.

Danielle Lawrie (Langley, B.C.) got the start for Canada and held the United States off the scoresheet over the first two innings, but the Americans responded with three runs in the third. They loaded the bases on an infield single to second, a two-strike bunt single and a slap single to a vacated shortstop before Ali Aguilar hit a single off first base to score two runs. The third run of the inning came on a sacrifice fly to center as Team USA took a 3-1 lead.

A solo home run by Haylie McCleney added a run to the American lead in the fifth, and a two-run shot by Delaney Spaulding in the seventh made it 6-1 in favour of Team USA.

Canada had a few chances to score, getting two runners on in the fourth when Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) led off the inning with a hit by pitch and stole second, with Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) later drawing a walk but American pitcher Monica Abbott was able to strike out three batters to get out of the inning.

The fifth started with another leadoff baserunner for Canada, this time thanks to a single to Larissa Franklin (Maple Ridge, B.C.), but she was called out for leading off and two strikeouts by Abbott ended the inning. Abbott retired Canada in order in each of the last two innings to seal the complete game win.

Lawrie started for Canada in the pitcher’s circle and allowed three runs on five hits with two strikeouts over three innings. Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ont.) pitched two innings of relief, allowing a solo homerun and striking out two, while Sara Groenewegen (Surrey, B.C.) gave up two runs on three hits and one strikeout over the last two innings.

Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ont.) got the start in the pitcher’s circle and went four innings allowing only one hit while striking out three to earn the win for Canada. Morgan Rackel (Calgary, Alta.) came on in relief to start the fifth and retired all six batters she faced to earn the save.

Backed by another dominant pitching performance, the Canadian offence went to work, breaking through with a run in the third, and adding five in the fifth and one in the sixth to seal the victory.

Three straight singles from Joey Lye (Toronto, Ont.), Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ont.) and Natalie Wideman (Mississauga, Ont.) loaded the bases to start the third inning and Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) later lined a sacrifice fly to left to score Lye from third.

Team Canada broke the game open in the fifth inning with a five-run offensive outburst that sealed the game. With Erika Polidori (Brantford, Ont.) and Wideman on second and third, Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) reached on a fielder’s choice that scored Wideman. The next three runs came all at once off the bat of Holly Speers (Surrey, B.C.) as she launched a home run to center to clear the bases and put Canada up 5-0. The final run of the inning came off when Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) singled and scored on a double to the left field fence by Larissa Franklin (Maple Ridge, B.C.).

The final run of the game came in the sixth on another set of consecutive hits. Polidori got a one-out double and was singled home by Entzminger to round out the score at 7-0. 

All nine starting Canadian batters had at least one hit as Canada racked up thirteen in the contest. Speers led the way offensively for Canada with three runs batted in on two hits, followed by Entzminger who earned two RBIs on a hit and a sacrifice fly.

Danielle Lawrie (Langley, B.C.) earned her second win in the pitcher’s circle for Team Canada, pitching five innings of three-hit shutout ball before being replaced by Sara Groenewegen (Surrey, B.C.) to start the fifth. Along the way, Lawrie recorded five strikeouts and only allowed one walk. Groenewegen closed out the game for Canada, going two innings to complete the shutout, allowing only one hit and one walk with one strikeout.

At the plate, Canada once again scored early with a run in the second and adding three in the third to seal the victory.

In the second inning, Holly Speers (Surrey, B.C.) doubled off the third baseman to lead off the inning and after being sacrificed ahead to third by Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.), she crossed the plate on a single by Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, Ont.).

Another leadoff runner got the inning started for Canada in the third. This time it was Joey Lye (Toronto, Ont.) with a single, and she advanced to third two batters later on a single by Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.). Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) came up to the plate and launched a three-run shot to center for her second home run of the tournament to give Canada a 4-0 lead.

Mexico was unable to get much going offensively as Canada earned the shutout victory. 

Gilbert’s three runs batted in on the day led the way for Canada, and she finished the preliminary round with the team lead in the category with five.

The Americans were limited to two runs on three hits thanks to a combined pitching effort from Sara Groenewegen (Surrey, B.C.), Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ont.) and Danielle Lawrie (Langley, B.C.). Groenewegen got the start in the circle for Canada and went three innings while allowing a run on one hit, one walk and striking out three. Caira was next up, taking over to start the fourth and her one walk allowed was the only baserunner in her two innings of work to go along with three strikeouts to pick up the eventual win. Lawrie also racked up three strikeouts in her two innings after coming in to start the sixth. Lawrie allowed a run on two hits but was able to register the save for Canada.

The United States got on the board first with a solo home run from Haylie McCleney to lead off the bottom of the first inning. Canada was quick to respond, tying the game at 1-1 in the top of the second. Erika Polidori (Brantford, Ont.) started off the inning by getting on base thanks to a hit by pitch and was sent home thanks to consecutive singles by Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, Ont.) and Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ont.).

Team Canada took the opportunity to add to their lead in the fourth. Joey Lye (Toronto, Ont.) and Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.) earned their way aboard with back-to-back singles and Lye came home on a high chopper to shortstop by Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) who crossed first safely, and Hayward later scored on a single by Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) as Canada took the 3-1 lead.

That last run proved to be the difference, as the Americans got a run in the sixth to pull within one with another solo homer from McCleney, her second of the contest. That was the closest the Americans would come, with Lawrie working around a leadoff double by Delaney Spaulding in the bottom of the seventh and leaving her stranded at third to secure the victory for Canada.

The game was a tense affair, with the two teams trading runs in the second and fourth before the Americans rallied in the sixth for the two runs they would need for the win.

The combined efforts of Sara Groenewegen (Surrey, B.C.), Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ont.) and Danielle Lawrie (Langley, B.C.) held the Americans to one run over the first five innings until they took advantage of a few miscues to score two runs in the sixth. Despite a valiant effort in the top of the seventh, Canada was unable to come back.

The United States broke through with the first run of the game on a home run from Michelle Moultrie in the bottom of the second with Canada responding with a home run of their own two innings later off the bat of Holly Speers (Surrey, B.C.).

Despite getting runners on base in the bottom of the fourth and fifth, the United States were unable to take the lead, with Caira pitching around traffic on the bases to keep the game tied.

In the sixth, three straight singles gave the Americans a 2-1 lead, and an unlucky bounce off the pitcher and a bounced throw to first allowed another run to score in the frame.

Team Canada pushed hard to find the tying run in the seventh, with a leadoff single from Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) and a two out single by Larissa Franklin (Maple Ridge, B.C.), but Monica Abbott was able to shut the door and stop the Canadian rally to secure the victory for the Americans.

Team Canada was dominant from the jump, putting up two runs in the first inning, and clinching the victory with an offensive explosion in the second where they put up 15 runs in a single frame.

In the first inning, Kelsey Jenkins (Delta, B.C.) earned her way aboard with a walk and scampered around to score when Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) reached on an error by the Cuban pitcher. Holly Speers (Surrey, B.C.) was next up and smacked a single through the left side of the infield to score Gilbert and put Canada up 2-0.

In the second, Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) led off the inning with a walk, and thanks to heads up base running, came home to score when Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ont.) reached on an error. After Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.) took first after being hit by a pitch followed by a sacrifice bunt, Leung scored on a fielder’s choice on an unsuccessful attempt to retire Hayward at third. Speers earned her second RBI of the night with a single up the middle. A hit by pitch by Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) loaded the bases for Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, Ont.) who wasted no time with a single on the first pitch she saw to score Gilbert and Speers. A single from Larissa Franklin (Maple Ridge, B.C.) loaded the bases again, and a single from Entzminger added another run for Canada to put them up 8-0.

The runs kept coming for Canada with two outs. Walks to Hayward and Jenkins forced in a pair of runs, and Gilbert laced a three-run double to center field to make it 13-0. An intentional walk to Speers, and a single from Salling led to another run for Canada. Rafter closed out the scoring for with a three -run home run deep into the right field bleachers.

Rafter’s five runs batted in on the night led the way for Canada, followed by Gilbert with four. Rafter, Speers and Entzminger each had two hits for Canada, with Gilbert, Salling and Franklin each contributing one.

In the pitcher’s circle, Sara Groenewegen (Surrey, B.C.) cruised through two perfect innings, retiring all six Cuban batters she faced, and struck out four in the process. Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ont.) came into the game in the third inning, and closed out the game for Canada, allowing one hit with two strikeouts.

Canadian pitchers combined for a four-inning perfect game, starting with Danielle Lawrie (Langley, B.C.) who went two and two thirds innings with seven strikeouts. She was replaced by Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ont.) who earned the final four outs of the game without allowing a hit and registering one strikeout.

The Team Canada offence bookended the game by scoring eight runs in the first inning and finished the game by scoring another eight in the fourth.

Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.) led off the game with a bunt single, stole second and promptly came in to score on a homerun to center by Kelsey Jenkins (Delta, B.C.). Consecutive singles by Holly Speers (Surrey, B.C.) and Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) and a walk by Erika Polidori (Brantford, Ont.) loaded the bases. After a fielder’s choice retired the lead runner at home, Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ont.) hit a two-run single to center to make it 4-0. Natalie Wideman (Mississauga, Ont.) was hit by a pitch, and in her second plate appearance of the inning, Hayward hammered an inside-the-park grand slam that dropped in front of the left fielder and rolled past her to round out the eight-run frame.

Leung earned her third RBI of the night in the second inning when she singled home Polidori from third for Canada ninth run.

Canada got back-to-back doubles to start the third when Jenkins got it started with double to straight away center, and was doubled home by Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) who banged one off the right field fence. Gilbert took third on a fly out by Salling, and scampered home for the second run of the inning when Polidori reached on an error.

In the final inning of the game, Leung led off with her third hit of the night, smacking a single through the right side. Wideman followed that hit up with a walk, and Hayward got her third hit of the night to score Leung. Another double by Jenkins, this time to left field, brought Wideman home and moved Hayward to third, who crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Gilbert. Salling doubled to score Jenkins and Speers, who had reached on a single down the first base line. With the bases loaded after a single by Lye, Leung drove in another run when she reached on a fielder’s choice. Wideman closed out the Canadian scoring when she singled up the middle, scoring Polidori from third.

In the bottom of the third, Canada took advantage of their opportunities to score all the runs they would need in the contest. Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ont.) was awarded first base on a hit by pitch to lead off the inning and was moved over to third on a bunt single to a vacated spot at second base by Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.). Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) reached on a fielder’s choice with Puerto Rico retiring Leung at home, and another fielder’s choice by Holly Speers (Surrey, C.-B.) scored Hayward from third to make it 1-0. The next two runs of the contest for Canada came off the bat of the next batter Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.), who doubled home Gilbert and Speers to make the score 3-0.

Puerto Rico’s best chance to break the shutout came in the top of the fourth with back-to-back singles to lead off the inning, but a ground out by Aleshia Ocasio and a pair of strikeouts by Sara Groenewegen (Surrey, B.C.) ended the threat.

It was another combined pitching effort for Canada, with Groenewegen, Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ont.) and Danielle Lawrie (Langley, B.C.) all seeing action in the game. Groenewegen made the start and went four innings, giving up no runs on four hits while striking out four. Caira came in to start the fifth and pitched two perfect innings, including snagging a line drive off the bat of Ocasio to end the sixth. Lawrie closed out the game with an inning of work in which she didn’t allow a hit and struck out one.

Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) led off the game by hitting a single up the middle and stole second base. Holly Speers (Surrey, B.C.) was hit by a pitch to put two runners on base before Erika Polidori (Brantford, Ont.) drilled a double over the left fielder to push both runners in to score. A triple to the left-center field gap by Larissa Franklin (Maple Ridge, B.C.) scored Polidori, with Franklin crossing the plate on a wild pitch to give Canada a 4-0 lead.

After a scoreless second, Franklin hit a one-out single in the third, stole second and scored on a single by Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ont.). A double by Joey Lye (Toronto, Ont.) put runners on second and third and Natalie Wideman (Mississauga, Ont.) smacked a two-run single up the middle to score them both. A hit by pitch and a walk loaded the bases and another walk forced a run home before Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) hit a two-run single to center to increase the lead to 10-0. Polidori hit an RBI double to left followed by a two-run double by Franklin, who went on to score on a single by Leung to complete the ten run inning.

Kelsey Jenkins (Delta, B.C.) was hit by a pitch to start the fourth followed by a single by Speers with both runners coming in to score on a double to right by Salling. Polidori’s third double of the game plated Salling and she later scored on an error to round out the scoring.

Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ont.) got the start for Canada, allowing only a single in the second and one walk while striking out eight in the four inning game.

Team Canada went to work early by scoring five runs on five hits in the bottom of the first inning. Canada’s first baserunner came on a walk by Kelsey Jenkins (Delta, B.C.), who moved up to third on a single by Gilbert and scored when Holly Speers (Surrey, B.C.) singled to left. After Speers scored on a single by Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.), Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, Ont.) followed with a two-run homerun halfway up the bleachers in center field to make it 5-0 for Canada.

Canada added to their lead with a pair of runs in the second. Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.) led off the inning with a single down the first base line and was doubled home by Jenkins. With two outs in the inning, Salling smacked a single up the middle to plate Jenkins for the second run in the frame.

In the third, Jenkins smoked a single past first base to score Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) who had led off the inning with a single and moving Hayward to third in the process. Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) followed up and wasted no time blasting a three-run home run over the center field fence. 

It was another strong outing from Danielle Lawrie (Langley, B.C.) in the pitcher’s circle, as she went the full four innings for Canada and only allowed one hit, the first hit she’s allowed all tournament, while striking out four in the victory.

The game was tense from the opening pitch, with Canada’s Sara Groenewegen (Surrey, B.C.) and  Dallas Escobedo from Mexico going pitch-for-pitch through two scoreless innings.

Team Canada broke the scoreless tie in the third by opening the scoring. After Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) was hit by a pitch to start the inning, she moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ont.) and came around to score when Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.) laced a double to the right-center field gap.

The 1-0 Canada lead would hold until the bottom of the fifth, when Mexico produced two runs to take the 2-1 lead. They loaded the bases with no outs on a single from Sashel Palacios, an error by the shortstop and a walk. A bases loaded walk forced in the tying run, and a one-out single by Nicole Rangel plated the go-ahead run. Back-to-back strikeouts by Danielle Lawrie (Langley, B.C.) ended the inning to keep Canada within one run.

Canada had a chance to even the game in the top of the sixth when Kelsey Jenkins (Delta, B.C.) led off the inning with a double to left, but Canada couldn’t find the clutch hit needed to bring her home and she was left stranded. Canada went down in order in the seventh as Mexico closed out the game to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Groenewegen was the hard luck losing pitcher for Canada, leaving the game in the fifth with the bases loaded and two of those runners later coming in to score, one of them unearned after reaching on an error. In her four innings of work, she allowed only two hits and a walk and struck out three batters. Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ont.) gave up a hit and a walk and struck out one, while Lawrie struck out three batters without allowing a hit in an inning and two thirds. At the plate, Hayward and Jenkins each doubled with Holly Speers (Surrey, B.C.) adding a single. Both teams had three hits in the game.

Canada got another great outing by pitcher Danielle Lawrie (Langley, B.C.) who held Brazil to only one hit and struck out eight, while Larissa Franklin (Maple Ridge, B.C.) and Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, Ont.) supplied the key hits on offence to lead the red and white to victory.

After a scoreless first inning, Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) led off the bottom of the second with a walk, and after a fielder’s choice retired her at second, Franklin lined a triple to right field to score the game’s first run. The following inning, Victoria Hayward (Toronto, Ont.) led off with her second bunt single of the game and she stole both second and third base. A pair of walks loaded the bases with no outs, but the next two batters hit into fielder’s choices with the lead runner being thrown out at home before Rafter pushed a run in to score with an infield single on a great diving stop by the third baseman who had no available throw. Franklin followed up with a two-run single through the right side of the infield, while Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) and Joey Lye (Toronto, Ont.) each drilled RBI singles as Canada built a 6-0 lead.

Looking to get back into the game, Brazil got their only hit in the top of the fourth on a surprise bunt with one out that was fielded but bobbled by the third baseman, allowing the batter to reach base. After a strikeout for the second out, Rafter picked off the runner at second on an attempted steal. In the bottom of the fifth, Rafter led off by launching a walk-off homerun to center to end the game on the run-ahead rule. 

Rafter hit a homerun, a single, drove in two runs and scored three times for Canada while Franklin had a triple, a single and knocked in three. Hayward singled twice and stole three bases, while Entzminger and Lye each had RBI singles. Holly Speers (Surrey, B.C.) chipped in with a single and a run scored.