A thrilling Day 7 of the Australian Women’s Championships saw plenty of tight games, with Western Australia and Victoria Blue both in the Open Women’s Championship game tomorrow.
But before we look to tomorrow, you can check out today’s game recaps here:
Youth: NSW 11-10 QLD | Box Score
New South Wales has claimed its sixth Australian Youth Women’s Championship in eight years after overcoming Queensland in the 2019 gold medal game on Saturday.
Rosalie Marcus drove in five runs to help power the red-hot NSW offence to an 11-10 win at Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra.
New South Wales jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a single from Marcus in the first inning.
Youth: WA 6-7 VIC | Box Score
Victoria came back from six runs down to defeat Western Australia and take home the bronze medal of the Australian Youth Women’s Championships.
In what was a thrilling match on Diamond 3, scores were tied at 6-6 until the bottom of the sixth, before Victoria’s Lilian Bell-Tanner hit a single to allow Zoe Allen to cross home plate for the winning run.
Victoria’s Georgia Davis topped the RBI count for her team with two, whilst Bell-Tanner and Maddi Weller each finished with one.
Western Australia were first on the board with four runs scored in their first innings, lead by Amity Collins’ two run single.
A Jessica Knight single to score both Makayla George and Angela Mourtzios extended Western Australia’s lead to 6-0.
But Victoria were not going down without a fight, scoring two quick runs in the bottom of the fourth.
A big four run fifth innings by Victoria evened up the scores, as a couple of wild pitches proved costly for Western Australia.
Youth: WA 6-7 VIC | Box Score
Victoria came back from six runs down to defeat Western Australia and take home the bronze medal of the Australian Youth Women’s Championships.
In what was a thrilling match on Diamond 3, scores were tied at 6-6 until the bottom of the sixth, before Victoria’s Lilian Bell-Tanner hit a single to allow Zoe Allen to cross home plate for the winning run.
Victoria’s Georgia Davis topped the RBI count for her team with two, whilst Bell-Tanner and Maddi Weller each finished with one.
Western Australia were first on the board with four runs scored in their first innings, lead by Amity Collins’ two run single.
A Jessica Knight single to score both Makayla George and Angela Mourtzios extended Western Australia’s lead to 6-0.
But Victoria were not going down without a fight, scoring two quick runs in the bottom of the fourth.
A big four run fifth innings by Victoria evened up the scores, as a couple of wild pitches proved costly for Western Australia.
Open: VICW 7-11 SA | Box Score
South Australia continued their momentum with a hard fought 11-7 win over Victoria White on Diamond 2.
Ashleigh George lead the way with the bat for South Australia, finishing the game with three RBIs from three at bats.
Darna Veen started on the mound for the South Australians, pitching three innings for four strikeouts and three earned runs.
Victoria White were first on the board with a Kayla Adams single allowing Jasmine Bentley to cross home plate.
South Australia hit right back, piling on four runs in the bottom of the first.
It was a one run ballgame at the top of the fourth, as Victoria White clawed back a two runs to make it 4-3.
But South Australia responded straight away, as they rallied hard to pile on seven more runs and lead 11-5.
They allowed Victoria White to score two late runs at the top of the seventh, but still came away with a solid win.
Victoria White will face Queensland in the fifth place playoff tomorrow on Diamond 2 at 9am.
Open: VICB 13-6 WA | Box Score
Victoria Blue remain the form team of the Open competition but were pushed by a spirited Western Australia, eventually winning 13-6 on Diamond 1.
It was a two run ballgame at the bottom of the sixth with the scores at 8-6, but Victoria Blue snatched victory with five runs scored at the start of the seventh.
Victoria Blue’s Abbey Kelly was the best with the bat, going for four hits off five at bats including two RBIs.
In what was a see-sawing affair, Western Australia started off perfectly with Rebecca Torpy hitting a single to score Meaghan Haggart. Kaila Borgomastro then scored off a wild pitch to put her team ahead 2-0.
Victoria Blue evened up the scores as Belinda Cannington and Vanessa Clifford both crossed the plate.
The two teams went run for run in the next couple of innings, before Victoria Blue’s offence started to kick into gear.
It was a Leslie Anglin double that kick started the big seventh innings for Victoria Blue, with
Open: QLD 11-12 SA | Box Score
South Australia recorded their second win of the day on Diamond 2, holding off a spirited Queensland fight-back to run off 12-11 winners.
Despite having a five run lead heading into the sixth, South Australia almost lost the game as Queensland scored four runs at the top of the sixth to be one run behind at 12-11.
It was SA pitcher Eryn Shipp who closed out things for her team on the mound, not allowing any hits during Queensland’s last innings and striking out two.
South Australian Jessica Maslin went three-for-three at the plate, hitting two doubles to lead her team to victory.
Both teams began the game strongly, with four runs coming off the opening innings for each team.
Two fielding errors by South Australia gifted Queensland a two run lead at the top of the second, before South Australia bounced back to score four in the bottom of the second.
South Australia continued their strong offence as they flew to a 12-7 lead, before Queensland almost made a miraculous comeback.
The win was an important one for South Australia, as they now play in the bronze medal match tomorrow against New South Wales on Diamond 1 at 10:30am.
Open: NSW 5-6 WA | Box Score
In what was the theme of the day, Western Australia survived a late fight-back from New South Wales to book their spot in the gold medal game tomorrow.
Western Australia were ahead 6-2 after five innings, before New South Wales staged a comeback and scored three runs at the top of the sixth.
But Western Australia starter Narumi Kametani managed to hold out a fast finishing New South Wales. She pitched the entire seven innings, and finished the game with seven hits for five runs and one strikeout.
New South Wales were quick off the blocks, with two doubles by Maddison Heath and Belinda Hay scoring Ticara Geldenhuis and Heath respectively.
Western Australia replied with a four run first innings. Two walks from NSW pitcher Ebony Van Eynde allowed two runs in, Rebecca Torpy scored off a ground out and an error from NSW first baseman Belinda Hay bought the score to 4-2.
Two more runs were scored by Western Australia at the bottom of the second when Meaghan Haggart hit a single on a hard ground ball to score Caitlin Eynon and Kaila Borgomastro.
New South Wales staged a late comeback but it wasn’t enough.
Western Australia will face off against Victoria Blue in the Championship game tomorrow on Diamond 1 at 2:30pm.