The 2016 National Youth Women’s Championship came to a close on Friday after six days of play, with the gold and bronze-medal games both played at Narrabundah Ballpark, home of the Australian Baseball League’s Canberra Cavalry.
The top-of-the-tier hardware will head back to Western Australia, after the squad walked off to win the gold-medal matchup 5-4 over the silver finishers from Queensland. New South Wales and New South Wales Country battled it out for the bronze, with NSW finishing ahead of their in-state rivals and taking them down 13-3, marking the first time in four years that the Sydney siders haven’t won the tournament.
WA hosted the team from the sunshine state and after getting out to an early two-run lead in the third frame, QLD fought back for two in the top of the fourth. The host squad immediately answered in the bottom half with two more, but the Queenslanders tied it up again in the seventh inning.
With two outs and two runners on in the bottom of the seventh, second baseman Mikayla Hyde singled in the winning run with a drive to left field, finishing the game and ensuring a happy flight back to Perth. WA first baseman Caitlin Gordon led both teams’ offence with two hits and two runs driven in on the day.
In the bronze-medal contest, NSW held its foe to just three hits, the home team also committing five errors in the six-inning game. Both squads kept the affair tight until NSW put up an eight-run sixth frame to finish it and capture the third spot in the standings.
The two games on Friday finished the National Youth Women’s Championship at the home of the second-place Cavalry in ACT
The 2016 National Youth Women’s Championship came to a close on Friday after six days of play, with the gold and bronze-medal games both played at Narrabundah Ballpark, home of the Australian Baseball League’s Canberra Cavalry.
The top-of-the-tier hardware will head back to Western Australia, after the squad walked off to win the gold-medal matchup 5-4 over the silver finishers from Queensland. New South Wales and New South Wales Country battled it out for the bronze, with NSW finishing ahead of their in-state rivals and taking them down 13-3, marking the first time in four years that the Sydney siders haven’t won the tournament.
WA hosted the team from the sunshine state and after getting out to an early two-run lead in the third frame, QLD fought back for two in the top of the fourth. The host squad immediately answered in the bottom half with two more, but the Queenslanders tied it up again in the seventh inning.
With two outs and two runners on in the bottom of the seventh, second baseman Mikayla Hyde singled in the winning run with a drive to left field, finishing the game and ensuring a happy flight back to Perth. WA first baseman Caitlin Gordon led both teams’ offence with two hits and two runs driven in on the day.
In the bronze-medal contest, NSW held its foe to just three hits, the home team also committing five errors in the six-inning game. Both squads kept the affair tight until NSW put up an eight-run sixth frame to finish it and capture the third spot in the standings.
The two games on Friday finished the National Youth Women’s Championship at the home of the second-place Cavalry in ACT