Jamie Southern (Clovis, Calif.) pitched five innings giving up two hits with Alicia Hollowell (Suisun, Calif.) closing the game, giving up on hit. The team had a qualifier-high five errors, with three in one inning, leading all Canadian runs to be unearned.

Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo, Calif.) was 2-4 with two RBI. Crystl Bustos (Canyon County, Calif.) was a 2-3 with two RBI with another monster homerun, her sixth homerun in seven games. Stacey Nuveman (La Verne, Calif.) hit at a 2-3 clip with two RBI and Lovie Jung (Fountain Valley, Calif.) was 2-3 with an RBI.

Canada vs. Venezuela or Cuba will play at 5 p.m. with the winner scheduled to take on the U.S. at 7 p.m. for the finals of the qualifier.

About ASA

The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation’s largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 88 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit www.asasoftball.com.

About USA Softball

USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men’s, Women’s, Junior Boys’ and Junior Girls’ National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women’s National Team is one of the only two women’s sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won seven World Championship titles including the last five consecutive. For more information about USA Softball, please visit www.usasoftball.com