July 8, 2005

LAS VEGAS - UNLV's Brittany Freight helped Team Canada to a 2-0 victory over New Zealand Thursday evening at the Canada Cup in Surrey, British Columbia. With the win Team Canada closed out its portion of round robin play with a 6-1 record. The Red and White advance to the double elimination championship round on Friday at 1 pm against China.

With the score knotted at zero, Freight led off the bottom of the sixth. Freight took first when she was hit by an Ali Arnold pitch. Following a fly out, Rachel Schill singled to left and wound up on second thanks to a fielding error by Melanie Hulme. Freight took third on the error. With the bases loaded and two out, Freight was brought home when Janiva Willis was hit by a pitch.

Team Canada added its second run when Arnold threw a wild pitch allowing Schill to score.

For more information on the Canada Cup, you can check out the Cup's official website at www.canadacup.com. For more information on Team Canada, you can check out www.softball.ca.