sa国际传媒 dropped a tough 2-1 decision to New Zealand Thursday night at the International Softball Federation鈥檚 Junior Women鈥檚 World Championships in Brampton, Ont.
Victoria athletes Emma Entzminger and Chelsea Strandlund are both with Team sa国际传媒, which finished third in Pool A of the event and will face China in playoff action today but is not in a position to medal.
sa国际传媒 (5-2) had opened up play with a forfeit win over Venezuela and a 5-0 victory over Great Britain on Monday before collecting 5-1 and 11-1 wins over the Czech Republic and Korea on Tuesday.
sa国际传媒 remained undefeated with a 4-0 win over Puerto Rico on Wednesday morning before suffering its first loss, 4-0, to the United States that evening. The Americans finished atop Pool A at 7-0.
New Zealand finished at 5-2 in Pool A, but got into the semifinals with the win over sa国际传媒. Puerto Rico was fourth at 4-3.
Strandlund had a triple, an RBI and a run scored against Puerto Rico, while Entzminger had a hit and two RBIs vs. Great Britain. 鈥� sa国际传媒
