The Canadian women’s national team, including Drayton’s Victoria Rumph, ended up in fourth place at the General Tire World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City.
The Canadians finished in a three-way tie for first place with USA and Japan with a 3-1 record in the preliminary round, but came out on the short end of the tie-breaking formula and took on Australia in the bronze medal game, losing 4-3 in eight innings to finish fourth overall. Japan defeated the United States 6-3 to win the Gold medal at the event.
All four teams travelled to Surrey, BC for the Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship from July 16-22 at Softball City.
A final roster of 17 players to represent Canada at the Women’s Pan American Championship, scheduled for Aug. 10 to 18 in San Juan, Puerto Rico will be choosen following the the completion of the tournament in British Columbia.
Rumph, a catcher, recently completed her senior year at Youngstown State University in Ohio, batting .291 with six home runs and 35 RBIs in 46 games in 2013. This spring she became Youngstown State’s career leader in runs batted in, breaking the previous record of 119. Rumph, who majored in exercise science at Youngstown, is the daughter of Brian and Tina Rumph of Drayton.
