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The schedule is here for an internationally groundbreaking event.

The 2024 Australian Little League Girls Division Championships in Lismore has dropped.

The event, which runs from May 8-12 in Lismore, is the first of its kind. No other baseball country has hosted a national championships for a girls only division of the Little League Championships.

Little League is one of the most famous participation platforms in international baseball. Little League is for 12U players.

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The Adelaide Seahorses, West Coast Rays, Victoria Belles, New South Wales Blue, New South Wales White & Brisbane Rebels will each send a roster to compete for the title of Little League Girl National Champion.

Each team will play each other once over the first four days of the tournament – a total of five group stage games each. The top two teams will advance straight to the Gold Medal Game on Sunday 12 May at noon.

The event will run alongside the 2024 Australia Women’s Showcase. It is proudly supported by Regional NSW.

Games on Diamond 3 will be broadcast live on Baseball+, with six-time World Cup representative and silver medalist Amy McCann calling all the action.

WOMEN’S SHOWCASE HUB, SCHEDULE, RORSTERS INFO: Click here.

The event will run alongside the 2024 Australian Women’s Showcase – an event that brings the best female baseball players in the country together, along with a mix of international talent.

Emeralds two-way player Claire O’Sullivan says she hopes an event like this can further launch girls baseball in Australia. She says there’s a lot to love about this event.

“I love that Lismore gets to host the first Little League Girls Nationals. I love that everyone gets to see that there’s a baseball world outside of main cities and everyone gets to experience a great community and world class facility in the country.”

“I hope it also helps people living in the country towns realise that there are pathways available to enable them to play the highest level of baseball they can. I’d love to see the numbers continue to grow in and around the areas because of this tournament, if it helps just one girl say to their parents “I’d like to try baseball” then that would be a pretty cool thing. I was built from the NSW Country baseball system, and I wouldn’t be where I am today without the NSW country pathways and training program that previous coaches have put so much time into developing.”

Claire, we couldn’t have said it better if we tried.

All non-broadcast games will be scored on GameChanger with a single camera live-feed for families to tune in.

There will be daily reports, photos and recaps to share with the broader community.

“I hope this is the start of women’s baseball in Australia building from the ground up and creating even more opportunities for girls and women in this country to play the sport they love,” she adds.

 

On Friday 5 April at the 2024 Australian Women’s Championships, all teams rallied together to make a stand against domestic and family violence.
Presented by NO MORE, players linked arms together to show a united front before each game while sporting orange playing socks.

Players also had the opportunity to write messages of supports on placards.

A player from each team was awarded with the NO MORE Spirit of the Game Award to a player who embodies fair play, teamwork, community, and respect on and off the field – setting a positive example for all.

For more information and to learn how you can support visit www.nomore.org.au.

Congratulations to all our winners.

AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Western Australia – Ava Tyson
South Australia – Bianca Ramsey
Victoria – Kira Kuwamoto
New South Wales – Sayaka Mori
Queensland White – Mackenzie Rogers
Queensland Maroon – Kate Deegan

Scorer – Mel Hargraves
Umpire – Paul Carthy

AUSTRALIAN YOUTH WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS

Western Australia – Lily Duckworth
South Australia – Bree Ridding
Victoria – Chelsea Nunn
New South Wales – Quincy Hindmarsh
Queensland – Lila Hall

After careful consideration and relentless weather, the gold medal game will be unable to be played.

Therefore, Victoria were named gold medal winners of the 2024 Australian Women’s Championships.

In tournament bylaws, if the Championship Final fails to decide the champion state team, the team which finished the most recently completed round in the highest position will be declared Australian champion.

In this instance, Victoria is 7-0 and are named champion.

New South Wales are silver medalists, and Queensland Bronze.

Award winners and presentations were done in a marquee after the game.

AWARD WINNERS|

MVP – Lili Cavanagh, Victoria
Golden Arm – Allie Bebbere, Victoria
Golden Bat – Claire O’Sullivan, NSW
Golden Glove – Abbey Kelly, Victoria

Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria remain in contention. Here’s how the day will play out:

3:00PM – NSW 10 def QLD 9

6:00PM – Washed out.

Catch the action on Baseball+.

More tournament information and archived stories can be found here.

Here are yesterday’s medal round and elimination day recaps + Youth Gold Medal.

Scroll for daily recaps.

HOW THEY GOT HERE?

Victoria is a perfect 7-0 in the tournament. They have won big, but also survived two narrow games vs both Queensland Maroon and New South Wales. They can hit. They can pitch. They are a well-drilled team, featuring a promising collection of rising stars and multiple Emeralds.

New South Wales have hit their way to the medal round. A team who has scored at least 10 runs in five of their seven games, suffering defeats to only Victoria this week. They have a team with multiple Emeralds and won last in 2022.

Queensland Maroon will medal for the first time since 2016. A roster, which features four players who graduated from last year’s Gold Medal at the 2023 Youth Championships, has hit well throughout and featured some clutch pitching performances. They started the tournament 3-0, lost by one run to Victoria, and defeated South Australia in the elimination final.

To win a gold medal, Queensland Maroon and New South Wales must win two games today. It’s tough, but possible.

Victoria earned the advatage of just playing one.

Daily Recaps

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by Kristin Sims

NSW 10 def QLD Maroon 9

Kicking the game off in style QLD were on the board early, after singles from Riordan Bradley and Tamika Zamora and ending the first with 1 run.

NSW wasted no time getting the run back after Erin Partridge drew a walk and scored off an error with some great base running. NSW experienced batters gave them every opportunity with Claire O’Sullivan and Ticara Geldenhuis hitting singles, before 16-year-old Isobel Lambert hit an RBI double. NSW would put another 2 runs on the board to take a 5-1 lead early.

The margin remained the same until the third innings when QLD launched a comeback. In a repeat of the previous innings with the bat Riordan Bradley had another single, but this time it was Molly Paddison who hit the double to bring Bradley home. A single to Connie Row cut the NSW lead to 1 run, keeping QLD well and truly in it.

A two hour rain delay flipped the game on its head and NSW turned to veteran Claire O’Sullivan to take over the pitching reins. O’Sullivan did everything her team needed, and restricted QLD to the 1 hit in the inning after play resumed.

NSW came out and made a statement next, loading the bases before Ebony Van Eynde hit a double to the end of left field which cleared the bases. Claire O’Sullivan sent Van Eynde home on a single, before M Heath would get another on the board for NSW to hold a 6 run lead at the bottom of the fourth.

A pitching change for QLD brought Ashley Van Staden to the mound, it was a big moment for the youngster in her first nationals. She threw the ball well and despite giving up a couple of walks early, she kept NSW from scoring for the remainder of the game.

It was a do-or-die moment for QLD when they came in to bat in the seventh. After Molly Paddison reached on a walk, Shiori Hoshino doubled to bring Paddison home and a rally was sparked. Another double to Tamika Zamora added another run, and with no outs recorded QLD were coming for the win.

Two outs came in succession before Hannah Wilson doubled, and an error then gave QLD run number 8, cutting the lead to just 2 runs. Another hit to Riordan Bradley scored another, and then it was the rookie Molly Paddison facing off against the experienced Claire O’Sullivan. It was an edge of your seat moment and Paddison fought hard, but ground out for the final out to see QLD take home the Bronze medal.

SA 8 def QLD W 5

South Australia came from behind in the third to take the win, after big hitter Jess Maslin lit up the game.

Maslin hit the second home run of the tournament, which got SA on the board with two runs to take a 2-1 lead.

QLD White made a comeback in the fourth with hits to Shanye-Elise Lord and Taliyah Paolo and added another in the sixth to hold a 2-run lead late.

SA took bad the lead in the bottom of the sixth adding 4 runs to their tally. A rally of 6 hits in a row, gave SA some breathing space with one inning remaining.

Emily Colman pitched out the game for SA, QLD W added just the 1 run for SA to take victory.

WA 13 def SA 1

WA were on the board early adding three runs in the first thanks to a double from Meaghan Haggart and some errors from SA.

A tw0-run RBI double to Briah Burke in the third, helped add to WA’s tally. They would end the inning with an 8 run lead.

Meaghan Haggart was also strong with the ball in hand for WA, keeping SA to just the hits.

It was the bat of Jess Maslin again that got SA their first run in the fourth.

Back-to-back doubles in the fifth to Caitlin Eynon and Charlotte Yates, gave WA 13 runs on the board.

Caitlin Eynon had 5 strikeouts in her two innings pitched, helping WA hold SA to just the 1 run.

Award Winners

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To be announced.

by Kristin Sims

In only their second ever U16 Youth Women’s Championships, South Australia wasted no time making their mark on a gold medal mark.

They dominated from start to finish in a convincing 14-1 win.

Alice Brown delivered one of the most iconic performances in Australian Gold Medal Championship History, going 7.0 innings in a complete game, allowing one run off four hits. She also went 4-for-5 with the bat and drove in six runs.

Every player in the South Australia line-up contributing, with each of the starters picking up at least one base hit during the game.

Here’s how the game unfolded…

READ MORE: DAY 6 RECAP

Hitting well, hitting early and running the bases hard, the South Aussies jumped to a four run lead. Singles to Regan O’Reilly, Alice Brown and Ruby Phitzner all contributed to the score for South Australia.

Alice Brown started on the mound for SA, she took some time to get comfortable after walking the first two batters but ended the innings strong with a strikeout and giving up just one run.

After an incredible tournament so far, unfortunately today was not Charlotte Stokes’ day.

Heading into the game she had a 0.00 ERA, but some errors behind her would see her leave the game after just 1.2 IP. In that time she still battled to strike out 3 batters.

A bright future for Charlotte no doubt…

Sout added another three runs in the second inning. Isabella Hacker kicked things off with a single. Regan O’Reilly hit a sacrifice fly that sent Hacker home, followed up by a double to Alice Brown. Finishing things off was Indie O’Hazy-Tschorn with a single to get SA’s 7th run.

Pitching just as well as she was batting, Alice Brown had a 3-up-3-down inning in the second.

The SA bats stayed hot in the 3rd, kicking it off with singles to Maxine Saunders and Pria Bholanat. Bree Ridding then had her own single, before Alice Brown had another double driving in 2 runs. SA ended the innings holding a 10 run lead.

QLD were able to settle with the ball in hand and slow SA’s scoring, until SA broke through with bat and added 2 runs in the seventh to hold a 13 run lead.

Despite QLD managing to get runners on base at times, they were unable to get on the board and break through the intense SA defence and the incredible pitching of Alice Brown.

Holding on to the 13 run lead, SA were crowned the 2024 Youth Women’s champions.

TOURNAMENT AWARD WINNERS

MVP – Alice Brown (SA), 1 earned run in 13 innings pitched, with a complete game in the gold medal match, plus 10 hits and 12 RBI.

Golden Bat – Shenaye Lett (WA), Hits .563 while leading tournament in extra base hits and quality at bats. Also has 8 RBI.

Golden Arm – Alice Brown (SA), 1 earned run in 13.0 innings plus 14 strike outs

Golden Arm – Holly Moellers (QLD), allowed the fewest stolen bases as a catcher of all in position with significant time, while catching brilliantly behind the plate

THE NO MORE SPIRIT OF THE GAME AWARD WINNERS

As part of Friday’ss #NoMore Campaign day, which saw players at stand against domestic and family violence, a player from each game was recognised for playing within the spirit of the sport.

Western Australia – Lily Duckworth
South Australia – Bri Ridding
Victoria – Chelsea Nunn
New South Wales – Quincy Hindmarsh
Queensland – Lila Hall

 

It’s going to be a great day at the 2024 Australian Women’s Championships.

At 3:00PM, South Australia and Queensland will compete in the Youth Championship Gold Medal Game. You can watch the action on Baseball+.

Here you will find schedules, game updates, and useful information.

More useful information and archived stories can be found here.

SUNDAY APRIL SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

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Congratulations to Western Australia who won bronze in the Youth Women’s – their first medal since 2016!

In the Open Women’s, the winner of South Australia vs Queensland advances to the preliminary final.  They will play the loser of New South Wales and Victoria.

The winner of Victoria and New South Wales goes straight to the Gold Medal game.

RESULTS

AYWC GOLD – SA 14 def QLD 1
AWC – Queensland 10 def South Australia 7, QLD advances to Prelim
AWC – VIC 7 def NSW 1, VIC advance to Gold Medal

AYWC Consolation – NSW 4 def VIC 2
AYWC Consolation – NSW 7 def WA 4
AYWC Consolation – WA 12 def VIC 2
AWC Consolation – WA 17 def QLDW 2

Here is the schedule for tomorrow:

RECAPS + SCORES

U16 GOLD MEDAL: SOUTH AUSTRALIA 14 def QUEENSLAND 1

Every player in the South Australian starting line-up. Starting pitcher Alice Brown tossed a complete game, allowing just four hits and one run. She also went 4-for-5 with the bat.

Read the full recap here.

Elimination Final 

QLD M 10 def SA 7 

SA started strong in the game against QLD, after a single in the first as Elisa Gooley sent two runs in after a groundout. 

Kelsey Barker started strong on the mound for SA, limiting QLD’s scoring chances until the third where none other than QLD star rookie Molly Paddison kicked off the inning with a single and started the QLD rally. 

Molly Paddison, Riordan Bradley, Shiori Hoshino and Hannah Marshall all collected hits in the fourth to give QLD the lead for the first time in the game, ending the inning 2 runs ahead. 

Brianna Ragau had an RBI double in the fifth to extend QLD’s lead and Riordan Bradley had another single that drove in Hannah Wilson. Smart base running and an error for SA would see QLD hold a handy 5 run lead going into the sixth. 

SA mounted a comeback in the seventh, a double to Bianca Ramsey with bases loaded drove in 2 runs. Followed by another 2 RBI double to Jess Maslin, SA were trailing by 3 with 2 outs in hand. A single to Georgia Davis saw Jess Maslin in scoring position, but steady relief pitching by Britany Wyllie saw QLD get their final outs and progress to the preliminary final. 

Big Performers-

Brianna Ragau (QLD): 2-4, 3 RBI
Bianca Ramsay (SA): 1.0IP, 1SO,3RBI

GOLD MEDAL QUALIFICATION GAME – VIC 7 def NSW 1

Undefeated Victoria punched their ticket to the Gold Medal Game.

The two heavyweights of the tournament faced off in the gold medal qualification game, with VIC yet to lose a game it was a tough task ahead for NSW.

Wasting no time VIC were the first to get runs on the board, thanks to a 2 run RBI double from Jamie Bastians.

The next 2.1 innings were scoreless for both teams, with Jessica Johnson for VIC and MacKenzie Johnson for NSW both tossing well for their respective side.

VIC were back on the board again in the fourth, a string of hits to Lillian Bell-Tanner, Jamie Bastian, Ruby Dale resulted in 3 runs.

Claire O’sullivan got NSW on the board after a ground ball resulted in an error that saw Lisa Nakashio cross home plate.

The VIC batters were out again in the fifth inning, back-to-back doubles to Kira Kuwamoto and Belinda Cannington plus a single to Lillian Bell-Tanner added 2 runs to their tally. Giving VIC a comfortable 5 run lead late in the game.

Lili Cavanagh took to the mound in the sixth for VIC and closed out the game, with 1 strikeout and allowing no hits.

In her last at-bat for the day Lili Cavanagh had an RBI single, extending VIC’s lead to 6 runs.

NSW worked quickly in the field in the sixth, resulting in them getting another chance with the bat. VIC would finish the game in style with a slick double play to go undefeated into the gold medal match.

AYWC AND AWC – CONSOLATION GAMES

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NSW 4 def VIC 2 

VIC took the lead early with a Kendra Rutgers single that saw Chelsea Nunn home on an error. 

Saya Turnley pitched a gem for VIC with 6 strikeouts in 2 innings. A double to Mariam Arifaki, plus errors and walks in the third gave NSW a 3-1 lead over VIC. 

Andie Torcasio had an RBI single in the fourth for VIC, with the lead now reduced to 2 runs. A double play from NSW would end the innings for VIC and seal the victory for NSW.

NSW 7 def WA 4

NSW got on the board in the first with a ground out to Ryleigh Delacour-Batch.

Quincy Hindmarsh was on the mound for NSW and pitched strong with 2 strikeouts in her 2 innings, allowing no runs.

NSW broke the game open in the third piling on 5 runs with hits to Kara Cassidy, Ava Makin, Sienna Gledhill and Ryleigh Delacour-Batch.

WA came alive in the third after 2 walks, a double to Jemma Golding scored 2 runs. An RBI single by Emma Rendell added to WA’s tally.

AWC – Western Australia 17 def Queensland White 2

Madison White hit a ground ball in the fourth, which added another to WA’s tally, ultimately after time was reached WA would fall by 3 runs.

17 year old Ava Tyson opened the pitching for WA, delivering 3 quick outs to start the game.

Singles Chloe Atkinson, Meaghan Haggart and Madison Lines delivered WA’s first 3 runs of the game. A series of walks and a double to Charlotte Yates had WA ending the innings with a 7 run lead.

For their second run with the bat, WA added a further 7 runs.The highlight of the inning coming from a Chloe Atkinson single that brought 2 runs home.

A double for Emma Reid in the third gave QLD W their second run of the game.

Catiling Eynon, Chloe Atkinson and Grace Spano all had hits in the fourth for WA. Ending the game with a 17-2 win, it was a positive end to the tournament for last year’s champions WA.

AYWC – WA 12 def VIC 2

Runs came early for both teams, with VIC adding 1 in the first before WA put 5 on the board.

VIC had 4 hits in the second, with Alexandra Egan and Charlotte Jansen both bringing in runners to cut into WA’s lead.

WA picked up more runs in the fourth with some unsteady pitching and fielding, after a ground out to Jemma Golding helped add 4 runs to their tally.

A healthy lead for WA with Isabella Cleva on the mound, VIC were against the wall with 2 outs before a double to Andie Torcasio brought in 2 runs. The comeback would end with the next batter, with WA coming out 6 run winners.

 

It’s Saturday at the Australian Women’s Championships (AWC) and Youth Women’s Championships (AYWC) and the medal round has begun.

In the youth side of the bracket on Diamond 2, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia competed for a spot in the Gold Meda Game.

Over in the elite women’s, the Top 4 teams begin their double elimination bracket on the path to glory. Watch the broadcast on Baseball+.

Here you will find schedules, game updates, and useful information.

Scroll down to learn about how the finals works, if you’re curious and need to know. Recaps and results will be filled in after the schedule.

More useful information and archived stories can be found here.

SATURDAY 5 APRIL SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

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Watch the two medal round AWC games on Baseball+.

Follow the AYWC on GameChanger.

Results

AYWC 
Consolation Round – Victoria 5 def NSW 2
Medal Round – SA 6 def WA 2
Medal Round – QLD 10 def SA 9
Medal Round – QLD 5 def WA 2

Western Australia wins bronze medal. South Australia and Queensland advance to the Youth Championships Gold Medal Game on Sunday 6 April at 3:00PM. Watch on Baseball+.

AWC

Medal Round – NSW 12 def Queensland Maroon 5
Medal Round – VIC 8 def SA 0
6:00PM – WA 15 def QLDW 12

New South Wales and Victoria advance to the Gold Medal Qualification game on Sunday at 12:00PM. The winner advances to the gold medal game, the loser goes to the preliminary final. Watch it on Baseball+.

South Australia and Queensland Maroon advance to the Elimination Final on Sunday at 9:00AM. The winner advances to the Preliminary Final.

SATURDAY 5 APRIL RECAPS

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by Kristin Sims

CONSOLATION ROUND AYWC – Victoria 5 def NSW 2

It was the Kendra Rutgers show for this matchup, pitching for 4 innings for Rutgers, striking out ten in an incredible performance on the mound.

Both teams were scoreless until the third where VIC broke away getting 3 runs on the board, started by a double to Isabel Zurawel, and a single to Amelia Wright that brought in 2.

Aaliyah Te Ahuru-Kostic got NSW on the board in the fourth with a 2 RBI double. It was a good day with the bat for Te Ahuru-Kostic who was NSW’s only player with multiple hits.

Amelia Wright was best with bat for VIC going 2-2, with Charlotte Jansen also providing 2 RBI’s off her bat.

Chelsea Nunn was also excellent pitching for VIC, coming in to relieve she pitched one inning striking out three to close out the game.

MEDAL ROUND – AYWC – SA 6 def WA 2

It was a shaky start and strong finish for South Australia who won their first game of the double-header.

WA struck first. They took advantage of an SA error by bringing home runs thanks to a double from Shenaye “The Show” Lett.

The pitchers for both teams took control for the next few innings, until Bree Ridding got SA’s first run after some excellent base running, followed by a 2 run RBI to Ruby Pfitzner that gave SA a 1 run lead.

SA then had another 3-run inning in the 4th, with two big doubles and singles driving in the runs.

A 3 strikeout and scoreless innings to Dakota Ding for SA on the mound, sealed the victory for SA to keep a top podium finish alive for SA.

Alice Brown pitched two perfect innings for South Australia, while Sienna Thiele had two hits.

South Australia move to 1-0 in the second round and Western Australia 0-1.

MEDAL ROUND – AYWC – QUEENSLAND 10 def SOUTH AUSTRALIA 9

A game with a roller coaster of emotions.

Queensland had a 6-0 lead erased. South Australia mounted a rally in the last two innings to lead 9-6 in the final frame.

Then, with two outs, Queensland rallied themselves, with Sienna Fens driving in the winning runs with a 2-RBI single.

QLD were on the board early taking advantage of walks and errors, to end the first inning with a 2-run lead.

Tehya Lewis was solid on the mound for QLD, keeping SA scoreless until the fourth and collecting four strikeouts during her outing.

SA started chipping away at QLD’s six run lead in the 4th innings with the first run coming in from a single to Alice Brown, before Indie O’Hazy Tschorn hit another that brought another two runners in.

The fifth inning was a hit fest for SA, Alice Brown and Indie O’Hazy Tschorn both hitting big doubles that would see SA with a 3-run lead in the fifth.

Time was starting to be a factor in the game and QLD took their chances in the bottom of the fifth, to get themselves the win. A groundout from Ruby Preston would give QLD 2 outs, but it also drove in 2 runs. An error from SA, followed by a single to Bella Nolan brought the margin to just 1 run.

Charlotte Stokes was then intentionally walked, before Sienna Fens was the hero for QLD hitting a single that would see two runs come over and QLD clutch victory.

Big Performers-

Tehya Lewis (QLD) 4 IP, 5 SO

Indie O’Hazy Tschorn (SA) 2-3, 3 RBI’s

MEDAL ROUND – AWC – New South Wales 12 def Queensland 5

New South Wales racked up 17 hits in a dominating offensive performance.

A five-run third inning pushed a NSW advantage to 7-0, off the backs of a Claire O’Sullivan double, Elise Izzard double, Sayaka Mori single and Maddi Heath triple.

Ebony Van Eynde, meanwhile, chucked three perfect innings to ease NSW into the game.

Hits to Molly Paddison and Shiori Hoshino sparked a rally for Queensland in the fourth. They took advantage of walks to cut the lead to 7-5.

They had a chance to strike for more with bases loaded in the fourth, but Lisa Nakashio forced a groundout to get out of the jam. She went on to pitch 3.1 innings of one-hit, shutout baseball.

New South Wales instantly responded with three.

Isobel Lambert collected three hits, Sayaka Mori had four hits and four RBI, and Lambert + Heath each had three hits of their own.

New South Wales advance to the Gold Medal Qualification Game on Sunday at 12:00PM for a spot in the Gold Medal Game.

AWC MEDAL ROUND – VICTORIA 8 def SA 0

The bats for VIC were too strong for SA, and the pitching was just as good, in their clash for a spot in the gold medal qualification game.

Allie Bebberre was starting pitcher for Victoria, she led the team well in her 4 innings allowing just one hit and striking out four.

Victoria wasted no time putting their stamp on the game, lighting it up in the first inning with hits to Lili Cavanagh, Belinda Cannington, Kira Jansen, Kira Kuwamoto, Jasmine Bentley and Abbey Kelly.

Both teams were scoreless from there, until the fourth, where Abbey Kelly and Lili Cavanagh both hit doubles before a single to Belinda Cannington later in the innings saw VIC extend their lead to 8 runs.

Despite making contact with the ball, SA were just unable to affect the scoreboard at any point in the game with VIC fielding shutting them down.

Victoria move on to the Gold Medal Qualification Game, while SA will meet Queensland Maroon in the Elimination Final.

AYWC MEDAL ROUND – QLD 5 def WA 2 

Western Australia took an early 2-0 lead over Queensland early, but Queensland bounced back to win and advance to the Gold Medal Game.

Western Australia scored two runs in the first after notching up three hits in a row. A double from Shenaye Lett that drove in two and gave them the early lead.

In the bottom of the second, QLD would tie the game after a single from Hannah O’Brien to left field was enough to bring Mea Arlow and Amelia Stephens home after they both hit singles.

Hannah Elliot kept the game tied with her efforts on the mound in the third, with a 3 up 3 out inning.

QLD took a two-run lead in the fourth after some smart base running and a double to Charlotte Stokes.

Amelia Stephens pitched strong for QLD, keeping the WA tally to the 2 runs once she came into the game. She pitched 3 innings, with just the 1 hit.

Queensland advanced to the gold medal game to face off against South Australia. WA will take home bronze after a strong tournament.

Big Performers-

Shenaye Lett (WA) 1-3, 1 RBI
Hannah Elliot (QLD) 4 IP, 6 SO

CONSOLATION GAME – WA 13 def QLD 12 

A true nail-biter of a game down the very end, as Western Australia walked it off and ended Queensland White’s dream to get their first win of the tournament.

QLD White, the state’s development team, got themselves on the board early with a run resulting from a double to Grace White which Paris Bastow home.

WA tied it up with their first chance with the bat, a Caitlin Eynon single and hard base running got her home from an error to QLD white.

The aggressive base running continued from WA in the second with Madison Lines charting WA’s second run on the board, after she stole second and third before coming home on an error.

In the fifth innings, QLD White broke the game apart with some of their best batting of the tournament. They put six extra runs on the board thanks to some smart eyes at the plate and 3 hits including a double to Grace White.

Unfortunately for QLD, WA seized the lead back as they amassed 8 walks and an error. WA would add seven runs in the inning to push a lead by three.

But how about the fight from Queensland? They replied with another three runs of their own in the sixth to tie the ball game. Emma Reid, Allissa Stone and Emma Tate all collected hits in the inning.

Two walks early for the QLD pitchers delivered WA with a shot at taking victory. Enter the experienced Meagan Haggart, who got the ball in play to bring Briah Burke home and get WA the win.

13-12 final.

Big Peformers- 

Chloe Atkinson (WA): 3-5, 3 RBI

Allisa Stone (QLD W): 4-2, 3 RBI

HERE’S HOW THE FINALS WORK

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AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS

Here’s how the medal round games play out:

Saturday – VIC 8 def SA 0
Saturday – QLD 12 def NSW 5

Sunday – Elimination Final: QLD-M vs SA, 9:00AM

Sunday – Gold Medal Qualification Game: VIC vs NSW, 12:00PM

Monday – Preliminary Final: Winner of Elimination Final vs Loser of Gold Medal Qualification, 3:00PM

Monday – Gold Medal Game: Winner Gold Medal Qualification vs Winner Preliminary Final

AUSTRALIAN YOUTH WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS

South Australia (1-1) and Queensland (2-0) advance out of the final three second round, and go to the Gold Medal Game.

Western Australia win bronze.

The Gold Medal Game is at 3:00PM on Sunday, watch on Baseball+.