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Sports Oakville Beaver www.aplushomes.ca Adam Campbell 905-844-4444 R E A L T YC O R P. B R O K E R A G E I N D E P E N D E N T LY O W N E D A N D O P E R AT E D Broker of Record SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2010 25 Pitching in Buzz eliminated from OLA junior B playoffs Slow starts costly in series loss to Elora most games," Gillies said, "but it was an uphill battle throughout." Rook took some solace in the way Whether it was individual games his squad rallied to force overtime in or its season in general, the Oakville Sunday's clincher, particularly after Buzz spent much of the summer what he termed a "lethargic" effort paying for past transgressions. in Game 3. The Buzz was bounced from the Oakville held Elora scoreless Ontario Lacrosse Association junior over a 39-minute stretch spanning B playoffs last weekend, from the second period losing its best-of-five "We took far too to overtime while scoropening-round series in long to get into ing four straight goals four games to the Elora the games. That of its own, taking a 7-6 Mohawks. lead on Robert will probably be Elora took a 2-1 our epitaph for Bentivegna's goal in series lead last Thursday the extra session. But with a 7-4 win in Elora, the season." the Mohawks scored then finished the Buzz twice in a 48-second n Buzz head coach off with an 8-7 overtime span shortly after victory Sunday at Glen Sam Rook Bentivegna's marker Abbey Recreation Centre. and held on for the win. Slow starts plagued Oakville "At least we went out the right throughout the series with the way," Rook said. "The boys could Mohawks. The Buzz trailed have just packed it in." Thursday's contest 5-1 before the Rebuilding in 2011 midway point of the second period, while Elora scored three times in the The Buzz will be a drastically diffirst 4:11 of Sunday's clash. ferent-looking bunch next season. "We took far too long to get into Eight members of this year's squad the games," said Buzz head coach are graduating to senior, while severSam Rook. "That will probably be al of the club's younger players are our epitaph for the season." expected to move on to junior A in While poor starts did prove costly 2011. in the playoffs, the Buzz also paid the "Next year's definitely a rebuilding price for "underachieving", as gener- year because we do lose eight (veteral manager Ken Gillies put it, during ans). And we know Burlington (the the regular season. After seeing itself Buzz's junior A affiliate) loses 10, so as a championship contender at the they're definitely going to pull four to start of the year, Oakville struggled six guys from our team," Gillies said. to an 11-9 record and seventh-place "We should still be able to field a finish in the regular-season stand- decent team. We just won't have as ings, earning a first-round date with much of a veteran presence as we did the 16-3-1 Mohawks. the last two years." "We ended up a little bit lower in NOTES: Spencer Gallant and the standings than we expected and Bryan Cole each scored twice in we had a real tough opponent in the Sunday's loss. Gallant added two first round," Gillies said. "We didn't assists for a four-point afternoon. do enough during the season to get Alex Kruse added a goal and two ourselves in better position." assists, while Andy Wreggit had the That's not to say the Buzz didn't other Oakville marker... Tyler put up a good fight once it did draw Albrecht (two), Cole and Gallant Elora. Oakville won the series open- had the Buzz goals in Thursday's er, handing the Mohawks just their game... Kruse led the Buzz in playsecond home loss of the season, and off scoring with 11 points (five was outscored by only five goals dur- goals, six assists)... Rook and Gillies ing the four-game series. both plan to return to the team next "We battled hard to come back in season. By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR INCOMING: Elise Lum-You of the Oakville Girls Softball Association novice Red Sox house league team delivers a pitch Monday at Burlington's Nelson Park against a Burlington Girls Softball Association squad. The Red Bulls won, 17-8. Andreana, Canada win world softball bronze Oakville's Tina Andreana and Team Canada scored a pair of comefrom-behind victories last week in Maracay, Venezuela to earn a bronze medal at the International Softball Federation women's world championships. Canada defeated Australia 3-2 and China 1-0 to advance to the semifinals of the tournament and ensure itself a medal. Both those victories came in Canada's final at-bat, including a three-run rally in the final frame of the win over Australia. Canada then fell 12-3 to Japan in the semifinal, settling for bronze. The United States beat Japan 7-0 in the gold-medal game. Andreana, a graduate of T.A. Blakelock, saw action in a pair of games during the tournament. She pitched four shutout innings against South Africa during the roundrobin, then came in to pitch the final few innings of the blowout loss to the U.S. Canada went 6-1 in round robin play, allowing just five runs to finish second in its group, with its lone loss being a 2-1 decision to Japan. After a 16-1 loss to the U.S. in its first playoff game, Canada needed to win its next two to advance and did so in dramatic fashion. Tina Andreana