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Liz Gilder , The Canadian Press
Gilder got into baseball as a five-year-old when her mother, who had gone back to school to become a teacher, partnered on a class project with some Douglas College softball players in New Westminster, B.C. Gilder set her sights on softball after spending one day with those women, but they couldn't find a registration sheet online.
"We were trying to make it so it didn't interfere too much with the girls' baseball seasons, but we wanted to have it in the spring so they could get exposure while playing on their high school teams," said Benn, a Toronto native who played softball at U of T and baseball in the Ontario Women's Baseball League.
"I think any time you get girls together to play baseball it's a success on its own, but we also want to get more exposure for these girls so that more people can see that they play baseball, they do it at a competitive level and really thrive at it," Benn said. Schroder, a Grade 11 student, wants to study environmental science after high school while playing baseball at the college level.
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