RIVIERA MAYA, Mexico -- Sisters Morgane and Kim Metraux combined for a 7-under 137 on Wednesday to give Switzerland a one-stroke lead over South Korea in the Womens World Amateur Team Championships.Morgane opened with a 68 and Kim shot 69 at Mayakoba El Camaleon. They are teammates at Florida State.The 19-year-old Morgane played her final nine holes in 5-under 31, following two birdies with an eagle. She also closed with a birdie to help Switzerland top the team leaderboard.I actually had a bad nine to start with a double-bogey, but I made a 90-foot putt for an eagle on the fifth hole, my 14th, Morgane said. I just focused and the score just came. It is always better to just try to enjoy the day. I think I only missed one or two fairways, which is the key here.She was tied with South Koreas Hyun Kyung Park atop the individual leaderboard .The 21-year-old Kim had four birdies and a bogey.Its always good to see your countrys name, Kim said. Its always good at the top of the leaderboard.Azelia Meichtrys 73 did not count in Switzerlands team total.South Korea played on the Iberostar Playa Paraiso layout, counting a 68 from Park and a 70 from Hye-jin Choi.I didnt expect to be tied for the lead on the individual leaderboard, but I am very happy, the 16-year-old Park said. I am really willing to make history and win the championship as Korea did in 2010 and 2012 because those players have had great success on the LPGA Tour, and I want to follow in their footsteps so that other juniors can look up to me the same way I look up to them.Japan was third at 142, also playing at Mayakoba El Camaleon. Nasa Hataoka and Hina Arakaki each shot 71.The United States was tied for seventh at 2 over. Katelyn Dambaugh had a 72, and Mariel Galdiano and Andrea Lee each shot 74 at Mayakoba El Camaleon.Custom Arsenal Jerseys .4 million title. 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After five years, Australia had more chartered Little League programs than Japan, and the country was granted direct entry to the Little League Baseball World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, starting in 2013, when Little League officially separated Australia from the Asia-Pacific region.Today, more than 4,500 11- and 12-year-old Australian kids are registered participants on one of the countrys 477 teams.Outside of the United States and Canada, we have more participants in Little League than anyone else in the world, says Mathew Sundstrom, the head of Little League and National Championships for Baseball Australia. 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It will be the first time theyve played in front of 10,000 people -- not to mention the 40,000 walking around the complex.Theyve definitely got the potential to challenge and go deep into the tournament. The furthest weve been the last two years is winning one game before being knocked out.Stockdale says his teams immediate objective is to win two games, starting with the opener. Australia has never won its inaugural game of the tournament. It opens the Little League World Series against Italy at 5 p.m. ET Thursday. That is the first meeting between the teams at the LLWS. ' ' '
