Australia Women 254 for 8 (Bolton 64, Blackwell 56*, Atapattu 3-31) beat Sri Lanka Women 176 for 9 (Polgampola 68*, Extras 50, Beams 4-15) by 78 runs Riding on Kristen Beams four-wicket haul and half-centuries from Nicole Bolton and Alex Blackwell, Australia Women thrashed Sri Lanka Women by 78 runs in Dambulla to take a 2-0 lead in the four-match ODI series. The win made Australia Women the first team to secure direct entry for the 2017 Womens World Cup.Sri Lankas chase of 255 got off to a terrible start as they were reduced to 35 for 5 in the 18th over, with Beams taking three of the first five wickets. The hosts ultimately managed to cobble together 176 for 9, helped considerably by the 41 runs in wides offered up by Australias bowlers. That still left Sri Lanka with a big defeat, as only Chamari Polgampola playing an innings of substance.After Australia opted to bat, the top three laid a very solid platform, courtesy scores of 64, 45 and 29 from Nicole Bolton, Elyse Villani and Meg Lanning. Bolton put on 81 off 17.5 overs with Villani for the opening stand, before adding 67 off 11.4 overs with Lanning for the second wicket.Australia had moved to 148 for 1 before Boltons dismissal, in the 30th over, opened a passage of play in which they lost 5 for 38 in 12.1 overs. Chamari Atapattu took three of those wickets and ended with figures of 3 for 31 in her 10 overs. Blackwells unbeaten 56 off 64 helped them to recover to post 254, with Erin Osborne and Megan Schutt chipping in to keep Blackwell company.Holly Ferling and Beams then wreaked havoc on Sri Lankas top order, sharing the first five wickets between them to leave the home team tottering by the 18th over. Eshani Lokusuriyage resisted for a while with 20 off 28, before she became Beams fourth wicket. Beams finished with figures of 4 for 15 off 10 overs having broken the back of Sri Lankas batting with her legspin.Sri Lanka slumped further to 100 for 8 in 35 overs, before showing some fight to bat out their 50 overs. Polgampola, who had come in at No. 3, finished unbeaten on 68 off 136, but the second highest contributor to Sri Lankas total was Extras which accounted for exactly 50 runs. Of those, 41 came from wides alone. Remarkably, Australias bowlers delivered a total of 26 wide balls; each bowler bowled at least one, with Ferling bowling as many as 10.However, even that blemish could not prevent Australia from romping to a big win and collecting two points in the Womens Championship. Avery Johnson Jersey . 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Munlyn has hit .300 or higher in all five SEC matches this season, including three consecutive matches of .500 or higher hitting.Junior Courtney Eckenrode (The Woodlands, Texas) continued her impressive stretch at setter, tallying 30-plus assists for the ninth consecutive match.Mizzou used strong serving to key its 25-22 opening set triumph. The Tigers recorded four aces, led by redshirt junior Kira Larsons (Fargo, N.D.) two superb strikes from behind the line. Three Tigers tied for the team-lead in kills with three apiece.Mizzou stepped up its offensive attack in the second set, improving its hhitting percentage by nearly 0.dddddddddddd60-percent. Auburn led 15-13 midway through the set, but the visiting Tigers used a late 7-0 run to take control. Crow and Munlyn each tallied three kills apiece to lead the Tigers offense. 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