The Softball-Team faced the Bern Cardinals on Sunday, August 20. The Challengers posted an 11-8 win in Game 1 over the Cardinals, while the Cards answered with a 3-1 victory in Game 2.
Andrea Wirth broke a 5-5 tie by stealing home in the top of the fifth frame and the Challengers added another four runs in the same inning, as Sandrine Montandon and Taylor Mc Cants had a RBI-single each and the Cardinals defense committed two costly errors. The Cards cut the deficit to two runs again, but Sandra Mack drove in Andrea Wirth in the top of the sixth to make it 11-8, while the C’s shut the door to take Game 1.
Taylor Mc Cants and Andrea Wirth delivered three hits apiece, while Sandrine Montandon had two hits and drove in two. Leandra Simitovic allowed eight runs and eleven hits with seven walks and seven strikeouts.
The C’s gave away Game 2 with two base-running errors, a passed ball and an overthrow to spoil Elise Beguelin’s last start for the blue and red. Beguelin tossed a three hitter and allowed three runs – only one earned – while striking out eight, but ended up with the loss. The C’s took the lead in the fourth frame, as Simona Cellar had a RBI-double, but threw it away, as the Cards scored twice in the bottom of the inning, before adding an insurance run in the sixth.
The Challengers will miss the playoffs for the first time in team history after reaching the top four eight consecutive times. The C’s will finish their season on September 1 with a double header against the SG Eagles/Challengers at Luzern.

The Softball-Team needed two wins against the Wil Devils to keep their playoff hopes alive, but fell short. The Challengers lost 0-7 in Game 1, before posting an 8-3 victory in Game 2. 
After exchanging zeros on the scoreboard for the first three frames, the Devils opened the score in the fourth inning, as two errors by the C’s defense enabled them to score twice. In the fifth the Devils exploded for five runs on five hits to make it 7-0 and to seal the deal, while the Challengers’ bats remained silent. Simona Cellar had two hits in her first game of the season, while Leandra Simitovic and Sandrine Montandon had one hit each.
The blue and red proved that they can do better, as Taylor Mc Cants scored the first run of the day for the C’s in the bottom of the first frame in Game 2. The C’s added another run in the second, as Andrea Wirth drove in Alexia Zingg to make it 2-0 and they put things out of reach in the third by scoring five runs. After Elise Beguelin drove in Simona Cellar, Alexia Zingg delivered a two-run double and Brigit Zuber followed with a two-run single to make it 7-0. Alexia Zingg had a game-high three hits and three RBI’s, while Elise Beguelin gave up three runs – one earned – and three hits with three walks and seven strikeouts for her second win of the season.